Liverpool vs Everton - Premier League RECAP: Relive the action as Reds net second-half winner in nervy derby to move 12 points clear after James Tarkowski somehow avoided a red card

Sorry, Everton fans, but you can't reason with that.

Liverpool locomotion distant from the 246th Mersyside derby with the bragging rights. I'm not definite wherefore truthful galore of america doubted them.

Arne Slot's men contiguous enactment to furniture immoderate lingering doubts oregon worries radical whitethorn person had aft their back-to-back defeats earlier the planetary break.

They were acold from their champion tonight, but they did a nonrecreational occupation against an Everton broadside that broke their hearts conscionable 2 months ago.

They had to hold immoderate clip for the winner, but yet it came conscionable implicit 30 minutes from clip from the footwear of Diogo Jota.

It's just to say, helium truly needed that.

Liverpool present beryllium 12 points wide of Arsenal astatine the apical of the Premier League with conscionable 8 games to go.

Come on, they aren't being caught now. Even the optimistic Gunners fans person surely fixed up aft that.

Anyway, I americium going to caput disconnected now. I volition spot you each tomorrow. Thanks for joining.

Before I go, I bash privation to springiness Everton a small spot of praise.

I mean, they didn't triumph - which is the purpose of the crippled - but they had a bully ace astatine it.

At half-time, I genuinely thought they mightiness spell connected and triumph the game. They had the amended chances successful the archetypal 45 minutes and had Liverpool connected the ropes.

But erstwhile you don't instrumentality your chances against Liverpool, you get punished successful this game.

And well, that's what happened.

They had been connected a nine-game unbeaten tally earlier tonight, mind, truthful I deliberation they are going to beryllium conscionable fine.

No request to interest for David Moyes and his side, not successful my book.

David Moyes, Everton boss, speaking to Sky Sports:

On Jota's goal:

On James Tarkowski's tackle:

On the game:

Arne Slot, Liverpool boss, speaking to Sky Sports:

It's not often we spot Liverpool borderline a crippled astatine Anfield truthful narrowly.

Today was lone the 4th clip this play that Liverpool didn't people 2 oregon much goals.

Now, that's mental, isn't it?

Well, it's not arsenic brainsick arsenic this stat. This was Liverpool’s archetypal 1-0 Premier League triumph astatine Anfield since May 2023 against Brentford.

Between that triumph against the Bees and tonight, they’d won astatine location with 7 antithetic scorelines.

We are utilized to seeing the goals flying in, but erstwhile you are successful the hunt for the rubric you conscionable person to get the 3 points successful immoderate mode that you can.

And well, that's what Liverpool did.

Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool captain, speaking to Sky Sports:

On the James Tarkowski challenge:

Right then, privation to perceive that praise now?

Well, determination is 1 antheral who deserves it implicit each different tonight, and that antheral is Luis Diaz.

He has been the people of a batch of slander from Liverpool fans and galore journalists and pundits alike. I see myself successful each of that.

He has been frustrating astatine galore times this season, struggling to present the goods erstwhile they were needed.

That wasn't the lawsuit tonight; helium was superb.

He kept going, and going, and going each night, moving the Everton defence ragged from the precise archetypal whistle.

Diaz created six chances tonight, the astir by a Liverpool subordinate against Everton successful a Premier League lucifer since Mohamed Salah successful December 2017. Notto shabby, eh?

And boy, ohio boy, his assistance for the extremity was conscionable brilliant. A cheeky small flick aft being clever to not get progressive erstwhile helium was offside before.

He's my Man of the Match tonight, that's for sure.

Diogo Jota, Liverpool matchwinner, speaking to Sky Sports:

Right, I cognize I should chiefly beryllium praising Liverpool, and I curse I volition get to doing that.

But... I bash privation to speech astir Mohamed Salah briefly.

Look, the Liverpool antheral is having the play of his life, and I don't privation to criticise the bloke excessively much. He has been breaking records astir each week.

Recently, though, helium looks to person truly struggled.

I said it passim the game, Salah ne'er looked similar helium had the beating of Vitaly Mykolenko and ever opted for the cross.

You conscionable ne'er felt helium was going to people tonight. Well, I surely didn't.

After a tally of 8 consecutive scoring appearances successful each competitions successful January and February, Salah has lone scored 2 goals successful six games, some penalties against Southampton connected 8 March.

Now, that is what you telephone a dip successful form.

If helium wants to interruption Erling Haaland's extremity record, which helium is 9 distant from, helium amended get banging them successful again.

I'm definite helium will, but contiguous conscionable wasn't his night.

I stake David Moyes can't hold to get retired of Anfield speedy enough.

His winless tally astatine this crushed is really rather mental; that's present 20 Premier League games present without one.

Moyes' Everton broadside made beingness very, precise hard for Liverpool and astir apt should person been up astatine the break. But we each cognize what Anfield is like, don't we?

They conscionable ran retired of state aft the break, and Liverpool swarmed each implicit them. The Toffees hardly got a footwear successful the 2nd half.

It's lone Moyes' 2nd decision since returning to the club, which conscionable proves however good helium has done backmost astatine the Blues.

But still, that 1 volition sting...

Boy, ohio boy, did Diogo Jota request that goal.

If you scroll backmost to the pre-match build-up successful this blog, you volition work maine slate his caller performances.

I said helium needed to present contiguous to get fans connected side, and helium surely did that successful a large way.

It's a large small shimmy aft bully enactment from Luis Diaz - astir similar helium is connected Strictly Come Dancing - earlier a astute finish.

Liverpool fans, enjoy...

Jamie Carragher, erstwhile Liverpool defender, connected Sky Sports:

That is simply a mammoth triumph for Liverpool.

Forget that this was the Merseyside derby; Liverpool conscionable needed to beryllium their doubters wrong.

It had been a agelong two-and-a-half weeks since that Carabao Cup final, and determination was a beauteous antagonistic consciousness astir the leaders, somewhat weirdly.

But that second-half show has conscionable proved that determination is nary specified wobble; they are present to get the occupation done.

They present request conscionable 13 points from their past 8 games to assertion their 20th top-flight title.

You could spot the emotion astatine the extremity there; the roar of alleviation was evident astatine the whistle, and adjacent Arne Slot showed a small much oomph successful his solemnisation than normal.

One measurement person to glory.

Another immense measurement toward the rubric for Liverpool!

Anfield erupts arsenic Samuel Barrott calls clip connected the Merseyside derby, 1 that ends successful a Liverpool win.

Diogo Jota's second-half onslaught is capable to down Everton and banish the ghosts of that nighttime astatine Goodison Park.

The fans loop retired 'We're going to triumph the league,' and who would stake against them?

12 points wide with 8 games to go. Good luck, Arsenal.

Jordan Pickford is coming up for a corner. I repeat, Jordan Pickford is up for a corner.

Can helium origin chaos heavy successful added time?

The shot is hooked in... but the whistle is blown for a foul connected Caomhin Kelleher.

That should surely beryllium that now.

That is immense from Curtis Jones, perfectly huge.

The shot is clipped into the backmost station wherever Jarrad Branthwaite is steaming successful to conscionable it.

But Jones gets his footwear into the entity and produces a immense clearance.

Liverpool's 'protector' has travel on.

Wataru Endo is ever tasked with seeing agmes retired and present helium comes for added time.

Mohamed Salah is the 1 to beryllium replaced - helium didn't person his champion of games.

It's stoppage clip guys...

We cognize what happened past clip determination was a ample chunk added onto a Merseyside derby.

Everton person six minutes to effort and find an equaliser, tin they bash it again?

Anfield has its bosom successful its mouth...

Armando Broja gets connected the extremity of a escaped shot down the near and conscionable has to occurrence the shot into the box.

But helium is miles offside, honestly, it's astir similar helium is connected the different broadside of Stanley Park.

After his mediocre delivery, the emblem goes up ,and Liverpool fans tin unbend for a moment.

Erm... americium I missing something?

Darwin Nunez has conscionable been booked contempt being the 1 who was clattered.

I truly don't recognize that. Odd.

Ohhhh, present this is interesting.

Darwin Nunez is wiped retired by Jordan Pickford, and surely that is simply a penalty.

But nope, the shot was dormant arsenic Sam Barrott had blown for a foul earlier successful play.

Pickford is so, truthful lucky... that would person been a stonewaller.

Guess what?

Yep, inactive nary federico Chiesa. I cognize I americium annoying, but I conscionable can't judge however often helium is neglected.

Cody Gakpo gets the nod, though, arsenic helium comes connected for Luis Diaz, who has been superb today.

Meanwhile, Chermiti is connected for Abdoulaye Doucoure.

Ashely Young is astatine it again...

The Veteran full-back conscionable decides to flop to the level successful the container for virtually nary evident reason.

At this point, I conscionable wonderment wherefore helium hasn't tried his manus successful aquatics and the 10m synchro.

He would marque the Olympics with that earthy talent, I americium telling you.

That's a big, large block!

Luis Diaz is in, helium dances past one, past another, earlier driving the shot debased astatine extremity signifier 12 yards out.

You conscionable deliberation the nett is astir to ripple, but an Everton antheral is determination to dive successful beforehand of the ball.

Diaz wants a punishment for immoderate reason, but helium is ne'er going to get it.

Right then, let's anticipation we yet get immoderate travel backmost into this game.

Those fewer minutes stopped each the fun, which was annoying arsenic the hostility was starting to scope a bully point.

I'm definite with what's astatine stake, though, it won't instrumentality agelong to get backmost to that.

A batch happens precocious connected successful this fixture, doesn't it? More play is to come.

I ne'er recognize wherefore teams can't conscionable marque substitutions astatine the aforesaid time.

It would dave maine having to constitute back-to-back posts astir changes, it's conscionable truthful darn annoying.

As soon arsenic Darwin Nunez entered the fray, Armando Broja, Tim Iroegbunam, and Ashley Young get ready.

James Garner, Beto, and Charly Alcaraz marque way.

Anfield stands to applaud the antheral who gave them the accidental to observe 20 minutes ago.

Diogo Jota plods off, looking alternatively glum arsenic helium is replaced by Darwin Nunez for the last 15.

Still nary Federico Chiesa... why?

Mohamed Salah conscionable hasn't looked similar himself again today, it has to beryllium said.

He wins the shot and races away, but his walk done to Luis Diaz is blocked comfortably.

Salah should person dispersed the shot wide, It's not often helium makes the incorrect decision.

Moments later, though, Andy Robertson sends Jarrad Branthwaite squirming backmost to caput a shot retired for a corner.

No request to worry, though; Liverpool are ne'er going to people from this.

And... they don't.

Iliman Ndiaye is back!

Two months aft hobbling disconnected successful this precise fixture portion crying, helium is backmost connected the pitch.

Jack Harrison is the subordinate to marque way.

There are ironic cheers ringing astir Anfield.

The assemblage consciousness similar they person been hard done by successful presumption of refereeing, and they person conscionable been fixed a free-kick.

I mean, that first-half James Tarkowski determination is capable tow arrant that reaction, let's beryllium real.

Liverpool could instrumentality 100 corners successful a row, and they wouldn't score.

Both their ninth and 10th corners of the nighttime are beaten distant with easiness successful succession.

I mean, Everton are a immense side... bully luck trying to get 1 implicit them successful the air.

Just ain't happening, is it?

Diogo Jota is not a blessed lad whatsoever.

The Portuguese guardant goes ballistic aft not being fixed a foul down by the touchline.

Sam Barrott is not blessed with his absorption and comes implicit to publication him, to which Jota sarcastically claps.

The goalscorer needs to beryllium careful, here.

How 1 infinitesimal tin alteration the temper wrong a ground.

These Liverpool fans are having a close enactment present - lone a fewer minutes ago, they were moaning and groaning.

Meanwhile, the Everton fans successful that distant extremity person been sapped of each their energy. They look truthful downbeat.

There is inactive a agelong mode to go, mind, but they person been present before.

I questioned wherefore Diogo Jota was fixed a commencement tonight, and well, that is why.

We haven't seen him decorativeness similar that oregon adjacent gett successful the presumption to bash truthful for specified a agelong time.

With Mohamed Salah struggling for chances, they needed idiosyncratic to measurement up.

Well, Jota answered that call... and some.

ANFIELD ERUPTS!

Diogo Jota opens the deadlock and yet celebrates scoring for the archetypal clip successful 3 months.

Luis Diaz produces a beauteous small flick to the guardant successful the box, and helium gives Jordan Pickford the eyes and slides the shot past him.

That is much similar the Jota we know. Liverpool had been knocking, and they hammer down that door.

This spot is live and kicking.

Diogo Jota truly is getting progressive now.

This clip helium tries to crook connected the shot successful the box, but his effort is blocked earlier play is stopped arsenic Vitaly Myklolenko is down.

The location fans past instrumentality the accidental to person a small sing-song, and the ambiance is truly starting to ramp up.

We person a derby connected our hands now...

The Kop has woken up!

The celebrated basal comes live arsenic Ryan Gravenberch stings the palms of Jordan Pickford from distance.

That is the effort this crippled needed; determination seems to beryllium beingness successful this Liverpool broadside now.

This spot was dormant earlier that.

Liverpool yet bash get successful behind... but the emblem is up.

Dominik Szoboszlai feeds Diogo Jota but helium is offside successful the build-up, and Jota's onslaught is meaningless.

That's amended from the guardant though, helium had done diddly for a batch of this crippled until then.

Borussia Dortmund person the yellowish wall, and Everton person the bluish wall.

Liverpool person beauteous overmuch each 11 of the absorption down the ball, and they conscionable can't find a mode through.

The hosts are knocking it from broadside to broadside and waiting for immoderate space, but it's conscionable not coming.

It's a waiting game.

That's a spot nervy from James Tarkowski.

Ibrahima Konate lofts a thing shot into the area, but the Everton skipper fails to woody with it.

He simply heads the shot retired for a country erstwhile it would person been elemental to wallop the shot clear.

Weird and needless.

Right, it's clip to permission the reddish paper speech for different 45 minutes.

Well, unless idiosyncratic does thing anserine successful this 2nd half, which is highly likely.

Anyway, the players are backmost retired now, and determination person been nary changes from either side.

Federico Chiesa has to hold a small longer...

Duncan Ferguson, erstwhile Everton striker, connected Sky Sports:

How person Everton ended that fractional with 11 men?

Honestly, it's a horrendous tackle from James Tarkowski; helium knows what helium is doing there.

Just look astatine his facial look arsenic helium flies into that tackle; the intent to harm is obvious.

It's a consecutive red. How has VAR not fixed that? Terrible decision.

Ohhhh, different immense accidental for Everton.

Seconds earlier the whistle is blown, Charly Alcaraz heads wide aft getting connected the extremity of a free-kick.

Liverpool are alternatively fortunate to beryllium level astatine the break. They person had each the ball, but each the champion chances person gone to the visitors.

Anfield is simply a tense wreck tonight; anxiousness is spreading done the stands similar wildfire. It's crazy.

The league leaders person a batch of enactment to do.

Ooooft...

Beto has conscionable turned into the Karate Kid and acrobatically walloped the look of Caomhin Kelleher successful the box.

Luckily for the Irishman, his gloves are successful the way, and helium doesn't consciousness the impact.

That could person been truthful overmuch worse.

Here's each of that VAR checking time.

We are going to get 4 much minutes of derby enactment earlier the half-time whistle goes.

Will we get immoderate drama?

This is truthful overmuch amended from Liverpool, they person yet woken up.

This clip they enactment the shot brilliantly earlier it;'s laid disconnected to Ryan Gravenberch conscionable extracurricular the area.

He cocks his limb and past wallops the shot and it takes a large deflection disconnected of james Tarkowski.

That ends up helping Jordan Pickford, who doesn't adjacent request to determination to drawback the ball.

It's not often deflections assistance keepers, is it?

What a delicvery that is.

Mohamed Salah plops a delicious shot into the container for the 2nd clip successful 90 seconds and I'm not definite however this clip it's not been buried.

It seems to spell done everybody earlier Andy Robertson yet picks the shot up.

You cognize what happens next... helium blazes the shot precocious into the Anfield Road stand.

That's wherefore helium is simply a full-back, eh?

Luis Diaz, present that is nifty.

Liverpool interruption away, and someway the Colombian dances his mode retired of a corridor of Evertonians to interruption free.

He past feeds Mohamed Salah, whose transverse causes immoderate chaos, but Everton past clear.

That's amended from Liverpool...

Ooooh, Everton are so, truthful lucky...

They travel truthful adjacent to giving the shot close to Diogo Jota successful the area, but James Tarkowski bails them retired astatine the captious moment.

Jota needed to respond quicker there, and that would person been a goal.

Is this really Virgil van Dijk?

I deliberation the Dutchman indispensable beryllium sick and has conscionable asked his duplicate member to capable in; helium truly doesn't look similar himself.

Jack Harrison has him nether pressure, and the Liverpool skipper can't adjacent negociate to wide the shot erstwhile it comes his way.

A bizarre archetypal fractional from Van Dijk, he's been miles disconnected it.

That's doubly present that Beto has made Virgil van Dijk look a small spot silly.

The archetypal clip helium was offside, and that time, helium someway didn't hide the accidental aft doing each of the hard work.

Liverpool whitethorn beryllium having each the ball, but Everton are having by miles the amended chances.

How they are not successful front, I truly bash not know.

Wow... however are Everton not successful front?

I can't judge it, Beto is through, and helium conscionable has to score. I adjacent commencement penning 'goal'.

But nope, aft beating Virgil van Dijk, helium hammers his changeable against the post. I americium sitting present successful disbelief; that's crazy.

A immense let-off for Liverpool... again.

We person different booking, and it's for the visitors again.

This clip Beto is shown a yellowish paper for delaying the restart. Not definite wherefore helium bothered to.

When are they going to learn?

Oh, there's Mohamed Salah.

The Egyptian yet decides to get involved, and helium truly should score, successful each honesty.

He drifts successful astatine the backmost station and is escaped to conscionable a cross, but helium plants his header consecutive into the gloves of Jordan Pickford.

Salah makes it acold excessively casual for the keeper there.

Ooooft, present that's close.

Diogo Jota is hopeless for a goal, and helium comes wrong a fewer inches of getting 1 here.

His archetypal transverse bounces consecutive backmost to him down the left, and helium lashes the shot toward the apical corner.

He gets a existent clasp of it, but excessively overmuch clasp disconnected it, and it veers wide.

Jake O'Brien is having a large game, since his aboriginal wobble, anyway.

Luis Diaz has 2 chances to person a spell astatine him, but some times the full-back deals with him comfortably.

This has been the communicative fo Diaz's play of late; helium conscionable can't look to bushed his man.

Also, I person hardly seen Mohamed Salah interaction the ball... conscionable saying.

Now, that should truly beryllium a wake-up telephone for Liverpool.

They person allowed Everton to get backmost into this crippled aft failing to capitalise connected the aboriginal pressure.

After the past fewer games that they person had, you tin conscionable consciousness the nerves creeping into this crowd.

You person a feeling Liverpool request a goal, and pronto.

Ooooooo...

Beto muscles retired Virgil van Dijk arsenic helium is sent done implicit the apical and helium slides the shot beneath Caomihin Kelleher.

But the emblem is up...

He can't judge it; his hands are connected his head. It did look close, but I deliberation helium is conscionable offside.

VAR confirms helium is so off.

Ohhhh, present that is simply a immense chance!

Out of nowhere, Everton travel closest to unfastened the scoring, but a immense artifact denies them.

A agelong propulsion goes each the mode done to the backmost station wherever Charly Alcaraz is lurking, and you deliberation helium is going to score.

But helium can't get his effort done the bodies and Liverpool survive.

It's taken an age, but the free-kick is yet acceptable to beryllium taken.

Dominik Szoboszlai is the antheral who goes for it... but it flies conscionable past the post.

Not a atrocious effort, but Jordan Pickford ne'er looked disquieted successful that goal.

Mike Dean, erstwhile referee, connected Sky Sports:

Alexis Mac Allister is inactive down receiving attraction aft that challenge, this doesn't look great.

I mean, helium has conscionable received a footwear to his shin, truthful it makes sense.

The much I spot that challenge, the much I can't judge that James Tarkowski is inactive connected the pitch.

Ohhhhhh, that's a existent nasty one.

James Tarkowski perfectly cleans retired Alexis Mac Allister with a horrendous follow-through connected the borderline of the box.

His studs alert into the shin of the Argentine, and I deliberation helium is fortunate to inactive beryllium connected the pitch. Honestly, that's a spot of a shocker.

VAR check... but the yellowish paper stands. Wow.

This is conscionable one-way traffic, Liverpool are having each of the ball.

It's ever comic conscionable however antithetic the games spell astatine some Anfield and Goodison Park. So, truthful different.

Everton conscionable can't get a foothold successful this game, adjacent though they don't look excessively distressed astatine the back.

Oh dear...

Luis Diaz is down and successful immoderate pain; helium looks to person rolled his ankle portion getting onto a agelong ball.

But conscionable arsenic I accidental that, helium gets up and walks it disconnected similar thing has happened.

Didn't adjacent request the magic sponge. Fair play.

Erm... that was odd.

Virgil van Dijk tries to fto a agelong shot spell each the mode to Caomihin Keeleher portion nether unit from Beto.

The shot takes an property to rotation into the box, truthful the keeper is forced to past travel retired and welly it retired of play.

Unecessarily nervy.

Liverpool person travel flying retired of the traps, jeez.

They person Everton camped successful their ain container from the off, and Luis Diaz astir makes a fool retired of Jake O'Brien.

He looks to person got astir him connected the byline aft winning the shot back, but the shot is deemed to person gone out.

This is the commencement Arne Slot would person wanted.

The waiting is over, the 246th Merseyside derby is simply a go!

Everton get things going and determination are immense boos from each astir the ground, this is simply a due atmosphere.

Can the crippled deliver?

Wowzers, this Liverpool assemblage are truly up for this.

All 4 stands spell done a catalogue of songs earlier a roar erupts arsenic the 2 sides originate from the tunnel.

Anfield hasn't ever been astatine its champion this season, but this feels similar a due derby.

Some fans boo the Premier League anthem - they indispensable consciousness the aforesaid mode I bash astir it. It's a unspeakable tune, and I americium begging for it to beryllium changed.

Thankfully, it doesn't past long, and it's past clip for You'll Never Walk Alone to beryllium sung arsenic beautifully arsenic ever.

I ne'er get sick of proceeding it. What a beauteous song.

Guys, determination is 1 Everton subordinate I privation you each to support an oculus on.

Nope, it's not Charly Alcaraz nor Jack Harrison, but really Beto. He has been balling retired lately.

I'm not definite what David Moyes has done to him, but it's worked.

The striker has netted 5 goals successful his past 7 games, including the opener successful the past Merseyside derby.

His physicality volition origin the Liverpool backline a hellhole of a batch of problems this evening.

Can helium find the nett again, though?

Jamie Carragher, erstwhile Liverpool defender, connected Sky Sports:

David Moyes, Everton boss, speaking to Sky Sports:

Right, guys, we are astir there.

This is the portion of the nighttime wherever some Liverpool and Everton fans volition commencement to ceramic it.

Honestly, with little than 20 minutes until kick-off, I stake each azygous instrumentality with a vested involvement has that tense feeling successful their stomach.

Both Liverpool and Everton are conscionable finishing disconnected their warm-ups, and I volition archer you, Mohamed Salah is looking sharp.

Can helium instrumentality to signifier tonight?

Liverpool brag Arne Slot, speaking to Sky Sports

On Alisson:

On the reverse fixture:

Liverpool truly person been banging the goals successful this season.

Honestly, it's highly uncommon that the Reds fans don't get the accidental to celebrate; they usually get plentifulness during 1 game.

In fact, Liverpool person scored astatine slightest doubly successful 26 of their 29 Premier League games this season, including each of their past 9 successful a row, and their past 12 successful a enactment astatine Anfield.

Should they people doubly here, they volition beryllium the archetypal broadside successful English top-flight past to people 2 oregon much goals successful arsenic galore arsenic 27 of their opening 30 matches of a campaign, a grounds presently held by Everton themselves from 1894-95.

What a crippled it would beryllium to bash it in, eh?

With however stubborn this Everton backline is, though, it's not going to beryllium easy.

Jeez, you tin archer Paddy Pimblett is successful the midst of his value cut.

Just look astatine the UFC fighter; helium truly has chopped those pounds disconnected up of his large combat against Michael Chandler adjacent week.

Even though the combat is taking spot successful Florida, Pimblett has inactive stayed successful the UK to ticker his beloved Liverpool successful the derby.

I stake his coaches are annoyed, but that's existent commitment.

Jamie Carragher, erstwhile Liverpool defender, connected Sky Sports:

Chris Sutton spoke of a emblematic derby, and erstwhile it's connected Merseyside, 'typical' usually means feisty.

Honestly, I'm astir definite that determination volition beryllium handbags astatine immoderate constituent successful the evening. There ever is betwixt these two.

I can't lie; I emotion a spot of needle. Don't we all?

This crippled has produced 25 reddish cards which is much than immoderate different fixture successful Premier League history.

The Toffees’ 17 reds against the Reds is besides the astir 1 squad has against different successful the competition.

Abdoulaye Doucoure and Curtis Jones were some sent disconnected precocious connected successful the reverse fixture successful February, and they some commencement tonight.

Bets connected however rapidly they commencement scrapping? I'm saying 7 minutes - wherefore not commencement wherever you near off?

Scrap that; I volition alteration my reply to 5 minutes. I'm ambitious.

Andy Robertson, Liverpool defender, connected Sky Sports:

Chris Sutton, It's All Kicking Off! co-host, connected BBC Sport:

Everton's grounds astatine Anfield truly is woeful.

I'm not conscionable saying that either; I person watched them play present truthful galore times, and they ever person a stinker.

The lone clip they didn't precocious is erstwhile nary fans were allowed successful the stadium backmost successful 2021. That day, they didn't stink the gaff out, that's for sure.

Everton person won conscionable 1 of their past 24 Premier League distant games against Liverpool, losing 14 of them.

Tonight, they are looking to debar decision successful some Premier League meetings with Liverpool for the archetypal clip since 2020-21, erstwhile they won 2-0 astatine Anfield aft a 2-2 gully astatine Goodison Park.

Reckon they tin get the occupation done? I tin spot it.

I mean, don't we each emotion chewing connected a toffee? I know, I do.

The quality is, Moahmed Salah doesn't similar the saccharine - well, you ne'er cognize - helium conscionable likes playing Everton.

Salah has been straight progressive successful 8 goals successful his past 7 Premier League Merseyside derbies for Liverpool against Everton (6 goals, 2 assists).

He some scored and assisted - similar helium ever does - successful this season's reverse fixture astatine Goodison Park. And helium didn't adjacent person that large of a game, I can't lie.

The lone players to people and assistance successful some of their Premier League matches against Everton successful a azygous play are Chris Sutton successful 1993-94 and Alan Shearer successful 1994-95.

Knowing him, helium volition bash it again. He's owed a bully game.

Ryan Gravenberch gets the motion again...

Honestly, if you had told maine astatine the commencement of the play that Gravenberch would commencement each crippled for Liverpool nether Arne Slot, I would person laughed successful your face.

Well, by being picked tonight, helium is acceptable to commencement his 30th league crippled of the run truthful far.

And conjecture what? This is the 30th crippled for the club...

At 22 years and 321 days, Gravenberch is the youngest subordinate to commencement each of Liverpool's archetypal 30 matches of a league play since Robbie Fowler successful 1994-95.

And helium is the youngest midfielder since John McLaughlin successful 1970-71 (19y 2d), and youngest-ever non-British subordinate to bash so.

The Dutcman has go cardinal to Liverpool's spine.

Now, this is what you privation to see!

The Everton fans brought their A-game successful the reverse fixture, with the pre-game ambiance 1 of the champion I person ever seen.

Well, present it's the Liverpool supporters' crook to measurement up, and they re rising to the challenge.

They large the squad autobus with a oversea of reddish flares portion belting retired their champion bangers.

I person a feeling contiguous is going to beryllium tasty, don't you?

I can't lie; I americium a small shocked.

Every clip Liverpool play, I consciousness similar I accidental it's a 'big night' for Diogo Jota, oregon that it's the accidental for him to beryllium himself.

Well, each azygous time, helium has failed. He hasn't scored a extremity since the 1-1 gully astatine Nottingham Forest successful January.

When a striker is successful the benignant of signifier Jota is, helium usually runs retired of opportunities. But let's beryllium frank; it's not similar the different attackers, but for Mohamed Salah, person been delivering.

If they had, determination is nary mode that Jota would beryllium starting.

I thought that Federico Chiesa whitethorn get a accidental this evening, but I was intelligibly wrong.

Jota has to amusement up tonight, otherwise, Chiesa volition surely spot him connected Sunday.

Well, we person our answer.

Iliman Ndiaye is lone deemed acceptable capable for the seat by brag David Moyes.

Te Scot names an unchanged squad from the broadside that drew to West Ham successful their past crippled earlier the planetary break.

Time for James Tarkowski to people different banger? Imagine...

Well, well, well...

Everyone seemed to deliberation that Alisson would beryllium passed acceptable for tonight, but that's not the case.

The concussion helium picked up connected Brazil work has not rather gone yet, and Caoimhin Kelleher is successful betwixt the sticks tonight.

Meanwhile, Curtis Jones starts astatine right-back, which is what you telephone a bold move.

Diogo Jota keeps his spot up top, contempt his mediocre form. Surprising.

Ohhh, interesting...

Iliman Ndiaye was doubtful heading into tonight's derby, but I person conscionable seen him locomotion retired onto the Anfield turf.

Sadly, I bash not person immoderate photos of him there... truthful this volition person to do.

Ndiaye has not featured since hobbling disconnected successful the reverse fixture portion successful tears.

Will helium beryllium starting oregon connected the bench?

Now, I cognize this is simply a taxable plentifulness of Liverpool fans person been discussing... a lot.

Federico Chiesa is inactive yet to commencement a Premier League game, which is beauteous mental. It doesn't substance what helium does; Arne Slot conscionable decides to seat him.

After his cameo successful the Carabao Cup final, though, Liverpool fans are hopeless to spot him get a ace astatine the whip. Not conscionable due to the fact that of his goal, but helium was the lone subordinate to enactment successful a displacement that day.

Luis Diaz has been poor. Diogo Jota has been pants. Cody Gakpo is conscionable getting into the plaything of things. Why not springiness Chiesa a go?

It's the slightest helium deserves; let's beryllium real.

I americium proceeding that the Italian is expected to beryllium connected the seat yet again tonight, though. What has this mediocre lad got to do, eh?

Surely, if whoever starts contiguous connected the near plays poorly, Chiesa can't beryllium ignored immoderate longer.

It would conscionable beryllium bizarre if helium is.

The heir to Trent Alexander-Arnold's right-back throne is besides acceptable to beryllium missing this evening.

Not the quality Liverpool fans wanted to hear, I'm sure.

While Bradley is closing successful connected a instrumentality and is backmost successful squad grooming - aft picking up an wounded distant astatine Aston Villa successful February - contiguous is expected to travel excessively soon for the Northern Irishman.

Well, arsenic acold arsenic I americium aware, anyway.

Liverpool fans, you whitethorn privation to skip past this post...

It's clip to instrumentality a travel down representation lane to February and Goodison Park's last-ever Merseyside derby. And boy, did it bow retired successful style.

It was a classical that volition spell down successful history.

It had everything. The ambiance was electric, and emotions spilled over. There was agony, ecstasy, and everything successful between.

Liverpool thought they had won aft Mohamed Salah completed a turnaround pursuing Alexis Mac Allister cancelling retired Beto's opener.

The Reds had seen retired 7 minutes of stoppage time, and their fans were adjacent singing, 'We won the league astatine Goodison Park'.

Those supporters were soon silenced.

With the precise past footwear of the game, James Tarkowski morphed into premier Phil Jagielka and rifled location a saccharine half-volley to nonstop Goodison into pandemonium.

Fans flooded onto the transportation to celebrate, determination were flares popping disconnected successful each direction. It was utter carnage.

A agelong VAR cheque past precise astir ruined it all, but successful the end, the extremity was given.

The play didn't extremity there, though. There was past a bully aged scrap betwixt some sides aft the whistle erstwhile Curtis Jones reacted to Abdoulaye Docuoure celebrating successful beforehand of the Liverpool fans.

All hellhole broke loose. Both players were sent off, and past Arne Slot and his adjunct manager Sipke Hulshoff, were besides shown reds for voicing their anger.

It was the cleanable extremity to a derby that has treated Goodison Park truthful good implicit the past century. It was ever going to decorativeness with a bang.

I uncertainty we volition get that play today, but you conscionable ne'er know.

I told you they weren't happy...

Some signs protesting Trent Alexander-Arnold's expected determination person been plastered astir Anfield.

I wonderment what helium makes of them...

To telephone him a 'traitor' feels a small strong, but the Liverpool fans volition consciousness similar they person been breached up with.

Like if your spouse of 8 years chats to different idiosyncratic for 18 months and tells you not to interest astir them.

And past ,bang, they dump you for that person.

Right guys, let's conscionable get this retired of the way.

During the planetary break, determination someway inactive managed to beryllium immoderate play connected Merseyside arsenic the aerial of caller negativity astir Liverpool worsened.

Why was that?

Well, quality broke that Trent Alexander-Arnold looks to beryllium edging person to agreeing connected a determination to Real Madrid upon the expiration of his Liverpool contract.

It's just to accidental that the quality did not spell down good among the Reds' supporters. Not good successful the slightest.

Fans went beauteous darn intelligence connected societal media arsenic they had a popular astatine the full-back that has provided them with truthful galore magical moments crossed his 8 years successful the elder side.

Now, I recognize wherefore they are miffed, but burning his garment and threatening to boo him astatine Anfield is astir apt not the bets mode to effort and person him to stay.

Even if you are astatine bid with him leaving, it inactive feels unfair.

Anyway, Alexander-Arnold volition apt beryllium obscurity adjacent Anfield contiguous arsenic helium continues his betterment from an ankle wounded helium picked up against PSG.

It's astir apt for the amended close now; let's beryllium honest.

This photograph speaks a 1000 words.

This rivalry divides the city, its streets, and adjacent households. There are not galore similar it.

This crippled means everything to some the reddish and bluish fractional of Merseyside, and I mean everything.

Losing this crippled hurts much than astir others.

David Moyes, Everton boss, speaking connected Tuesday:

It's not often an Everton broadside question to Anfield with an aerial of assurance astir them, particularly erstwhile Liverpool are apical of the league.

But you conscionable consciousness similar they volition person a skip successful their measurement arsenic they marque their mode crossed Stanley Park today.

I mean, since David Moyes has travel successful they person been 1 of the champion sides successful the Premier League, truthful it's casual to recognize why.

If I hadn't tasted decision successful 9 games, I would beryllium skipping everyplace I could. Hell, I would beryllium jumping and leaping astir similar a bunny having a belting time.

Sadly, arsenic a player, I haven't won immoderate of my past 4 Sunday league games. I know, outcry maine a river.

Despite Everton's unbeaten streak, though, determination is 1 statistic that volition beryllium looming implicit Moyes' caput arsenic helium returns to Anfield arsenic Everton brag for the archetypal clip successful 12 years.

The Scot has won nary of his 19 Premier League distant games against Liverpool, the joint-most immoderate manager has faced an hostile connected the roadworthy without a azygous triumph successful the contention (also 19 vs Chelsea).

Yes, that is simply a existent stat.

As Everton boss, helium drew six of his 11 league visits to Anfield, losing the different five.

Can helium enactment an extremity to that horrendous tally today?

Arne Slot, Liverpool boss, speaking connected Tuesday:

If you guys travel my blogs often, past you volition cognize I usually present Liverpool and Everton arsenic if I were Michael Buffer.

You know, 'in the reddish corner' and each that.

Well, I deliberation I person overdone that gag, truthful I americium taking a antithetic attack today. A much mean one. Boring, I know.

I person already spoken astir Liverpool being retired for revenge tonight, but I americium going to dive into it each again. It's the main storyline; it has to beryllium done.

There is nary uncertainty that each Liverpool player, unit member, fan, oregon conscionable anybody connected with the club, volition person been hurting aft what happened successful the reverse fixture astatine Goodison Park.

To concede a 98th-minute equaliser astatine the location of your rivals is conscionable brutal. And we each cognize what happened aft the last whistle; it was mayhem.

Every Liverpool instrumentality I person spoken to successful the build-up to this crippled has mentioned the past Merseyside derby. The Reds consciousness similar they beryllium the Toffees one, that's for sure.

Also, the information that Arne Slot's broadside mislaid their past 2 games earlier the planetary interruption volition besides beryllium successful the minds of many. There volition beryllium seeds of uncertainty successful the backmost of supporters' minds.

Yes, Liverpool mightiness beryllium 9 points wide with a crippled successful hand, but they person besides lone won 1 league rubric successful 35 years, truthful they won't beryllium counting their chickens conscionable yet.

The Reds were perfectly unspeakable successful the Carabao Cup last against Newcastle 2 weeks ago; they were fortunate they didn't get battered. I besides reckon the penalties nonaccomplishment to PSG successful the Champions League besides stings.

Slot's descent volition beryllium retired to soundlessness immoderate critics tonight, that's for sure.

Right guys, earlier we truly descend our teeth into the build-up, we request to instrumentality a look astatine what is happening elsewhere tonight.

All eyes volition beryllium connected Anfield successful this blog, but determination are 5 different Premier League matches taking place.

My workfellow Luke Power has the unenviable task of covering each of them successful a abstracted blog this evening. So, if you privation to enactment up to day with the different games, click here.

So, with that being said, let's instrumentality a look astatine tonight's menu:

Right, shall we instrumentality a travel backmost successful time?

We are lone going backmost little than 24 hours to instrumentality a look astatine what happened successful the Premier League yesterday. I mean, due to the fact that wherefore not?

We volition commencement astatine the City Ground...

I honestly thought that Manchester United would crook up determination and bash Nottingham Forest over; I truly did. I'm not definite why, though, arsenic Forest are so, truthful pugnacious to beat. Nuno Espirito Santo has them truthful good drilled.

They didn't adjacent request to play good going forward, successful the end. Their defence meant they conscionable needed to instrumentality the accidental erstwhile it came their way.

That accidental came successful the 5th infinitesimal aft an unthinkable 85-metre solo tally from Anthony Elanga. He raced done the full United squad from a country and stuck the shot successful the bottommost corner.

It was simply magical from the erstwhile Red Devil.

Meanwhile, Liverpool's rubric rivals (sort of), Arsenal, managed to spell wrong 9 points of the Reds with a triumph implicit Fulham.

While the 3 points would person pleased Gunners fans, I'm beauteous definite their happiness volition person chiefly travel from seeing Bukayo Saka instrumentality to action.

Oh yeah, and scored conscionable 7 minutes aft coming disconnected the seat pursuing a four-month lay-off. Not bad, eh?

And past but not least, Wolves took different large measurement toward endurance arsenic they bushed West Ham astatine Molinuex aft Jorgen Strand Larsen's first-half strike. They are present 12 points wide of the drop.

Have you got each that then? I'm not going done it again.

As Taylor Swift truthful eloquently puts it, it's 'time for a small revenge'.

Yes, it's true, I americium a closet Swiftie - blameworthy arsenic charged - we each emotion her euphony heavy down.

I'm definite the Liverpool players volition beryllium channelling their interior Taylor contiguous arsenic they question revenge against their Merseyside rivals Everton astatine Anfield.

Everybody knows that Taylor Swift loves singing astir revenge, right? Well, if not, I look a small silly close now, and you guys volition beryllium precise confused.

Anyway, backmost to wherefore we are each here. It's different derby day, and this 1 has that small other something-something riding connected it.

If you don't cognize wherefore Liverpool are retired for revenge tonight, past I can't truly assistance you. The past clip these 2 teams met, they produced 1 of the astir melodramatic games of the season. It was epic.

And if you missed it, well, that's your fault.

Nonetheless, contiguous is massive. These games ever are. It's a lucifer wherever signifier goes retired the model completely. Yes, the Reds whitethorn beryllium acold and distant the champion broadside successful the part this year, but that means thing connected derby day.

Screams of passion, ferocity, joy, and anguish volition beryllium heard successful the Anfield stands tonight. But which acceptable of fans volition extremity the evening with a grin connected their face?

It was the Toffees past time, but I'm beauteous definite those Liverpool players won't privation to witnesser specified scenes again.

I'm present highly pumped up, truthful let's get this amusement connected the road.