The 18-year-old’s sensational long-range effort 19 minutes from time proved the difference between the two sides at Anfield, on a day where Carlo Ancelotti’s men squandered several golden opportunities.
They may have a new manager in Ancelotti, whose personal record against Liverpool is far superior to Everton’s, but the end result for the Toffees was still the same.
Liverpool were playing in a fifth different competition in just 27 days and with their inexperienced side weakened further by the early loss of Milner, this represented Everton’s best chance of ending their Anfield drought.
But they wasted that, particularly in the first half with four big chances going begging. Visiting teams rarely get so many opportunities over 90 minutes so Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison and Mason Holgate will have headed down the tunnel kicking themselves.
The former had the first and last chances of the half, a shot saved by the legs of Adrian and a diving header which he failed to properly connect with.
In between Holgate headed straight at Adrian with all the goal to aim at from Gylfi Sigurdsson’s free-kick, while Richarlison hit Theo Walcott’s poor cut-back at the goalkeeper’s legs.
After a chaotic first 20 minutes Liverpool gained better control of the ball as Everton’s pedestrian midfield of Gylfi Sigurdsson and Morgan Schneiderlin were easily bypassed.
However, they still could not create the chances their opponents did until new signing Takumi Minamino, making his debut, missed a header from eight yards from Divock Origi’s cross.
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