REACTION: The Merseyside derby had one major flashpoint before Sadio Mané's goal

It was one malicious challenge.

The Merseyside derby was high on octane, and high on atmosphere, but low on quality on Monday evening before Sadio Mané popped up with a goal in injury time.

With Everton and Liverpool locked at a stalemate going towards the last 20 minutes of the game, with neither side producing any serious quality, Ross Barkley went in on his England team-mate Jordan Henderson with the filthiest of tackles.

Reaction was predictably one-sided (because it was a pretty bad tackle, let's be clear).When all of that had died down, Sadio Mané pounced on an effort from substitute Daniel Sturridge to give Liverpool a scarcely deserved win.