When Abdoulaye Doucoure goaded the pocket of Liverpool fans in the microscopic away end after Everton finished the night with their dignity intact, forget Ferdinand — it was exactly what everybody wanted to see.
The climactic nature of Everton’s last home game with Liverpool ahead of their relocation to Bramley Moore Dock was a 95-minute fuse for the explosive scenes after the final whistle.
In a few months, Everton are moving barely a couple of miles from their ancestral home to a brand spanking new detached condo on the Liverpool waterfront.
Meanwhile, the rest of us sat back and lapped it up as James Tarkowski volleyed home an injury-time equaliser that even got TV sets at home rocking . . .
As was the reaction of Liverpool’s Curtis Jones, a born-and-bred Scouser and Anfield disciple since the age of nine, rightly outraged and hell-bent on landing a right-hander on his cocky opponent.
