Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers praised the composure of his young players in the heat of a Merseyside derby which never really fully ignited at Goodison Park.

The visitors hit the post through 19-year-old Jordon Ibe, on only his second Premier League start, but that was the closest either side came.

Everton did not register a shot on target until the 86th minute when Seamus Coleman forced Simon Mignolet to save.

“It became a fascinating game, tactically, two asymmetric shapes that would allow some space,” Toffees boss Roberto Martinez said.

Ibe was named man of the match, which justified Rodgers’s decision to last month bring him back from a loan spell at Derby.

“It was a brilliant performance by him, he was unfortunate not to have scored,” Rogers said.