So as the debris from that immensely frustrating derby defeat begins to settle, Everton manager Marco Silva has refuted claims by Jurgen Klopp that his Liverpool counterpart apologised for his antics on Sunday.
The graceless and exaggerated way that Klopp celebrated that late winner yesterday will have riled almost all Everton fans I imagine, me included.
To be honest this lack of respect is not really out of character for the German. He has the untarnished reputation and receives the sort of giddy media praise that are only ever accorded to the bosses of the so-called ‘top sides’, and I have to say particularly it seems Liverpool managers.
But if you cast your mind back to last season’s Anfield derby when Everton grabbed a point courtesy of Wayne Rooney’s penalty, remember Klopp unleashed an absurd rant about the referee’s decision to award the spot kick after the game was over.
You would have thought it was the only time in football history a referee made a debatable call after brief physical contact in the box. And of course Liverpool have never ever benefitted from questionable referring decisions!
So to be honest I don’t think many Everton supporters would have been all that surprised by what happened at the end of the game.
But one thing I was surprised and little disappointed about was the lack of reaction from Everton’s players or staff at the time to Klopp’s behaviour.
That was in contrast that to the north London derby earlier in the day when there were several heated confrontations between Arsenal and Tottenham players and staff, especially when Spurs scored their equalising goal.
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Now before anyone gets the idea I’m advocating any sort of disorderly conduct, just to be clear, I’m certainly, definitely not. But a bit of passion and reaction is not itself a crime and underlines the competitive spirit in your side.
But perhaps the Everton players, staff and supporters just had the wind knocked out of them by the nature of that goal given how hard it was to take.
Well let’s try to put that derby frustration behind us and move on to next weekend and a Premier League game at home to Newcastle. Of course they are managed by another charming ex-Reds boss Rafa Beneitz; anyone remember his comments about a certain ‘small club’…?