Jordan Pickford got the headlines and rightly so for the best Everton goalkeeping performance in a Merseyside derby since the days of Neville Southall. Frank Lampard, his proud manager was only too happy to lead the praise.
But there was so much more to Everton’s efforts than just the inspired man between the posts. Everton are starting to look like a proper team again and, as Lampard knows, proper teams are built from the back.
James Tarkowski and Conor Coady’s partnership in the centre is full of command and promise but on the flanks, the efforts of Nathan Patterson and Vitalii Mykolenko cannot be overlooked, given the challenges they have faced since arriving on Merseyside.