#2 Andy Johnson (2005-06)
Some would argue that the loss experienced by Liverpool was a result of their own defensive inadequacies rather than the quality in the Everton attack, this is a game that Everton fans love to remind the Reds about.
Everton had been on fire coming into the game and looked like the better of the two sides in the opening minutes and were duly rewarded when Tim Cahill punished the Liverpool defence in the 23rd minute after the ball fell loose to him in the Liverpool box.
Andy Johnson, who had already exposed Liverpool’s defence with his pace took the centre-stage thereafter and made the game his own with certain sections of the media even going on to dub it the “Andy Johnson Derby”. Jamie Carragher failed to deal perfectly with a Lee Carsley ball and the Englishman was on hand to find the back of the net and double Everton’s lead in the 35th minute.
While Liverpool dominated thereafter and came close on numerous occasions, they could not find a way back into the game and Johnson could have found the back of the net from close range with Pepe Reina caught out of position. However, the Englishman was at the right place at the right time late in the game to make amends for his earlier miss and punish Pepe Reina for his error to score Everton’s third and final goal of the evening to record their greatest ever victory over Liverpool in 42 years.
