Liverpool vs Everton result: Player ratings as Curtis Jones scores spectacular FA Cup winner
Teenage academy graduate settled game with a spectacular long-range strike
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool teenager Curtis Jones‘ brilliant goal settled the Merseyside derby FA Cup tie as Everton‘s woeful run at Anfield continued.
Jones, at 18 years and 340 days, became the youngest goalscorer in the derby since fellow Toxteth-born forward Robbie Fowler in 1994 and his superb curling effort off the underside of the crossbar was a goal of which the man known in these parts as ‘God’ would have been proud.
The 1-0 defeat heaped more embarrassment on a virtually full-strength Everton, who have not won on this ground since 1999, as they failed to beat a side registering nine changes which included two debutants and a third who played 81 minutes after injury to James Milner.
More frustratingly for Ancelotti’s side, they actually dominated much of the first half and missed several opportunities to take the lead before the teenage academy graduate’s moment of individual brilliance settled the tie in the 71st minute.
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