Jordan Pickford leads resistance to keep Liverpool in check

THE elusive first victory of the season still awaits Everton and Frank Lampard but, with Jordan Pickford in this sort of inspirational form, that can only be matter of time

Sun, 04 Sep, 2022 - 22:30

Ian Whittell

THE elusive first victory of the season still awaits Everton and Frank Lampard but, with Jordan Pickford in this sort of inspirational form, that can only be matter of time.

This derby, theoretically the penultimate ever at Goodison Park ahead off their move to a new stadium in 2024, was high on energy and emotion and low on quality. But it featured a performance from the Everton goalkeeper that exorcised some personal derby demons and, for the moment at least, answered any doubts Gareth Southgate might have held over who is his number one ahead of the World Cup in Qatar.