![]() We had this like iPad thing (they were just coming in) and he showed us the last five penalties against Tim Howard – the direction he dived and where he'd go with a right-footed penalty taker etc. Rafa and his team were always well prepared for games. It's a real mind game when you're taking a second penalty in the same game. Obviously I took the first penalty – an important equaliser after Sami Hyypia's own goal – but it was so intense when we were awarded another one in injury time. You take it.' I was more than happy to do so. When we were awarded the first one Voronin came to me and said, 'I'm not feeling comfortable. He was like, 'The opponent doesn't need to know who's going to take the penalty.' I wasn't meant to be on duty that afternoon.Īndriy Voronin was the No.1 penalty taker for the game and I was second on the list. Rafa started me and always changed his penalty takers before each game. I wasn't playing as well as I normally was and my father had passed away a couple of months before. ![]() ![]() It was a tough period for me around that time. Of course, I think my best Merseyside derby was our 2-1, incident-filled win at Goodison in October 2007 when I scored two penalties, including the injury-time winner. I'm glad I could continue with that knack when I moved to Liverpool.īut Everton v Liverpool were always special games, with red cards, tough tackles (yes, including my own against Phil Neville), drama and incredible atmospheres. I was used to playing against Ajax for Feyenoord and I used to score a fair few goals in those ones, too. That journey, around 10 minutes or so, was just brilliant, seeing the people – red and blue – on the streets and the atmosphere building nicely. We always used to come together at Melwood and then board the team coach to Goodison. My record at Goodison reads: four wins, two defeats and three goals scored. ![]() Then again, that's probably only because we won a lot of games there and I scored a fair few. And as strange as it is to say, I also loved playing at Goodison Park. ![]()
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