EVERTON star Jordan Pickford's cheat sheet was revealed on his water bottle before he saved Erling Haaland's penalty against Manchester City.
Pickford, 30, has been impressive for the Toffees in recent weeks, in a season that has seen Sean Dyche's side battle again to avoid relegation from the Premier League.
The England goalkeeper was called on after 53 minutes to defend the 1-1 scoreline at the Etihad after teammate Iliman Ndiaye canceled out Bernardo Silva's opener.
Savinho cleverly fired the ball past Vitalii Mykolenko, who fouled it inside the penalty area and gave away a penalty to City.
Haaland, 24, took the penalty and looked determined to ease Man City's misery, which has seen them lose nine of their past 12 games in all competitions, winning just one of them.
The star forward was undeterred by Everton captain Seamus Coleman, who whispered something in his ear and was shown a yellow card.
And Pickford did his best to deter the Norway international with a funny face, similar to the one New Zealand rugby stars usually see during an intimidating haka as he stuck out his tongue.
Unlike Coleman, the goalkeeper's strategy appears to have worked as he lunged to the right and cleared Haaland's shot with relevant ease.
The Norwegian then headed the ball into the back of the net, but was caught offside.
However, cameras spotted Pickford looking at his water bottle before the penalty.
And it came with a cheat sheet showing where City's most common penalty takers shoot the ball the most.
The camera caught a side of the bottle, showing the shooting percentages of Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku, Jack Grealish and Mateo Kovacic.
The figures show that Foden mainly shoots to the left of the goalkeeper, Doku to the right, Grealish in the middle and Kovacic to the right.
The other side showed Haaland, Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Silva's stats.
And the ex-Borussia Dortmund superstar's numbers were absolutely correct, as he hit the right ball 55 percent of the time.
Pickford proved the hero as he saved a valuable point for Everton.
City, on the other hand, have managed just one win in thirteen matches in all competitions, nine of which they have lost.
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