Everton v Liverpool controversy: Jamie O’Hara and Jason Cundy clash live on air
Jason Cundy and Jamie O’Hara were butting heads over a controversial moment as Everton and Liverpool drew 2-2 at Goodison Park on Wednesday.
The Toffees finished their final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park in style, with James Tarkowski rocketing home a volley in the eighth minute of added time to spark pandemonium.
Beto, Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah were all on the scoresheet before the dramatic ending, and it was made even more interesting by red cards for Abdoulaye Doucoure, Curtis Jones and Arne Slot.
But it was Beto who sparked an argument live on air, having clashed with Ibrahim Konate right before the Toffees’ equaliser, but David Moyes will not care at all.
Beto’s challenge on Ibrahim Konate sparks debate
Speaking live via talkSPORT [12 February, 10:07pm], O’Hara said: He’s fuming because it’s a foul on Konate. It’s a foul, it’s a foul, it’s a foul.”
Cundy argued: “In the 98th minute? Don’t think it’s a foul at all. Be stronger! I don’t agree with that – Konate’s got to be stronger. It’s not even half a foul for me.”
O’Hara disagreed, replying: “Liverpool fans are going to be phoning up about the referee. In the 30th minute, that’s disallowed.”
VAR checked the goal for offside, and likely checked the push on the Reds’ centre-back, and the Premier League Match Official X account confirmed why the goal stood.
Everton set to leave Goodison Park with a bang
It was an incredible ending to such an emotional night, with fans spilling onto the pitch, missiles flying and hitting Jordan Pickford, and a fracas of players all grabbing one another.
If the team play exactly like that for the rest of the season, the Blues will have absolutely no trouble staying in the Premier League, but of course, it is not so simple to get that emotion every week.
This could be a very special second half of the season under new management, hoping to finish the campaign on a high note before making the switch to the Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium.
The Toffees are now 10 points clear of the relegation zone after 24 matches, and after the last-gasp equaliser, Moyes’ side will be feeling better out of the two teams.
Whether it was a foul on Konate or not, that moment is behind them now and the magical ending to the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park remains etched into the history books for eternity.
It will be a moment that fans talk about for decades to come, painting the new stadium’s walls with stories like this, and understandably so after such a special moment.