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Liverpool's forgotten man Origi conjures Anfield immortality with derby goal

Limbs everywhere, pyrotechnics let off and a mad Jurgen Klopp pitch dash - the Merseyside derby finale was delirious for Reds, mortifying for Blues

The contrast could not have been greater, the hero more unlikely.

As Jordan Pickford, ashen-faced, mortified, barely-believing, offered an apologetic hand to the devastated Evertonians packed inside the Anfield Road end, the rest of this famous old stadium paid tribute to its matchwinner.

“Divock Origi!” rang the chant from the Kop. It’s been a long time since that was heard, eh?

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The Belgian’s goal, pilfered from a horrified Pickford in the third minute of stoppage time, sent Anfield into delirium.