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Roberto Martínez savoured a “fascinating game tactically”, Brendan Rodgers praised Liverpool’s “exciting” attacking threat and one of the few notes made by this observer read “ref changes whistle”. Beauty was in the eyes of the technical areas at Goodison Park, although there was cause for hope in a contest only a proud manager could love.
Steven Gerrard was booed on and off his 33rd Merseyside derby by Evertonians scarred by the Liverpool captain’s impact on the fixture he cherishes most. Their resentment had been stirred by the media focus on Gerrard’s final Premier League derby, the television cameras continuing to single him out despite a subdued farewell, yet the truth was there was little else to focus on.
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