With hindsight, there was more than a whiff of inevitability about who the victors of the 240th Merseyside derby would be once the No.27 had flashed up on the substitutes' board.
Having witnessed his Liverpool side toil and tussle to no avail, Jurgen Klopp had seen enough by the hour mark. Enter Divock Origi, the famous Everton scourge.
Within moments of his arrival, his hold-up play allowed Mohamed Salah to cross for Andy Robertson for the opening goal before he put the seal on proceedings with a header past Jordan Pickford late on.
