A controversial first half at Anfield ended with Liverpool going in 1-1 with Sunderland in their Barclays Premier League game today.

Brentford 1 Everton 1 Brentford win 4-3 on penalties

THIS will hardly feature in a highlights video of Liverpool’s year as Europe’s capital of culture but while that moniker has always split those who prioritise finance over arts, Everton were happy to bank three points.

MUTINOUS mutterings are sweeping Merseyside. Whisper it quietly, but Everton — so used to being downtrodden by brutish neighbours — have the scent of revolution thick in their nostrils.

IT did not take long for Arsenal’s defences to be breached on Saturday. Fifteen minutes before kick-off, a supporter strolled through the security cordon at the front of the Emirates Stadium’s media suite and into the tunnel that leads to the players’ dressing rooms, prompting mass panic among the club’s dayglo-jacketed brigade.