Carragher rages live on air as instant reaction to Everton v Liverpool emerges
Jamie Carragher was the subject of plenty of stick following the Merseyside derby draw between Everton and Liverpool.
The Anfield legend, who grew up an Evertonian, saw his reaction to James Tarkowski’s last-gasp equaliser in the final derby at Goodison Park replayed to viewers on CBS Sports [12 February].
Carragher was alongside Thierry Henry and Micah Richards in the studio and it was one moment afterwards which stood out after the 2-2 draw had ended.
Everton fan producer has last laugh at Carragher
Liverpool fans – including Carragher in what is now a far cry from his academy playing days while turning up in an Everton kit – would have been forgiven for believing they had done enough to nick a 2-1 win from across Merseyside.
However, the Toffees had other ideas and have been playing with a freedom under David Moyes which breeds the confidence from a centre-half like Tarkowski to smash a volley into the roof of the net in the eighth minute of stoppage time.
Carragher looked despondent when CBS played the live footage of him back, raging at the equaliser, before an Everton-supporting member of the production team called Myles gave him a hilarious brush on the head shortly afterwards.
The moment sent the studio into hysterics including from Carragher himself, who admitted Everton fans “deserve [their] moment,” before which Myles lightheartedly told him to “stay humble”.
Myles admitted to host Kate Scott that it has been “hard” as an Evertonian down the years, coinciding with Carragher’s sympathetic view.
Myles, our Evertonian production assistant, really took his chance to lil’ bro @Carra23 😭😂 pic.twitter.com/zDlPFTBSic
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) February 13, 2025
Toffees looking much improved under Moyes
Everton fans are slowly beginning to enjoy their football again, with the appointment of David Moyes certainly not just for nostalgic purposes.
The Scotsman has tapped into what previously made the Toffees a force to be reckoned with during the 2000s in the Premier League – albeit with a squad not quite on the same level – and has given the players a licence to express themselves.
Sean Dyche was what the squad needed last season, with that unglamorous sturdiness to ensure staying in the top flight. While that would probably have sufficed for Everton this term too, they are now not only going to survive but are setting up a platform for their new stadium move with some impressive football.
Moyes knows that in among all the pandemonium of Wednesday night, he will be missing the suspended Abdoulaye Doucoure for the trip to Crystal Palace on Saturday (15 February), while Iliman Ndiaye could be ruled out for a so-far indefinite period after hobbling off distraught during the first half of the contest.