Hopes were high going into this one as we've not been beaten in nine league games and, despite them being on a similar run, this was as bad a Liverpool side as we could hope to face.
But any pre-match optimism should've been tempered by the fact that during our unbeaten run we've still managed to put in some ropey performances - notably Carlisle and Birmingham in the cup - and, if nothing else, this lot can raise themselves for the big games.
And that's exactly what happened here!
The Blues had the better of the opening exchanges of what was a scrappy - that's putting it mildly - first half that was basically a catalogue of bad tackles.
By half time it could easily have been ten Livepool players versus nine Everton players and Steven Pienaar was the first of three that should have been sent off for horrific tackles.
The South African - who must've stood on a plug when he got out of bed that morning judging by the mood he was in! - seemed happy to go around kicking people, most notably Javier Mascherano whose leg he could easily have snapped in two with a dreadful high lunge.
He may have felt hard done by after Jamie Carragher received no punishment for going right through him in the first minute but, either way, Pienaar failed to exert any of his usual positive influence on a game he could've made his own.
But, had the referee booked Carragher for that early challenge, we may not have had to endure the horror show that was to unfold.
Dirk Kuyt was booked for a cynical foul on Landon Donovan as the American was charging towards the box and then the Dutchman was kicked in the face by Mourane Fellaini after he went down under a challenge from Pienaar.
Then came what was to be the game's turning point as Fellaini and Sotirios Kyrgiakos - surely the player that symbolises most how far the Shite have fallen - went in for a 50-50.
Kyrgiakos went right over the ball and put in a horrible two-footed challenge but Fellaini, seeing what was going on, completely disregarded the ball and decided to 'get his in first' and put in an awful two footed stamp on the Greek international's leg.
As both players were laid out on the floor it was anyone's guess as to what the referee was going to do and - much to the dismay of most of the ground - he chose to send off the Liverpool man and Fellaini got away with it.
Well he got away with it insomuch as he wasn't sent off but he played no further part in the game and is to undergo a scan on his injured leg - so job done by Kyrgiakos!
David Moyes then, to everyone's surprise, sent on Mikel Arteta in place of Fellaini, presuming that the Spaniard could tear them a new arse like he did last season.
But Arteta is a long way off match fitness and he too failed to exert any influence on the game that had now, inevitably given Everton's record when outnumbering the opposition, swung in the home side's favour.
The onus was on Everton to attack and they choked!
That said, had Cahill buried a far post header at the end of the first half then the outcome of the game may have been very different.
But he didn't and within ten minutes of the restart Liverpool took the lead through one of the softest goals the Blues will concede all season.
From another ineffective Liverpool attack, John Heitinga needlessly headed the ball behind for a corner that Steven Gerrard swung into the six-yard box and right onto Dirk Kuyt's ugly kite!
Phil Neville inexplicably got the wrong side of the Dutchman and Tim Howard came out swinging like Stan Laurel in a boxing ring which left Kuyt with an easy header into an empty net.
It was the Dutch international's 50th goal in English football and it feels like at least 49 of them have been scored against us.
The game then petered out as Everton passed the ball around but could not find any sort of a breakthrough.
Tim Cahill fashioned a good chance for himself but took one touch too many and couldn't get any power on his shot and then Yakubu, on for Leon Osman, had a snap shot that Jose Reina did well to tip over.
Speaking of 'Pepe' - what the fuck was that scarf all about? The bell end!
Steven Gerrard, not wanting to be outdone, then put in one of his trademark shithouse tackles and nearly took Steven Pienaar's head off as he lay on the floor.
Quite how Gerrard continually gets away with challenges like this - and his ludicrous 'Bambi-on-ice' dives - is beyond me but he only received a yellow card for what was another red card challenge.
Gerrard was involved in a red card incident though as he contrived to get Steven Pienaar sent off after the South African stupidly jumped into him after he'd won a header on the halfway line.
It was a nothing challenge but the Livepool captain went down holding his face and the referee had the opportunity he needed to even up the numbers.
An awful end to an awful game played by two awful teams!
Hopes were high going into this one as we've not been beaten in nine league games and, despite them being on a similar run, this was as bad a Liverpool side as we could hope to face.
But any pre-match optimism should've been tempered by the fact that during our unbeaten run we've still managed to put in some ropey performances - notably Carlisle and Birmingham in the cup - and, if nothing else, this lot can raise themselves for the big games.
And that's exactly what happened here!
The Blues had the better of the opening exchanges of what was a scrappy - that's putting it mildly - first half that was basically a catalogue of bad tackles.
By half time it could easily have been ten Livepool players versus nine Everton players and Steven Pienaar was the first of three that should have been sent off for horrific tackles.
The South African - who must've stood on a plug when he got out of bed that morning judging by the mood he was in! - seemed happy to go around kicking people, most notably Javier Mascherano whose leg he could easily have snapped in two with a dreadful high lunge.
He may have felt hard done by after Jamie Carragher received no punishment for going right through him in the first minute but, either way, Pienaar failed to exert any of his usual positive influence on a game he could've made his own.
But, had the referee booked Carragher for that early challenge, we may not have had to endure the horror show that was to unfold.
Dirk Kuyt was booked for a cynical foul on Landon Donovan as the American was charging towards the box and then the Dutchman was kicked in the face by Mourane Fellaini after he went down under a challenge from Pienaar.
Then came what was to be the game's turning point as Fellaini and Sotirios Kyrgiakos - surely the player that symbolises most how far the Shite have fallen - went in for a 50-50.
Kyrgiakos went right over the ball and put in a horrible two-footed challenge but Fellaini, seeing what was going on, completely disregarded the ball and decided to 'get his in first' and put in an awful two footed stamp on the Greek international's leg.
As both players were laid out on the floor it was anyone's guess as to what the referee was going to do and - much to the dismay of most of the ground - he chose to send off the Liverpool man and Fellaini got away with it.
Well he got away with it insomuch as he wasn't sent off but he played no further part in the game and is to undergo a scan on his injured leg - so job done by Kyrgiakos!
David Moyes then, to everyone's surprise, sent on Mikel Arteta in place of Fellaini, presuming that the Spaniard could tear them a new arse like he did last season.
But Arteta is a long way off match fitness and he too failed to exert any influence on the game that had now, inevitably given Everton's record when outnumbering the opposition, swung in the home side's favour.
The onus was on Everton to attack and they choked!
That said, had Cahill buried a far post header at the end of the first half then the outcome of the game may have been very different.
But he didn't and within ten minutes of the restart Liverpool took the lead through one of the softest goals the Blues will concede all season.
From another ineffective Liverpool attack, John Heitinga needlessly headed the ball behind for a corner that Steven Gerrard swung into the six-yard box and right onto Dirk Kuyt's ugly kite!
Phil Neville inexplicably got the wrong side of the Dutchman and Tim Howard came out swinging like Stan Laurel in a boxing ring which left Kuyt with an easy header into an empty net.
It was the Dutch international's 50th goal in English football and it feels like at least 49 of them have been scored against us.
The game then petered out as Everton passed the ball around but could not find any sort of a breakthrough.
Tim Cahill fashioned a good chance for himself but took one touch too many and couldn't get any power on his shot and then Yakubu, on for Leon Osman, had a snap shot that Jose Reina did well to tip over.
Speaking of 'Pepe' - what the fuck was that scarf all about? The bell end!
Steven Gerrard, not wanting to be outdone, then put in one of his trademark shithouse tackles and nearly took Steven Pienaar's head off as he lay on the floor.
Quite how Gerrard continually gets away with challenges like this - and his ludicrous 'Bambi-on-ice' dives - is beyond me but he only received a yellow card for what was another red card challenge.
Gerrard was involved in a red card incident though as he contrived to get Steven Pienaar sent off after the South African stupidly jumped into him after he'd won a header on the halfway line.
It was a nothing challenge but the Livepool captain went down holding his face and the referee had the opportunity he needed to even up the numbers.
An awful end to an awful game played by two awful teams!
