The England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has been left red-faced after his poor distribution directly led to his Everton side falling a further goal behind to West Ham at Goodison Park this afternoon.
His sloppy ball out from the back put undue pressure on X and allowed Andriy Yarmolenko a chance to bag his second of the match and make it 2-0.
While this sort of slip up is embarrassing enough for a stopper, it’s especially so when that stopper has recently been pontificating about a rival who has been caught out in similar fashion.
After the Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker was badly at fault for the first goal he conceded in Red, when he allowed himself to be robbed of possession by Kelechi Iheanacho of Leicester in a 2-1 win at the King Power, Pickford told the Daily Mail the following.
'It's a risk - if it comes off it looks good,' said Pickford. 'But if it doesn't... It's a style of play and I think that's the way Liverpool want to play as well.
'Mistakes will happen and it's about not making the next one. I'm going to try not to put myself in that position to make those mistakes.
'It's the timing of the game, really. You don't want to get too comfortable if you're winning and start trying to be a No 10.
'If it's on to do I'll do it and if it's not we'll manage the game. That's where I learn more. The more games you play the more game management you learn.'
He won’t be thanking the reporter in question for bringing that up, in retrospect, as he can expect a fairly merciless amount of ribbing from the other half of Merseyside now.
