Everton defender Conor Coady says their 0-0 draw with Liverpool was "hard to take".

In the second half, Everton did think they had taken the lead when Neal Maupay's cross was tapped in at the back post by Coady. The incident went to the VAR who disallowed the strike for offside, but only after the centre-back had wildly celebrated what he thought was his first goal for his loan side.

He told MBL: "Listen it's hard to take. When I've put it in I've had a little look at the linesman and his flag was down, so I thought that might have been it and we might have been away.

"But the feeling was incredible, to score at Goodison Park was absolutely amazing I'll be honest with you. It sounds a bit daft because the goal's been ruled out but it was an incredible feeling.

"The noise from start to finish, the noise when we came in as well was absolutely amazing."

He added, "I'll be honest I thought we were outstanding. I thought the team and the lads were organised and compact. We've got to remember we're coming up against, no matter how much we like to say it, a world class team.

"It was important to nullify that, we've got a fantastic goalkeeper who's world class, and it's important we keep on improving now. I thought we were unlucky not to win the game but we take the positives and move forward."