Rooney’s penalty ensures Merseyside derby ends 1-1

Wayne Rooney scored for the first time in a Merseyside derby on Sunday with a late penalty kick for an unlikely point for Everton in a 1-1 draw against Liverpool.

With the snow swirling at Anfield, team captain Rooney sent the 77^th minute spot kick straight down the middle to draw his team level.

This was after Dominic Calvert-Lewin went down following a push in the back by Croatian defender Dejan Lovren.

Mohamed Salah had earlier fired Liverpool ahead with a 42nd-minute stunner.

The goal had sent the Egyptian clear of Tottenham Hotspur’s England striker Harry Kane as the league’s top marksman with 13 goals this season.

Liverpool stayed fourth with 30 points, 13 adrift of leaders Manchester City who were playing later at second-placed Manchester United.

Chelsea are third on 32, with Sam Allardyce’s Everton moving up to 10th. (Reuters/NAN)