Everton's Kevin Mirallas admits he could have seen red and says sorry to Luis Suarez

Kevin Mirallas has admitted he feared he would be sent off following his mistimed challenge on Luis Suarez and believes he may have been spared because it was a derby match.

Rodgers claimed after the match that Mirallas' 'naughty' challenge could have ended Suarez's career. He said: "I thought Mirallas should have been sent off. It would've been interesting if Luis made the challenge," said Rodgers. "I have seen Kevin for a few years and he looks a real honest player but if you look at it in every way, real time and slow motion, it is a bad challenge. "He caught him on the back of his knee and that can end your career. "It was awful jumping in like that and it took Luis 10 or 15 minutes to try to run it off and he (Mirallas) had another one by the (far) touchline where he's jumped up and come down on the back of Luis."