George Pickford saved a penalty and made several other good stops for Everton U21s in the loss to their Real Madrid counterparts (Image: George Wood/Getty Images)

Everton Under-21s suffered a 2-0 defeat to Real Madrid Castilla Under-21s in the Premier League International Cup after a difficult 90 minutes at Goodison Park.

The Blues' first outing in the competition this season was decided by a brace of goals from Pol Fortuny, scored at the end of each half, but it could’ve been even more for the Spaniards, with George Pickford having to make a number of top saves throughout the match.

However, the affair started fairly equally in the first quarter of an hour, before the visitors were awarded a penalty, as William Tamen’s challenge on Loren Zuniga gave the referee no choice but to giv

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