PENALTY HEROICS AGAINST TOFFEES HAS STUCK WITH ADE

KOP keeper Adrian will be more than happy if today’s third-round clash with Everton ends the same way as the last time he met the Toffees in the FA Cup.

Five years ago, as West Ham keeper, he scored the winning penalty in a 9-8 shoot-out victory over Everton in a third-round replay. It remains his greatest memory of the famous competition — and the Spanish star is back in the FA Cup spotlight again at Anfield with Jurgen Klopp set to rest number one Alisson at Anfield today.

“Yeah I have great memories of the FA Cup. Obviously I played many games before in the Cup but the best was against Everton, at Upton Park, one of the last games there,” says Adrian.

“Scoring the winning penalty was an amazing feeling because it was at the end of a long game — a replay — and penalties.

“There had been 15 penalties and then it came to the goalkeepers — me and Joel Robles for Everton. Joel hit the crossbar and I scored — the best memory I have in the FA Cup and one I will always remember.”

Adrian is a shoot-out specialist at both ends, after saving Tammy Abraham’s spot-kick in Liverpool’s Super Cup win over Chelsea In

Istanbul in August. That gave him immediate Kop kudos after his summer move from West Ham, a status cemented at Anfield as he played 10 unbeaten games early in the season with Alisson sidelined through injury.

That run — and his part in the 5-2 derby win over Everton in December with Alisson suspended — has made him feel part of the Liverpool ‘family’.