Everton have got themselves a new 'Goodison God' after what he did against Liverpool

Carlisle Kaiser becomes ‘Goodison god’

A couple of imperious runs up the pitch against Nottingham Forest on Sunday prompted this correspondent to dub Jarrad Branthwaite 'The Carlisle Kaiser' but this was the night that the young centre-back’s breakthrough season went up through the stratosphere to the Royal Blue heavens and he went from mere emperor to becoming a Goodison God’.

When the rangy prospect headed off to PSV Eindhoven on loan, those back at Everton didn’t even know whether he was going to make it as a Premier League player, but this term he has been playing like he’s been dominating at this level for years. Despite playing for side who, even without the points deduction, would be in the bottom half of the table, for months now Jarrad Branthwaite has been bossing the division’s top strikers.

Of late though, he’s also started to show himself as quite an accomplished finisher, too. While his first of the season, a last-gasp headed equaliser against Tottenham Hotspur, was all about bravery, his strike at Brighton & Hove Albion was as composed as any leading marksman and in the heat of battle against Liverpool, Branthwaite was cool as a cucumber here, etching himself into Merseyside Derby folklore.

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Everton’s number nine

From the days of Dixie Dean, football’s first player to don the famous shirt, Evertonians have always loved their number nines and Dominic Calvert-Lewin put all those tough days behind him with a header from a corner-kick in front of the Gwladys Street reminiscent of Duncan Ferguson’s fabled Merseyside derby goal almost