Matches between Liverpool and Everton have ended goalless more times than any other fixture in the history of English top flight football. We should not have been surprised that the latest edition ended without either goalkeeper being beaten.
After all, Jurgen Klopp has now visited Goodison Park on seven occasions, and were it not for a 94 th minute goal from Sadio Mane back in 2016 , five of the matches would have ended 0-0. The Reds have often struggled to create chances in away derbies under their current manager but that wasn’t the issue last weekend.
Liverpool had 23 shots against Everton, a tally they’ve topped just eight times in an away Premier League match under Klopp. In only one of those games – a 2-0 loss at Burnley way back at the start of 2016/17 – did they fail to score.
