Everton U21s suffer mini-derby defeat after Finney red card | OneFootball

Liverpool U21s 4 - 1 Everton U21s

Everton U21s are playing local rivals today at the Liverpool Academy, kicking off at 1 pm GMT.

It is available to watch at Everton Live, but with a sanity warning: turn the volume down because the stream comes straight from Liverpool TV complete with really annoying commentary.

Everton gave up a soft early goal in the first 5 minutes after Aled Thoas missed a huge sitter inside the first 40 seconds. But a great finish from Francis Gomez had them back in contention inside 12 minutes.

George Finney was dismissed after 27 minutes, coming in hard with his studs up in a reckless challenge for a loose ball. And Liverpool benefited soon after, going two-up before then getting a soft penalty that George Pickford saved brilliantly.

But the relief was short-lived, a good header beating George Pickford for Liverpool's third. Paul Tait was shown a red card for daring to voice his opinion on the events of the first 45 minutes.

Dave Abrahams 3 Posted 26/10/2025 at 13:49:43

I think the sending off ended the game for Everton Liverpool missed a penalty which was save but they have scored since the sending off and it 3-1 with another Red effort kicked off the line by Campbell.

Dave Abrahams 4 Posted 26/10/2025 at 14:11:49

According to reports it should be six or seven for Liverpool although before the Red card we could have had another three ourselves.

Michael Kenrick 5 Posted 26/10/2025 at 14:15:22

Yeah, it was a pretty lively first half, end-to-end at times, a slew of chances missed... and the Blues now on the back foot.

Uh-oh... website server causing problems... How's yer trusty iPad holding up, Dave?

Dave Abrahams 6 Posted 26/10/2025 at 14:33:05

Michael (5) I’ve got my iPad working in different directions getting plenty of words but not a single picture!

Dave Abrahams 7 Posted 26/10/2025 at 14:38:17

The last comment I read is it’s down to the coaches— one got his job after leading two teams to national youth finals and the other one got his job by default—- wonder which one is coaching Everton’s team?

Dave Abrahams 8 Posted 26/10/2025 at 15:06:44

I presume the game is over it finished 4-1 to the Reds

But it looks like the game was over as a match after the red card for a stupid foul by the Everton lad.

Dave # 7, I suspect it has more to do with investment in the playing squad than coaching.

Looking at the RS U21s First XI today:

Misciur (GK): bought from Hull - Polish youth internationalNallo (CB): bought from West Ham - England youth internationalLucky (CB): England and Spain youth internationalPitt (LB):Ramsey (RB): bought from Aberdeen, full Scotland internationalPilling (CM)Laffey (CM)Gordon (ACM): bought from Derby, England youth internationalKane-Doherty (LW): bought from Derry, Irish youth internationalBradshaw (RW): England and Ireland youth internationalFigueroa (CF): bought from Dallas, USA youth international

Nallo and Gordon in particular are really big talents.

We've bought in the likes of Tamen, Gomez and Graham but at a much lower cost. And Tamen has no international recognition.