Tarkowski was only shown a yellow card when an ugly follow-through saw the defender’s studs hit Mac Allister just below the knee.

Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister has taken to social media with a tongue-in-cheek post after the horror tackle from Everton defender James Tarkowski. During the first half of the Reds’ 1-0 win over the Blues, the Argentine was the receiving end of a high lunge which resulted in a yellow card.

Alexis Mac Allister was on the receiving end of a horror tackle from James Tarkowski in the Merseyside derby and the Liverpool midfielder has now broken his silence