adobe illustrator - Select anchor behind other anchor on SAME object?

I have an object like this—

and there a two anchors, one on top of the other like this–

I'm drawing it like this because I will be animating the path of the SVG I export from this drawing and I need it to draw in the correct way. I cannot join the anchors, make them separate objects, or any other method.

How do I select the anchor that is behind the front anchor when they are part of the same object?

Note: cmd + click does not work in this case ( when they are a part of the same object ).