Everton set out to get Luis Suarez

[dixe]

The Reds had gone to great lengths to make sure the Uruguayan could play this game – owner John Henry providing his own private jet to save some time on getting him back to Liverpool – but at times Everton seemed intent on making sure he didn’t finish it.

The fact that Suárez did finish the match was down to his own unstoppable will to win and, to some extent, the miracle that the reckless lunge from Kevin Mirallas half an hour in didn’t do him some serious damage.

Everton showed more skill and played better football, under new boss Roberto Martinez, than has seen from the blue side of the park in a derby for years . But time and again they reverted to type with the kind of challenges that belong in derby matches of old, the kind played on swamps instead of pitches by players as hard as dockers.

Everton had paid Suárez a lot of old-fashioned attention but it hadn’t always worked the way they’d have liked.

Liverpool’s second goal came after Gareth Barry stood, or in normal derby parlance stamped, on Suárez’s foot.

Suárez recovered from that knock to score an exquisite goal with the resulting free kick.

A few minutes later and Distin got away with a forearm smash on Daniel Agger, leaving the Dane with a cut lip.

By the half-hour mark Suárez was limping, maybe from that earlier challenge, maybe from a later one, and it was a worrying time for Liverpool.

Daniel Sturridge had been left on the bench by Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers who felt he wasn’t fit enough to start this encounter after playing 90 minutes for England in midweek – despite carrying an injury. But now he was warming up because Suárez was struggling and might have to play another hour carrying an injury.

It was during this passage of play that Suárez used that determination of his to ignore the pain and dash to the ball before Kevin Mirallas could get to it.

Mirallas showed some determination of his own – closing his eyes and launching himself at Suárez, arriving a long time after the ball had left Suárez’s foot. He connected with the back of the Uruguayan’s knee, studs first, drawing blood, leaving the Liverpool striker in agony.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/kevin-mirallas-luis-suarez-everton-2849703#ixzz2lfhGXmSG

 

[Khalekan]

Who wrote that?

Derek whasisname?

 

[Ashtonian]

If you look i added my sentiments on the article underneath on the website.

Extremely biased journalism if you can call it that. No mention on anything other than poor Suares who got hurt.

This is why i do not read tabloids.

 

[Markja]

From some of the koppite stuff I've read following the match I was really disappointed to hear that Mirallas kicked Suarez leg clean off, and then Gareth Barry shot the liverpool physio who was simply trying to retrieve the severed limb - we should all hang our heads in shame

 

[Deloodid]

Who wrote that?

Derek whasisname?

Jim Boardman, its pathetic. Id expect that sh*te from Stan Boardman.

 

[dixe]

He's a Kopite but its the sort of thing you would read in a fanzine not a national paper

 

[maccavennie]

The media in general seem to be intent on bigging the ****e up and defending them at every opportunity. In reality no one gives a **** about Saurez. Mirallas done what every fan up and down the country have wanted to see for a while, someone actually giving him a taste of his own medicine. You reap what you sow in this life so he's owed about another 45 of those tackles in my book.

 

[blueblue]

Sticks and stones etc.
The reporter can say what he likes but the fact remains that Liverpool grabbed a last minute equaliser to rescue a point.
More importantly the football is now being played by the Everton team and there appears to be number of top class youngsters coming through.

 

[Pabbers]

Very biased.

Said it so many times, they are a cult, and they have people placed in the media, to push their message.

 

[Walken]

Good, hope every team sets out to 'get' him, till he is kicked out the league like he deserves

 

[Ring master]

Good, hope every team sets out to 'get' him, till he is kicked out the league like he deserves

If it was not mirallas getting him,it would have been any one of a number of players as we all could guess.

 

[davek]

They're not known as the Kult for nothing.

They have their apostles out trying to muddy the waters up to disguise the fact Libpool got a schilky fuschballing lesson off the School of Science.

 

[charlatan]

That is quite shocking, even for a RS.

Ashamed of nothing, offended by everything........

 

[bluemangroup]

They're not known as the Kult for nothing.

They have their apostles out trying to muddy the waters up to disguise the fact Libpool got a schilky fuschballing lesson off the School of Science.

Aye, it'll be forgotten that we actually outplayed them for long periods because of Mirallas' "brutal retribution".

 

[davek]

Aye, it'll be forgotten that we actually outplayed them for long periods because of Mirallas' "brutal retribution".

Only by the KKKult members. Everyone else is full of praise for the way Martinez had us playing. That's why they're spitting out this bile now.

They've dome it for years and it'll never be any different...and they have the audacity to call Evertonians bitter.

I'm loving the irritation they're feeling right now. It's absolutely ace.