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Liverpool’s Last XI to Win at Goodison Park: Where Are They Now?
- Updated: December 18, 2016
Liverpool make the short trip across Stanley Park for the 227th Merseyside derby on Monday night, with both sides looking to give their supporters some pre-Christmas celebrations.
The cliche is that form goes out of the window in such matches, and with four draws in a row in this fixture, Liverpool are looking for their first win at Goodison Park since 2011, while Everton are looking for their first derby victory of any kind since 2010.
This will be the first visit to Goodison Park for Reds’ boss Jurgen Klopp, with former manager Brendan Rodgers having been sacked within hours of the final whistle in this fixture last season.
Rodgers remained unbeaten in Merseyside derbies but never won at Goodison—overseeing 2-2, 3-3, 0-0 and 1-1 draws.
So while Liverpool have the clear edge over the neighbours when playing at Anfield—where the Blues are without a win since 1999—they’ve struggled to get the three points at the home of the Toffees in recent years.
Indeed, of the Liverpool squad, only one player started the last time Liverpool won at Goodison just over five years ago, which shows how much the Reds squad has changed in recent years. That man is the longest-serving Liverpool player, Lucas Leiva.
Captain Jordan Henderson was also in the squad that day and replaced Lucas for the final two minutes in what was a 2-0 win courtesy of goals from strike duo Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll.
Liverpool were helped by Jack Rodwell’s sending off midway through the first half, giving Kenny Dalglish’s side a win that moved them up to fifth in the Premier League.
The 2011/12 campaign was Dalglish’s only full season in charge after he’d been placed in permanent charge following a strong end to his interim spell the previous term. The campaign ended in disappointing fashion, with Liverpool finishing eighth, 37 points behind league winners Manchester City. A League Cup victory was not enough to save Dalglish’s job.
With Lucas and Henderson the only survivors from the Reds’ squad that last won at Goodison, we take a look at where the rest of that starting XI are today.
Goalkeeper: Pepe Reina
The 2011/12 campaign represented a decline in Pepe Reina’s form after a disappointing previous year that was preceded by five strong seasons before that. The Spaniard struggled for consistency, and some fans started to bemoan the opponent scoring from their one shot on target.
Reina was sent off at Newcastle United late in the campaign, which ended his streak of 183 consecutive Premier League appearances, but he remained as the No. 1 for the following season, Rodgers’ first in charge. The signing of Simon Mignolet in 2013 then saw him depart on loan for Napoli, where he is the first-choice goalkeeper. He signed for Bayern Munich in 2014 before making a …
