Liverpool - Pemain anyar Virgil van Dijk mencetak gol penentu kemenangan Liverpool atas Everton dengan skor 2-1. Hasil ini mengantarkan Liverpool maju ke babak keempat. Derby Merseyside tersaji di babak ketiga Piala FA yang digelar di Anfield, Sabtu (6/1/2018) dinihari WIB. Liverpool membuka keunggulan di babak pertama lewat gol penalti James Milner. Everton menghidupkan peluangnya setelah mencetak gol penyama dari Gylfi Sigurdssoon setelah turun minum. Van Dijk, yang memainkan laga debutnya bersama the Reds, langsung menjadi pahlawan usai menciptakan gol kemenangan. Liverpool mengambil inisiatif serangan di awal pertandingan. Akan tetapi, peluang bagus baru tercipta di menit ke-25 lewat James Milner. Sebuah umpan silang Joe Gomez jatuh di kotak Everton, tapi sepakan voli Milner hanya melebar tipis dari gawang Everton. Everton membuat sejumlah serangan berbahaya, namun belum mampu menciptakan peluang bagus. Malahan pelanggaran Mason Holgate terhadap Adam Lallana membuat wasit menunjuk titik putih. Milner maju sebagai eksekutor dan berhasil mengirim kiper Jordan Pickford ke arah yang salah untuk membuka keunggulan Liverpool 1-0 di menit ke-35. Enam menit kemudian, sebuah keributan kecil terjadi setelah Holgate mendorong Firmino hingga jatuh ke pinggir lapangan. Namun, wasit hanya memberi peringatan keras terhadap kedua pemain alih-alih mengganjar dengan kartu. Liverpool membuang tiga kesempatan emas untuk menggandakan keunggulannya. Di menit ke-54, umpan Gomez gagal melakukan sundulan dari posisi bebas setelah menerima umpan silang Sadio Mane. Semenit kemudian, sepakan Lallana dari dalam kotak justru melebar. Selepas sejam waktu pertandingan, peluang lain dilewatkan Liverpool. Dari tendangan bebas di area sayap, sundulan Virgin van Dijk dari jarak dekat mengarah kepada Pickford. Setelah tertekan, Everton justru bisa menciptakan gol balasan di menit ke-67. Dari serangan balik cepat, pemain pengganti Ademola Lookman bekerja sama dengan Phil Jagielka yang diselesaikan Gylfi Sigurdsson dengan sepakan keras dari luar kotak penalti. Skor 1-1. Memasuki 10 menit terakhir, Liverpool kembali unggul dalam kedudukan 2-1. Sepak pojok Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain menemui Van Dijk, yang meneruskannya dengan sundulan tanpa bisa diredam Pickford. Liverpool di atas angin. Di masa injury time, Everton dua kali mengancam gawang Liverpool. Namun gagal menciptakan gol tambahan. Skor 2-1 untuk keunggulan Liverpool bertahan sampai laga usai. Susunan Pemain LIVERPOOL: Karius, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Gomez (Solanke 77'), Milner (Alexander-Arnold 77'), Lallana (Wijnaldum 70'), Oxlade-Chamberlain, Can, Firmino, Mane EVERTON: Pickford, Jagielka, Martina, Kenny, Holgate, Schneiderlin, McCarthy, Sigurdsson, Rooney (Lookman 52'), Bolasie, Calvert-Lewis (Niasse 82')
LIVERPOOL, KOMPAS.com - Liverpool lolos ke babak keempat Piala FA seusai menang 2-1 atas Everton di Stadion Anfield, Jumat (5/1/2018) atau Sabtu dini hari WIB. Gol Virgil van Dijk yang menjalani debutnya pada laga ini menjadi penentu kelolosan Liverpool.
Liverpool unggul terlebih dulu pada menit ke-35 melalui penalti James Milner, tetapi Everton bisa membuat kedudukan sama kuat lewat Gylfi Sigurddson (67'). Enam menit menjelang waktu normal habis, Liverpool pastikan lolos lewat gol Van Dijk.
Pada laga ini, permainan defensif Everton membuat tuan rumah kesulitan. Namun, satu kesalahan kecil Mason Holgate saat menyentuh Adam Lallana pada menit ke-34 di kotak terlarang berakibat fatal, penalti!
Para pemain Everton melancarkan protes, tetapi wasit Bobby Madley tetap pada putusannya. James Milner lantas melakukan tugasnya dengan baik lewat tendangan ke arah tengah gawang yang menipu kiper Jordan Pickford.
Sebelum babak pertama berakhir, terjadi friksi antara Holgate dan Firmino. Hal ini memancing situasi panas, tetapi para pemain kedua tim langsung melerai mereka berdua.
Wonder what Firmino said to Holgate ???? pic.twitter.com/yJo2cSJosC
Virgil van Dijk celebrates scoring Liverpool's winner
Virgil van Dijk scored a dramatic late winner on his Liverpool debut to secure a 2-1 win over Merseyside rivals Everton in the third round of the FA Cup.
The £75m defender headed home in the 85th minute to a thunderous ovation around Anfield as Liverpool extended their unbeaten derby run to 16 matches.
James Milner had given Liverpool the lead in the 35th minute when he converted from the penalty spot after Mason Holgate fouled Adam Lallana.
Player ratings Liverpool: Karius (6), Gomez (7), Van Dijk (8), Matip (6), Robertson (7), Milner (7), Can (6), Oxlade-Chamberlain (6), Lallana (5), Mane (6), Firmino (6)
Subs: Alexander-Arnold (5), Wijnaldum (5), Solanke (5)
Everton: Pickford (5), Kenny (6), Holgate (5), Jagielka (7), Martina (6), McCarthy (5), Schneiderlin (6), Sigurdsson (7), Bolasie (7), Rooney (4), Calvert-Lewin (5)
Subs: Lookman (6), Davies (5), Niasse (5)
Man of the match: Virgil van Dijk
Everton, who announced the signing of Cenk Tosun at half-time, levelled after a brilliant counter-attack was finished by Gylfi Sigurdsson in the 67th minute, but Van Dijk stole the show with his late winner.
The goal was Van Dijk's first in any competition since scoring in last season's FA Cup third round for Southampton, and starts to repay the huge transfer fee that Liverpool paid for the defender this month.
While the Reds dominated the Premier League meeting between these sides a month ago, on this occasion Everton showed more ambition and matched their hosts in an even first half.
Still, there was little goalmouth action at either end, with Milner going closest when he volleyed wide in the 26th minute from Joe Gomez's crossfield pass.
Roberto Firmino (R) and Mason Holgate clashed
It was Milner who broke the deadlock from the penalty spot after Holgate was penalised for grabbing Lallana.
Holgate was involved in another flashpoint towards the end of the first half when he shoved Roberto Firmino into the stands and the pair both reacted angrily.
Team news Van Dijk made his Liverpool debut while Mane started despite being in Ghana yesterday for the African Player of the Year awards. Salah and Coutinho were not in the squad. Sigurdsson, Jagielka, Kenny, Calvert-Lewin and McCarthy came into the Everton XI after their defeat to Manchester United.
Liverpool took more control of the game after half-time but Joe Gomez and Van Dijk both missed good headed chances.
And, just as they were a month ago, it looked like the Reds might rue their missed chances as Sigurdsson finished off a swift counter from a corner with a composed finish from the edge of the box.
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Liverpool are now unbeaten in 16 matches against Merseyside rivals Everton (W8 D8) - their longest ever unbeaten run against them.
Everton were unbeaten in their first seven matches under Sam Allardyce (W4 D3) but they've lost each of their last three, scoring just two goals in their last five matches.
James Milner has scored 11 of his 13 penalties for Liverpool in all competitions - though he had failed to score with his previous two efforts before tonight.
Milner has scored three goals in his last two FA Cup third round matches, also scoring twice for Man City against Sheffield Wednesday in January 2015.
All four of Gylfi Sigurdsson's goals against Liverpool have been scored at Anfield, with two in the FA Cup (also for Reading in January 2010).
The managers
Jurgen Klopp on Virgil van Dijk: "A fairy tale in a world with not a lot of fairy tales anymore, so I think something like that is quite special. It was a difficult decision to make to be honest because, to be 100 per cent honest, the first plan was not to start him tonight but then Dejan [Lovren] and Raggy [Ragnar Klavan] played a lot of games in the last few weeks, so I changed my mind this morning. And it helped!"
Sam Allardyce: "I think the referee made a mistake for their first goal and we made a mistake for their winner. The rest of it, we've done brilliantly, so I can't ask for any more from the players on their performance tonight and their desire to try to win the tie or at least take Liverpool back to Goodison."
Man of the match - Virgil van Dijk
Who else? Should have scored before he did when he headed at Jordan Pickford from close range, but made no mistake second time around as he nodded the winner down the middle of the goal.
He also looked composed and comfortable in possession and largely kept Dominic Calvert-Lewin quiet. An impressive debut all round.
What's next?
Liverpool return to Premier League action on Sunday, January 14 when they host Manchester City, live on Sky Sports. Everton travel to Tottenham on Saturday, January 13.
