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Fans celebrate with a corner flag after James Tarkowski scores during the match between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park on February 12, 2025(Image: Alex Pantling/Getty Images)

Everton captain James Tarkowski’s last-gasp equaliser earned his side a 2-2 draw in Goodison Park’s last-ever Merseyside Derby and after over 130 years of combat, ensured that Liverpool did not finish with a winning record at the ground.

Every ritual was accorded a poignancy it might otherwise have lacked were this not the last Merseyside derby at Goodison Park, Everton’s home since 1892.

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Giant pictures of Dean and Graeme Sharp and Bob Latchford stared down on the supporters as they began to stream into the Winslow Hotel, a place that calls itself ‘The People’s Pub’.



And it means the final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park will go down in folklore.

When Mo Salah put Liverpool ahead in the 73rd minute, it looked as if they would win the final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park to go nine points clear.

Liverpool allowed themselves to get sucked into a scrap and that suited Everton who refused to lay down and die.

A final kick worthy of the grand old stadium

Andy Hunter, The Guardian Four goals, four red cards, one mass brawl plus enough controversy, fury and entertainment to elevate the fixture way above the Premier League norm; the Merseyside derby bid a fitting farewell to Goodison Park.

That the protagonists also remained locked on 41 victories apiece here, with this being the 38th draw, felt apt.

Defiant, pride-filled and spiky - just how Moyes would want it

Jason Burt, Telegraph Whatever David Moyes achieves in his second spell as Everton manager he has allowed the club to leave Goodison Park with this defiant, pride-filled, spiky draw in the last ever Merseyside derby on this grand old stadium.
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