Jordan Pickford is determined to perform well against Liverpool today following his last appearance at Anfield.
The England international was involved in a mix-up last season at the Reds’ home ground that caused their fans to experience utter elation, while Everton fans were left completely deflated.
In the 95th minute of last season’s Anfield Merseyside Derby, a poorly connected shot from Virgil van Dijk that ballooned high into the air looked to have signalled the end of a 0-0 draw with both sides claiming a point.
However, a mix up between the ball bounding off the bar and Pickford’s poor marking led to Divock Origi nodding home uncontested from close range, sending the home fans into raptures.
A year later and Pickford is determined to have put that horrific moment behind him, now focusing on helping Everton rediscover their form after a dreadful first half to the season. Speaking to Liverpool Echo, Pickford said:
Personally, obviously, it was tough to take because I’ve made an error.
But I’ll learn from that, which is good. The most deflating thing for me is that we got beat against Liverpool, which is never nice.
But I think it was a totally different side in terms of the scale of feel in the dressing rooms.
We went there and gave it our all against Liverpool, with my little error we got beat 1-0, but we were in the game.
We had a fair few chances where we could have scored, I think Alisson made a good few saves in that game, so we were in the game all the way.
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Pickford will certainly have his work cut out for him this time around, and the home crowd won’t help the goalkeeper settle.
It is going to be tough for the Blues to get anything out of this game, but stranger things have happened, believe it or not.
If Pickford is on top form, it gives the Blues an advantage, but they will need more than the shot-stopper to perform if they are to leave with at least one point.
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