JORDAN PICKFORD’S penalty cheat sheet was spotted before Mohamed Salah scored from the spot.
TNT Sports cameras zoomed in on the Everton keeper’s water bottle as he prepared to face Salah’s penalty.
Liverpool were awarded a spot-kick following a VAR review after the ball struck Michael Keane’s outstretched arm.
As Salah lined up to take the penalty, Pickford could be seen picking up his water bottle.
Once he had put it down, cameras zoomed in on the bottle, showing he had a breakdown of Liverpool’s penalty takers printed onto it.
The cheat sheet appeared to show where the Reds players put their penalties and their success rate.
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However, it did not help the Toffees keeper as Salah sent him the wrong way to break the deadlock.
In scoring, Salah notched his 200th career league goal as well as tallying his 28th goal contribution in his last 24 league appearances.
Reacting to Pickford’s bottle on X, formerly Twitter, one fan joked: “Jordan Pickford had a bottle of Mo Salah’s penalty percentage and still didn’t save it.”
Another Liverpool supporter wrote: “Looks like Pickford’s water bottle didn’t help.”
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Everton had defended well to frustrate their Merseyside rivals prior to the goal.
Despite being reduced to 10 men before the interval as Ashley Young was shown a second yellow card.
Pickford has previously used a penalty cheat sheet when facing spot-kicks for Everton.
Eagle-eyed fans spotted a chart on his bottle back in May after he saved a penalty from James Maddison against Leicester.
A similar breakdown of spot-kicks was also seen in 2021 during a match against West Ham.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
