Van Dijk scores late goal for Liverpool in 2-1 derby win over Everton Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk scored with a header in the 10th minute of second-half stoppage time on Sunday to snatch a 2-1 Premier League win in a thrilling climax to the first Merseyside derby at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Liverpool once again looked shaky and lost goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili to injury in the second half, but Van Dijk dug deep to deliver a victory that boosts its hopes of Champions League football despite a disappointing season.
The result leaves Liverpool fifth in the standings on 55 points, three behind Aston Villa with five games left to play. Everton is 10th on 47 points.
EVE vs LIV – AS IT HAPPENED
The top five teams will play in next season’s Champions League.
SALAH SCORES IN LAST MERSEYSIDE DERBY
Playing in his final derby ahead of his planned departure from Liverpool in the summer, Mohamed Salah stamped his mark on the game in the 29th minute as Everton gave the ball away cheaply and Cody Gakpo picked out the Egyptian who calmly fired home past Jordan Pickford to break the deadlock.
After a poor start, that goal jolted the visitors into life, but Beto brought Everton roaring back early in the second half by holding off Liverpool defender Andy Robertson before steering a low cross from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall into the net from close range.
In a worrying development for coach Arne Slot, keeper Mamardashvili was injured in the incident and had to be replaced by Freddie Woodman, and the 29-year-old had some worrying moments as he stepped in to mind the net for the remainder of one of the biggest fixtures in English football.
Deciding that attack was the best form of defence, Gakpo went close with a header for Liverpool that was cleared by James Tarkowski but Everton finished strongly and looked to be on its way to a well-deserved point.
However, Liverpool had other ideas, with substitute Rio Ngumoha blazing an excellent opportunity over the bar in the eighth minute of stoppage time at the end of the game before Van Dijk’s late heroics to snatch the win.
Published on Apr 19, 2026
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Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk scored with a header in the 10th minute of second-half stoppage time on Sunday to snatch a 2-1 Premier League win in a thrilling climax to the first Merseyside derby at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Liverpool once again looked shaky and lost goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili to injury in the second half, but Van Dijk dug deep to deliver a victory that boosts its hopes of Champions League football despite a disappointing season.
The result leaves Liverpool fifth in the standings on 55 points, three behind Aston Villa with five games left to play. Everton is 10th on 47 points.
EVE vs LIV – AS IT HAPPENED
The top five teams will play in next season’s Champions League.
SALAH SCORES IN LAST MERSEYSIDE DERBY
Playing in his final derby ahead of his planned departure from Liverpool in the summer, Mohamed Salah stamped his mark on the game in the 29th minute as Everton gave the ball away cheaply and Cody Gakpo picked out the Egyptian who calmly fired home past Jordan Pickford to break the deadlock.
After a poor start, that goal jolted the visitors into life, but Beto brought Everton roaring back early in the second half by holding off Liverpool defender Andy Robertson before steering a low cross from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall into the net from close range.
In a worrying development for coach Arne Slot, keeper Mamardashvili was injured in the incident and had to be replaced by Freddie Woodman, and the 29-year-old had some worrying moments as he stepped in to mind the net for the remainder of one of the biggest fixtures in English football.
Deciding that attack was the best form of defence, Gakpo went close with a header for Liverpool that was cleared by James Tarkowski but Everton finished strongly and looked to be on its way to a well-deserved point.
However, Liverpool had other ideas, with substitute Rio Ngumoha blazing an excellent opportunity over the bar in the eighth minute of stoppage time at the end of the game before Van Dijk’s late heroics to snatch the win.
Published on Apr 19, 2026
![Tough time, but we’ll stay together: Harmanpreet Kaur after second successive T20I defeat India captain Harmanpreet Kaur admitted her team is going through a tough phase but stressed the need to stick together and bounce back after suffering its second successive defeat to South Africa in the women’s T20 International series here on Sunday.India went down meekly by eight wickets in the second women’s T20I to trail 0-2 in the five-match series here on Sunday.Asked to bat first, India was all out for 147 and SA chased down the target quite comfortably, reaching 148 for 2 in 17.1 overs.“Tough time. We as a team need to stay together,” Harmanpreet said at the post-match presentation.READ | Wolvaardt, Luus fifties help South Africa script 8-wicket win over India“Hopefully, we’ll go (to Johannesburg for the third match on April 22) with positive approach. T20 format is like that: it’s about staying together.” Harmanpreet rued that her team could not do well in the death-over batting and powerplay bowling.“I think with bat, we were not able to contribute the way we wanted. Last ten overs of the innings we did not bat well. We need to think how we go about next three matches. When you’re not getting the shots, rotating strike is a key point. We were discussing… we can rotate strike and it can help us through that time. But it’s a time when things didn’t work.“Powerplay, while bowling, is not going our way.”Opener Shafali Verma was the lone bright spot for India with a 38-ball 57, which was studded with seven fours and two sixes.“Shafali been a great talent for us. Hope she’ll continue [the same way] for us,” the skipper said.South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt said restricting India to 147 all out was a good job done by her side.“Pretty good catching, one or two put down, but we took one or two good ones as well. After start they had, restricting them was great,” she said.“The area we struggled with last season (death bowling), bowlers identified bowling slower ones into the wicket was helping. It’s something we’ve talked a lot about. Being present on the cricket field. Little things showing on the field.”Published on Apr 19, 2026 #Tough #time #stay #Harmanpreet #Kaur #successive #T20I #defeat](https://i3.wp.com/ss-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/bu83ep/article70881962.ece/alternates/LANDSCAPE_1200/HARMAN%20KAUR.jpg?ssl=1 "Tough time, but we’ll stay together: Harmanpreet Kaur after second successive T20I defeat India captain Harmanpreet Kaur admitted her team is going through a tough phase but stressed the need to stick together and bounce back after suffering its second successive defeat to South Africa in the women’s T20 International series here on Sunday.India went down meekly by eight wickets in the second women’s T20I to trail 0-2 in the five-match series here on Sunday.Asked to bat first, India was all out for 147 and SA chased down the target quite comfortably, reaching 148 for 2 in 17.1 overs.“Tough time. We as a team need to stay together,” Harmanpreet said at the post-match presentation.READ | Wolvaardt, Luus fifties help South Africa script 8-wicket win over India“Hopefully, we’ll go (to Johannesburg for the third match on April 22) with positive approach. T20 format is like that: it’s about staying together.” Harmanpreet rued that her team could not do well in the death-over batting and powerplay bowling.“I think with bat, we were not able to contribute the way we wanted. Last ten overs of the innings we did not bat well. We need to think how we go about next three matches. When you’re not getting the shots, rotating strike is a key point. We were discussing… we can rotate strike and it can help us through that time. But it’s a time when things didn’t work.“Powerplay, while bowling, is not going our way.”Opener Shafali Verma was the lone bright spot for India with a 38-ball 57, which was studded with seven fours and two sixes.“Shafali been a great talent for us. Hope she’ll continue [the same way] for us,” the skipper said.South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt said restricting India to 147 all out was a good job done by her side.“Pretty good catching, one or two put down, but we took one or two good ones as well. After start they had, restricting them was great,” she said.“The area we struggled with last season (death bowling), bowlers identified bowling slower ones into the wicket was helping. It’s something we’ve talked a lot about. Being present on the cricket field. Little things showing on the field.”Published on Apr 19, 2026 #Tough #time #stay #Harmanpreet #Kaur #successive #T20I #defeat")
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