Everton vs Liverpool: Jordan Pickford's outrageous save to deny Darwin Nunez

Jordan Pickford pulled off an extraordinary save against Liverpool in Saturday’s Merseyside derby.

The England favourite has been one of few shining lights for Everton over the last 18 months and has already delivered a strong contender for the save of the season this weekend.

That’s because Pickford prevented Darwin Nunez from channelling Fernando Torres’ legendary goal against Blackburn Rovers by showing remarkable acrobatics and reflexes.

When the ball was looped over the Toffees back-line towards Nunez in the right-hand channel, fans might have wanted to look away as he lined up his second ambitious effort of the game.

However, while his earlier attempt at an acrobatic shot might have ended miserably, Nunez caught this particular strike perfectly with the subsequent rocket seemingly destined for the net.

But when the venomous effort proceeded to smack against the crossbar as opposed to rustling the net, everybody assumed that he had simply been extraordinarily unlucky.

The plot thickened, though, because it turned out that Pickford got a crucial touch on the ball in what must go down as one of the finest Premier League saves we’ve seen in the last few years.

While his crucial tip wasn’t immediately apparent in the original wide footage, replays showed just how vital his slightest of nicks was to ensuring that Nunez didn’t open the scoring.

So be sure to check out Pickford’s incredible heroics, as well as Everton’s goal continuing to live a charmed life just seconds afterwards, by watching the footage down below:

So close for Liverpool!