Your evening Everton headlines on Monday, April 25.
Anthony Gordon's blunt four-word response to diving claims following Everton defeat
Anthony Gordon has given a blunt four-word response to claims he goes down too easily under challenges following Everton's defeat to Liverpool in the Merseyside Derby on Sunday.
The Blues were beaten 2-0 at Anfield thanks to goals in the second half from Andy Robertson and Divock Origi. However, controversial incidents while the match was still finely balanced at 0-0 are still causing anger to Evertonians.
Gordon was involved in two of those incidents, the first of which occurred in the first half as he had got in behind Trent Alexander-Arnold to chase a ball down the left flank. He looked to be clearly pushed in the back by the defender but no foul was given, when many expected the referee to blow his whistle and a yellow card to be issued.
The Liverpool right-back later did pick up a caution from Stuart Attwell in the second period when he cynically brought down Gordon as the Everton man broke with pace on the counter attack.
Adam Jones has the full story, here.
Frank Lampard proven right by fallout to Everton defeat at Liverpool
The tedious nature of the fallout from Everton's defeat to Liverpool on Sunday, in some respects, is a welcome show of consistency. If only that were a quality shared among Premier League officials, and maybe we'd all be talking about a different story to kick off this week.
All jokes aside, though, the discourse from the Merseyside derby so often tends to be the same - especially considering Everton's record at Anfield over the course of the last 23 years. It all boils down to one simple notion - Blues supporters being told how they should feel about their side.
Funnily enough, they don't need random pundits or fans from other clubs to tell them what they should collectively be thinking. They don't even need articles such as this one, if we're going to really get down to the nitty-gritty of it.
Debate about the refereeing decisions on Sunday afternoon will probably continue throughout the week and potentially beyond. That's to be understood after such a big match, even though there are some who still confusingly believe that the referee got all of his decisions right at Anfield.
But there is also conversation about the way Everton approached the match. They set up to sit back and be as organised as possible while out of possession, hit their hosts on the break whenever they could, and perhaps go into some tough tackles or time-wasting tactics to get under the skin of Jurgen Klopp's side.
Many are already saying that the Blues shouldn't have done that, though. Because, of course, the better option for a team starting the match in the relegation zone would have been to go toe-to-toe with a side challenging for four trophies this season.
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