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title: "Moments In Time: Everton secure 3-0 win over Benitez’ arch-rivals"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Alex Jones"
section: "Everton News"
published: "2021-09-09T19:16:00Z"
modified: "2021-09-09T19:16:00Z"
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# Moments In Time: Everton secure 3-0 win over Benitez’ arch-rivals

On this day in 2006, [Everton](https://readeverton.com/2021/09/08/virals-everton-fan-pages-discuss-clubs-interest-in-donny-van-de-beek/) continued a formidable start to the 2006/07 campaign with a 3-0 Merseyside derby win over Liverpool.

Tim Cahill gave Everton the lead with a close-range finish after 23 minutes, with Andrew Johnson added Everton’s second 12 minutes later.

The former Crystal Palace man took advantage of a mistake from Liverpool one-club man and pundit Jamie Carragher to clot home, piling misery onto the Blues’ arch-rivals.

Liverpool dominated in terms of chances and possession, but were unable to capitalise on their own creativity and Everton kept a clean sheet as a result.

To compound troubles for the Reds, Johnson completed his brace with Liverpool shot-stopper Pepe Reina struggling to contain a Lee Carnsley strike with Johnson pouncing on the rebound.

The occasion marked the Toffees’ [biggest derby day win for 42 years](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/5308190.stm) at the time in what was a comfortable routing for a David Moyes-led Everton.

In an amusing twist, Liverpool were still under the tutelage of current Blues boss Rafa Benitez at the time, who was left red-faced after the humbling derby day defeat.

Everton fan account @thetoffees\_com took to Twitter to share the highlights reel from the game as they issued a throwback to the occasion.

> Twitter: 15 years ago today, Goodison was rocking as the Blues were victorious in the Merseyside Derby, thanks to Andy Johns… https://t.co/19TzILnBOW (@thetoffees\_com)