Don't allow the noise that surrounds the aftermath of this game to distract you from remembering two key points.
Everton, deservedly, remain on top of the Premier League table and this team do not know when they are beaten.
Yes, of course, those from across Stanley Park will not tire of telling you that had the video assistant referee not seen an offside that nobody else did, or probably will ever be able to, then it would have been Liverpool celebrating yet another last-gasp, gutting, victory in this fixture.
But perhaps, as the dust settles on this dramatic and feisty derby, then the Reds will be able to look directly above them in the standings and see that they are no longer dealing with the type of Everton side to which they have become accustomed in recent years.
They may also now understand what it feels like to be the side on the wrong side of Lady Luck in these games too.
Liverpool took an early lead yet where other Blues teams would have crumbled, this one fired back. They went back in front with only 13 minutes of a tight game left, yet Everton responded again.
Richarlison was sent off in the final minute to leave his team-mates a man down for what remained on Michael Oliver's watch, Liverpool capitalised and believed they had won the game, but then the VAR intervened.
Even if it hadn't, even with only a few minutes left, even with a man less, 3-2 down with little time remaining, you still could not write Everton off. With time slipping away, they had a mountain to climb but it's not right to have dismissed their chances. No, not this lot.
You cannot do that with this team at the moment. Even with 10 men, you cannot ignore the spirit which clearly bonds this group of players.
Liverpool have built a legacy on the foundations of such thinking. It's about time Everton borrowed some of that.
It's been said on these pages before, most recently in the hours after the win over Brighton, but it's worth repeating and adding to following this adrenalin-pumped derby.
So far in the league this season, when conceding an equaliser or having gone behind, Everton have always responded.
The longest it has taken them to muster a reaction this term is 22 minutes, against West Brom. At Crystal Palace, they were pegged back for only 16 minutes, Brighton restored parity for less than half that time and, then, today, Everton were behind for 16 minutes and, finally, just nine when Dominic Calvert-Lewin did what all good strikers do.
The only shame was that the Gwladys Street wasn't packed to see his header find the bottom corner. Imagine how great a picture it would have made?
The bubble, that Ancelotti spoke of, has yet to burst. He accepts that, at some point, it has to and it came close to doing so today, but it will not be how it happens that will concern him, but how his players react to such a situation.
Five league games in, and the Italian is yet to have that to worry about, but the evidence, so far, is that this set of players will take any set-back in their stride.
The erratic form of Jordan Pickford - looking like a liability one moment and then world class the next - will be more of a worry, even if he denied such feelings afterwards.
And when future set-backs arrive, you'd have to bet that they'll use their heads to mount any reaction, too.
Everton, in the league, have now scored five headed goals this season. The Blues have ability in the squad and their attack has been elevated by new arrivals, but Ancelotti knows how tough it is to break down the best teams, so there has to be more than one way to skin a cat.
Everton are a threat in the air. It's official.
Against the best side in the country – and Liverpool were very good in spells today – Everton didn't play well, they started slowly and were punished, but, crucially, they competed. They stayed in the game. Yes, yes, we know what happened, or didn't happen in time added on, but that is not the point here, is it?
Liverpool's disappointment is not our concern, Everton's growing resolve is. And that is the real narrative for Blues tonight.
And 'compete', that was the word Ancelotti used afterwards. But the Blues, you could argue, did more than that.
Yes, there was a major slice fortune with the VAR decision in time added on – and few Evertonians will be disputing it was a crazy decision – but anyone who knows the recent history of this fixture could not deny that the rub of the green wasn't overdue for the home side.
And before Mo Salah struck a fine volley to put Liverpool back in front, Everton had hit the post with Richarlison and forced Adrian into a sprawling save to deny James Rodriguez' shot.
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Rodriguez was good again today, especially considering his trans-Atlantic flight in midweek, Yerry Mina – his weak clearance for Liverpool's second aside - too.
Richarlison looked a little jaded and will be agonising over his red card in the final minute. He can have no complaints and now has to sit, stewing, on the sidelines for the next three games, missing the trips to Southampton and Newcastle as well as the home game with Manchester United.
His absence will be felt, that's for sure.
It's a set-back Everton have to respond to. But it's what they have been doing all season. Why would they stop now?
