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Everton and Liverpool played out a tense draw at Goodison Park on Sunday afternoon.

In a cagey affair, Mohamed Salah had the best of the opportunities when he was denied by a Jordan Pickford effort.

Sportsmail's DOMINIC KING was at Goodison Park to run the rule over both sets of players.

Jurgen Klopp's title race took a wobble after Liverpool were held to a draw at Everton

Jurgen Klopp's title race took a wobble after Liverpool were held to a draw at Everton

EVERTON (4-2-3-1) 

Jordan Pickford - A couple of very important saves to deny Salah but his kicking was awful and regularly went out of play - 6 

Seamus Coleman - The only player in Everton's starting line up who knows what it is like to beat Liverpool in a derby did all he could to repeat the feat - 7.5 

Michael Keane - Fabulous tackle early in the second half to deny Salah what looked a certain goal - 8 

Kurt Zouma - Couldn't fault his efforts and was always in the right place, one of his better performances for Everton - 7.5 

Jordan Pickford had a mixed afternoon, making a superb save but kicking the ball awfully

Jordan Pickford had a mixed afternoon, making a superb save but kicking the ball awfully

Lucas Digne - Checked his desire to go forward in the first half, delivered some excellent crosses in the second - 7 

Morgan Schneiderlin - Overwhelmed at times and his passing wasn't good enough to get his team up the field - 5 

Idrissa Gueye - Way he worked and tackled showed why Everton were not prepared to sell him to Paris St Germain - 7.5 

Theo Walcott - Continues to underwhelm and no surprise when his afternoon was brought to an early end - 4 

It was no surprise that Theo Walcott was brought off the pitch early after underwhelming

It was no surprise that Theo Walcott was brought off the pitch early after underwhelming

Gylfi Sigurdsson - Always felt he would be the man to conjure something but suffered in not getting into the right positions - 6 

Bernard - Full of life and enthusiasm, only problem was that he didn't see enough of the ball in dangerous areas - 7

Dominic Calvert-Lewin - Will

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