David Moyes was happy to erase the flames when he first arrived in Everton in March 2002.
'I come to the People's Football Club. The majority of the people you meet on the street are Everton fans, “he said. Or a real conviction or not, he knew what he was doing.
Just like this season, he arrived in an oven of printing and emotion. On his first day he got lost on the way to their Finch Farm Training Center, and when he arrived, Paul Gascoigne demanded. Fortunately, the Scot was better at navigating through the relegation struggle and took 13 points in nine games.
He has rebuilt the club for more than 11 years, an inheritance that has not matched a toffees manager, but he could never completely crack the note in the city. In his 25 Merseyside Derbies in that first Stint, Moyes won only four. The fixture became a story about frustration-er was a final gasp fa Cup semi-final Hartzeer in 2012, a constant stream of red cards, 13 defeats in total.
Even the pleasures were suppressed to a certain extent. When Gosling then scored a dramatic late winner in 2009, ITV cut away to an advertising break. Do you want to buy some TIC TACs?
But despite a shaky record – they never won in Anfield – Goodison Park became something of a fort and the kettle of many great play.
Tonight the 120th and last Merseyside Derby in Goodison Park marks. Storm Darragh did his best to stop and the fixture had delayed from December, but the Maalstroom on the field could be even more extreme, knowing Moyes' history with Liverpool.
His first Merseyside Derby came to Anfield in December 2002 and ended 0-0, but set the tone for the upcoming trickent business.
Steven Gerrard was afterwards forbidden for three games after what was described as a 'blood-curdling' mistake on Gary Naysmith, his studs-up, two feet Lunge late when connecting with the knee and thing of the Scot.
Needless to say, the next game at Goodison in April 2003 Sizzling Temperatures was hit. Liverpool won 2-1 but had to come through the wars. Both David Weir and Naysmith were carded red. Everton considered a lifelong ban for one toffees fan that stormed the field and threw a scarf in Salif Diao, which sounds quite 22 years old.
In the first 25 matches of Moyes against Liverpool there were no fewer than 14 red cards, 10 for Everton (although Jack Rodwell's were withdrawn). Three times they were reduced to nine men for their unsavory game.
Perhaps that is no surprise, given that the luminaire generally has the most red cards of a Premier League lovelon with 23.
Those early years brought some immeasurable highlights. In Goodison in December 2004, Lee Carsley left Chris Kirkland Statuesque when he hit a 20-meter piledriger to seal a 1-0 victory. Everton left that result 12 points for their city rivals and second in the competition table. The only pleasant aspect of the day for fans of Liverpool was a quiet fine-shoot-out between Santa Impersonators.
Moyes was ecstatic. “We have to be in a scream of the title, right?” He said afterwards. Eventually they finished fourth, enough for a third qualifying round of Champions League, although Villarreal killed their dreams the following summer.
Then, in September 2006, Everton Liverpool hit 3-0 at home. Moyes had obtained their largest derby victory in 42 years. Tim Cahill scored one of his five goals in the luminaire, while Andy Johnson dropped twice.
Johnson could hardly believe his happiness when Pepe Reina practically placed the ball on his head for the ultimate goal in one of the most bizarre goals that fans could see.
Moyes rarely gave Liverpool a simple game in Walton, that historic stadium full of life in the stands and buzzed with intensity on the turf.
That said, the Reds prevailed. He has won four of his 12 games against Liverpool in Goodison, a drawing of one, but loses seven.
Liverpool was unplayable in September 2008 when they had 2-0 winners. Fernando Torres scored twice to give Liverpool their best Premier League start and Reina did not have to save.
Moyes sometimes felt that happiness was against them. He complained about the excluded goal of James Beattie in a 3-1 loss in December 2005, but in reality they had just come across a good Liverpool side.
Everton did not help himself, with Mikel Arteta and Phil Neville being sent away. It was a similar story in the reverse match in Anfield in March 2006. Neville scored his own goal and Andy van der Meyde got his marsorders, as Gerrard was.
But Liverpool showed their superior quality thanks to Luis Garcia's masterful Lob and Harry Kewell's Screamer, who expanded their winning run to nine games.
Gerrard was a constant scourge against Moyes and took seven against his Everton team from the first era.
The Scouser stole the show two days before the 10-year anniversary of Moyes at Goodison with a hat trick in Anfield in March 2012.
A month later, Liverpool played the knife while they finished Everton's FA Cup-Hoop for 87.00 fans in Wembley, Andy Carroll practically scored a late header with his ponytail to send Liverpool to the final with a 2-1 victory, departing, the Hands of the fans of Toffees put on their faces such as Treecle.
The derby is never over until it is over – just ask Divok Origi. You can then also ask Gosling, who etched itself in Everton Folklore in 2009 with a two -minute winner from the end of extra time in a repetition of a FA Cup fourth round. Not bad for a 19-year-old.
Unfortunately ITV missed the goal. The channel cut away to a planned advertisement break, with a commercial for TIC TACs.
Then it starts a very serious advertisement for action for children, but the bosses decided to cut this off to return to the action at Goodison, where Gosling was buried under a pile of his teammates. Fortunately, fans could see the repetition.
The clubs have traced highlights and summarized lows. Kenny Dalglish returned to the Anfield Dugout for the first time in 20 years in January 2011 and they played a 2-2 Thriler, so that they both left only four points above the relegation zone.
It is almost unthinkable to present your Liverpool in such a position after 22 games nowadays, but that was a different time.
Moyes' most recent Merseyside Derby in Goodison Park came in October 2012, a 2-2 draw. It was bitter from before the first whistle.
The Scot warned in the structure of the game that Luis Suarez could expel people from the sport with his dives and Histrionics.
'It will reject supporters if they think players are following their way to the results. People like to see things done correctly, “he said.
How did the Uruguayan react? Celebrate his goal with a dive for Moyes after he has set up Liverpool 2-0.
But the Toffees boss had the last smile when his side came from behind and the deceased winner of Suarez was wrongly excluded.
You could claim that there used to be more danger to the Derbies, when the teams were closer to the table, but that is not necessarily the case.
Everton fans sang 'You Lost the League in Goodison Park' last season after having messed up from the Reds to the sword with 2-0, but ended the hope of Jurgen Klopp in a fairy-tale end to his tenure.
In anticipation of tonight, the 24th Merseyside Derby, Moyes has suggested that it will not be filled with the same fire and thunder as on earlier occasions. Maybe he was softened.
'When it was Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard [playing for Liverpool]It was a case of who went to kick who really first. That's how it went. [I have] Great memories of that, “he said.
'I don't think the games are now being played in such a way where you can be, I think the referees are different, but it's a great derby.
'It has been a brilliant game over the years and there are many, many people who have enjoyed these games.
'They have been fantastic since I came back. Goodison has always had a very difficult, intimidating atmosphere and is a difficult place to play. I have had some great nights as a manager here and I hope I have to come.
'The supporters have always played a major role. They have had a difficult period, but hopefully they can see a little light at the end of the tunnel. '
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