Beto opens up on kind gesture Diogo Jota paid him after joining Everton and his love for Scousers

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I was shocked because Diogo was a really good guy.

“We were not friends, but you know, when you play against Portuguese players and everything, we normally stop, we speak a little bit.

“You have Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, these guys, but when I signed for Everton, he was the first guy who texted me.

“He just texted me and said: ‘I'm happy for you.

It's something that it really, really sad.”

Blue scarves from Evertonians laid on the Kop were some of the first tributes paid for Liverpool's supporters after Hillsborough and once again the city united at a time of tragedy through the classy actions of Everton and their fanbase following Jota's death.

Asked how he felt going to Anfield to pay his respects, he said: “It was good, I saw a togetherness between Everton and Liverpool.

It's life, life is more than football.

“I liked the way the Everton approached it, not just the club, but the fans, they approached it really good.

It was a good feeling.

“I love the Scousers, to be honest, because they are really, really nice people.

I replied that I need to and I want to and I'm going to do my best!”

Beto already knows what it's like to score in the derby having broken the deadlock 11 minutes into the 2-2 draw with Liverpool on February 12 this year in what was the last-ever Goodison Park meeting between the clubs.

Even before James Tarkowski's dramatic 98th-minute equaliser with the last kick of a ball from a Blues player, the 27-year-old recalls the incredible noise.

Beto said: “It was loud, really loud.

We are playing good football, offensive, attractive football, and they are confident, they trust the team.

“You know it's the derby, everyone in the city stops to watch the derby.