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While Curtis Jones and Abdoulaye Doucoure scuffled and Arne Slot and assistant Sipke Hulshoff were accused of "using offensive, insulting, or abusive language" - in a Premier League claim that has since been deleted - Gakpo was far more sanguine than he had any right to be after such a white-hot climax to the final derby day at a home Everton are preparing to wave goodbye to.
Liverpool might have been denied the opportunity of going nine points clear at the Premier League's summit, via a debated 98th-minute equaliser from James Tarkowski, but for Gakpo, it seemed like just another day at the office as he spoke to a handful of reporters after the game.
"We didn't think about that (league position) before; we just wanted to win.
Of course it is something to take forward, look at the positives, but maybe we think about that tomorrow."
While there is a well-established theory that cooler heads prevail, Gakpo's demeanour was much different to several of his colleagues in the bowels of Goodison Park on Wednesday night and it was obvious, as the Reds squad made their exits towards the team coach, just how frustrated and angry they were at their inability to see out the result and the subsequent flurry of red cards that saw Jones, Slot and Hulshoff now subjected to suspensions.
“I think it is better to just get over it as soon as possible and be ready for Sunday and put full focus on what we are facing next," Van Dijk says.
The idea of a siege mentality is not necessarily one that Liverpool have been keen to take on in recent years but social-media posts from Jones and Konate in the wake of Wednesday's draw hints at a slight change of mentality in the camp, even if Gakpo and Van Dijk have done their best to no-sell the irritation at seeing a huge victory slip from their grasp in the final seconds.
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