Liverpool v Everton LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Mohamed Salah double
Liverpool take on Everton in the Merseyside derby on Saturday in a bid to bounce back following two successive matches without a win.
Jurgen Klopp’s Reds suffered a last-gasp defeat at Tottenham following a VAR-fueled controversy and also drew 2-2 with Brighton in the last game before the international break.
Liverpool have had problems in midfield and at the back this season and have conceded nine goals in the opening eight matches. However, they have had no problems at the other end of the field, having netted 18 times.
Everton have been floundering towards the foot of the table so far this season, having only just escaped relegation last time, but have won twice in their last three league fixtures.
Follow along for all the updates from Anfield plus get the latest odds and tips for this match right here:
LIVERPOOL v EVERTON LIVE
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsmikas, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Gravenberch; Salah, Jota, Diaz.
Everton XI: Pickford; Young, Tarkowski, Brathwaite, Mykolenko; Harrison, Garner, Onana, McNeil; Doucoure; Calvert-Lewin
17’ Onana makes a stunning challenge to deny a dangerous Liverpool counter [0-0]
37’ Red card! Ashley Young sent off for a second yellow [0-0]
HT: Liverpool 0-0 Everton
76’ GOAL! Salah scores from the penalty spot [1-0]
90+8’ GOAL! Salah scores [2-0]
FT: Liverpool 2-0 Everton
Liverpool FC 2 - 0 Everton FC
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: “I liked it a lot. It is a derby, you have to consider different stuff With a better last pass in the first-half we are three nil up. Our counter attacks and good offensive transitions we should have scored and didn’t.
“We didn’t allow them to do what they wanted. We were clear in the challenges. It is difficult because it was a deep block and they adapted slightly and set up to our strengths.
“I liked a lot of moments and then the red card was pretty influential in the game. I wanted us to be calm and ignore that we were one man up. It is difficult in the stands because it’s like now you have to create with each possession and it took a while until we got chances. And then the penalty. I saw it back and it is a clear penalty. Ibrahima, could have gone, yes. It could have happened obviously and then we took him off and from that moment we were solid and compact.”
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Here’s the match report from Rich Jolly at Anfield:
It tends to be the derby of the dismissals. The red side won in part because of a red card and, if the time when the meetings of the two halves of Merseyside were known as the “friendly derby” feels increasingly distant, these days the sendings-off are stacking up.
A 29th in the 32 seasons of Premier League rivalry went to Ashley Young, the man who ought to have been old enough to know better. Mohamed Salah’s subsequent opener, and the first of his brace for Liverpool, stemmed from a second decision by referee Craig Pawson – both of which ought to be uncontroversial, though his leniency in sparing Ibrahima Konate the fixture’s 30th red card seemed more of a mistake – as Everton’s obduracy with 10 men ultimately merely spared them a heavier defeat.
Ashley Young’s costly mistakes gift Liverpool Merseyside derby spoils
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Van Dijk speaks to TNT Sports about the new Liverpool midfield: “It’s a bit different. It was a fantastic time with the others we won everything together and everyone went their own way.
“The guys who have come in have done outstanding in my opinion. It’s something to be excited about as a Liverpool fan and long may it continue but I think the key is finding consistency.
“Top of the table doesn’t mean anything at this point, I think later today we won’t be top anymore - or tomorrow.”
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Dominik Szoboszlai told TNT Sports: “It feels really good, playing at Anfield is something special and playing against Everton is a derby. It feels nice.
“I expected it would be a good atmosphere but not that loud. I have played in a lot of stadiums but this is one of the best.
“Trent was one of the players who spoke about the atmosphere - I asked how it will be. All the staff said it would be really good.
“I know how it feels to play with 10 men and know how Everton felt, but we had to be focused.
“It is the perfect start to the weekend.”
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That was the three points Liverpool had been searching for after two games without a victory - a defeat to Spurs and a 2-2 draw at Brighton - but they have rebounded back to move briefly top of the Premier League table after that win.
It was not straightforward for Liverpool, the breakthrough only came through a penalty, and capped off deep into added time, but that will not matter to Jurgen Klopp and his side.
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FT: ‘Going down, going down’ sing the Liverpool fans who change it into ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ and the final whistle has been blown.
GOAL! Salah scores! Liverpool 2-0 Everton
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GOAL! 90+8’ Liverpool strike on the counter.
Everton had to commit forwards, and Liverpool win the ball back, play it to Nunez who could have been selfish but decides to find Salah who just curls it into the back of the net.
No mistakes from the Egyptian and Liverpool have all but wrapped up all three points.
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96’ Szoboszlai goes for a chipped goal, he does well to create the space in the edge of the box, but the final effort was just over the bar.
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95’ Liverpool are just holding it in possession now and trying to work their way back up towards the Everton box, but Salah just kicks it against a player in blue for the throw-in.
The urgency has gone but there are still four minutes left.
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90+3’ Everton have an opportunity, Van Dijk made the challenge and it’s gone for a corner.
Garner takes but it’s cleared by Van Dijk and Liverpool can break
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90+2’ Jota weaves into the box and decides to go himself but goes too wide and fires into the side netting.
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90+1’ There will be nine minutes of added time so there is still a long way to go here, although the official 90 minutes is up.
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90’ Save! Pickford makes a stunning reaction save to deny Liverpool what would have surely been a second.
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88’ Everton have brought on Chermiti for Mykolenko, and might try and throw everything at it in the final few minutes remaining.
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86’ Liverpool have had almost all of the possession in the last 10 minutes or so but they seem content to take their time now that they have that crucial goal lead.
It’s hard to remember when Everton last had a shot of any sort - it might have been the first half.
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82’ Chance! Jota powers a header goalwards, it was good contact but it was straight at Pickford, any distance either side and it’s hard to see how he would have stopped that.
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80’ More Liverpool changes and this time it’s a defensive move with Diaz off for Joe Gomez.
I wonder if Liverpool will be content with this advantage given that Everton have just 10 men.
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79’ The game has just settled down again since the goal, Salah has a free kick, and it is hard to see a way back for Everton now.
GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 Everton
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GOAL!
75’ Mohamed Salah makes no mistakes from the penalty spot and breaks the deadlock.
Anfield erupts and the home side have their breakthrough.
Penalty to Liverpool! Liverpool 0-0 Everton
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75’ Keane’s arm is away from his body and Craig Pawson has been asked to go and have a second look at this.
He makes his way over to the screen and...penalty!
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72’ That is a huge handball shout and they will take a look at this one!
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70’ Liverpool have just lacked a killer instinct today, they have plugged away at this Everton defence for over 70 minutes now but have not come that close to finding a way through.
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66’ Liverpool take Kounate off after that with Matip coming on, and Dyche has been booked for having his say on that decision.
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64’ Kounate is on a yellow and makes a foul and he could be off here, there was not really a need for that challenge, and it feels like he has got away with one.
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61’ Subs: Beto on for Calvert-Lewin and for Liverpool Nunez and Elliot on for Tsimikas and Gravenberch.
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59’ Everton defend again and don’t let Salah turn in the box, the next opportunity and he is offside. Harvey Elliott looks to be getting ready to come on, as is Darwin Nunez.
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56’ Onana has gone over the advertising boards trying to commit to stopping Diaz but he’s helped back over and seems okay.
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53’ It has hit the Everton defender on the hand but it was by his side and nothing given. Liverpool are throwing everything at this and it just slightly feels like it will be a matter of time before they find at least a good chance.
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51’ Tarkowski makes two incredible blocks to keep the Liverpool attack at bay, but they do get a corner, there’s a shout for penalty for a handball and that will be looked at by VAR.
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50’ Kounate is shown Liverpool’s first yellow card of the match and it’s for a slightly unnecessary foul on Onana.
The Liverpool defender was then caught in the face and there’s a brief pause in play.
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48’ It hasn’t been the most thrilling start to the second half, but Liverpool have been building slowly.
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46’ Liverpool kick the second half underway
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Here are some photos of the key potentially match-defining red card:
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HT: The main talking point from the opening 45 will be the two yellow cards shown to Ashley Young that has left Everton with a lot of defending to do in the next half.
Liverpool have been trying their luck from distance, and have looked the more like scoring, although Pickford has been largely untroubled.
In the added time, Jota tries to weave his way through into the box but is stopped.
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42’ A ball from Alexander-Arnold flashes across the face of goal with no one at the back post there to tap it in, Liverpool look to be getting closer.
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41’ McNeil has a shot from outside the box that curls towards the goal and takes a slight deflection, Alisson did not look convinced that was going over.
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40’ Alexander-Arnold has had a shot! It fires towards the goal from distance, he has hit that so so sweetly but just over the bar.
That would have been a stunning goal.
Red card! Ashley Young sent off Liverpool 0-0 Everton
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37’ Young has gone! Just as Everton looked to be doing well.
He makes a tackle on Diaz on the edge of the box and the referee has shown no mercy and he has gone and Everton now have a mountain to do with just 10 men.
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36’ Liverpool are trying to break down Everton here, but so far they have managed to keep them at bay, if they can do so until the break they will be happy with their first-half performance.
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34’ Mykolenko has had some time out here after an accidental coming-together that resulting in a tread on his Achilles. Painful but no foul.
In the aftermatch Mac Allister goes for goal and has struck that well, Pickford spilled but was able to gather on the second attempt.
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31’ The fouls are coming here, and Tarkowski has now been shown a yellow card for a foul on Gravenberch.
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29’ Liverpool are just content to play it around and build from the back here, but they need to be a bit more clinical in the final third to really force an opportunity.
Another long ball goes behind for a goal kick.
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25’ Liverpool have been dominant and have had most of the ball, but they have struggled to do a lot with it.
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23’ Jota fouled just outside the box, possibility of a yellow, but not given by the referee, a good free-kick chance for Liverpool.
Alexander-Arnold goes for a shot...but it’s straight into the Everton wall.
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20’ It has been an end to end start in the Merseyside derby, but with few if any really clear cut chances at either end..
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19’ First yellow card of the match goes to Ashley Young for a foul on Diaz, it was late and lazy, just stuck his leg out.
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17’ Alisson comes for the corner but doesn’t get there, and Liverpool are able to hook the ball clear.
Onana has to make a stunning challenge to prevent the Liverpool counter, it is where they look the most dangerous.
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16’ Tsimikas might just have to watch himself here he’s been called up for a couple of fouls.
Harrison sends in a ball and Kounate does well to defend and head the ball behind for a corner.
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14’ Liverpool’s defence has been a cause for concern this season and they have conceded nine goals, but it has looked strong so far today, but it is at the other end where they have been exceptional.
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12’ And there’s a corner to Everton at the other end, Kounate heads clear and Liverpool counter...
Ashley Young has managed to get back and make a key tackle on Diaz who looked like he could be on to score there on the left hand side, and the ball deflects behind.
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10’ Liverpool have their first corner of the game after a break, the final ball wasn’t quite there but they attack with numbers and Everton will have to stay alert.
The corner was cleared up to Alisson.
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9’ Everton had to be alert there at the back as Salah had looked to play in Diaz, but it was just too far ahead of the player in red and Pickford was able to clear.
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6’ Pickford has to come and punch the ball away to deal with a great ball from Tsmikas who is taking the place of the injured Andy Robertson.
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5’ Liverpool’s forwards are not quite linking up yet in this match, but there is a long way left to go in this match.
Both teams have started with a high intensity and looking to get stuck into challenges.
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4’ Salah has completely miss-kicked a chance but there might be a let off as it looked like the Liverpool forward was slightly offside.
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2’ Everton have a chance almost straight away, the ball falls to Calvert-Lewin, but his header was straight at Alisson.
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1’ The players take the knee before Everton kick the game underway.
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There is a minute’s silence for all the victims of the Israel-Hamas conflict just before the game gets underway and a reminder that flags from either country are banned from the Premier League grounds this weekend.
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The players are just coming out onto the field, past the This Is Anfield sign, the Liverpool fans are singing You’ll Never Walk Alone and the flags are all being held aloft.
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Less than 10 minutes to go before the first Merseyside derby of the season and the crowd are already in good voice.
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The players are out warming up and the atmosphere is just getting going ahead of the highly anticipated Merseyside derby. Here are some shots from the ground and outside:
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Jurgen Klopp on his excellent record against Everton: “It is rather uncomfortable if you tell me about my good record because it doesn’t matter.
“We try to make sure we don’t think about these things but make sure we are ready, we understand the importance of the game and can’t remember one moment when I said ‘weekend derby’ and enjoyed this thought.”
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Sean Dyche on his relationship with Jurgen Klopp, following an infamous bust-up when Burnley won 1-0 at Anfield in the 2020/21 season: “Every manager should be passionate in what they do. I’ve never properly fallen out with a manager or held a grudge.
“We just both want the best for our teams, no problem with showing passion and commitment to the cause. It’s a proper derby. This is the biggest one I know. I’m still relatively new to Everton and you earn the right to have the same depth about this game, I’m learning all the time.”
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Jurgen Klopp on how his new boys will take to playing Everton in the Merseyside derby: “It is a special game no doubt but a high pressure game and they all played them. Macca played the World Cup with Argentina, Dom played Serbia recently in a super-important, high-pressure game so they are all used to the kind of game.
“The exact game, not, but I cannot show them a movie of derbies and say that is how they should be. I don’t think we have to make it too big.”
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Everton manager Sean Dyche insists he “knows what he needs to know” about the club’s off-field issues and is comfortable with his position.
This week saw the start of an independent commission into charges the club breached Financial Fair Play regulations by posting financial losses of almost £372million over the previous three years when the limit is £105m.
That is expected to be concluded next week, although a decision may not be made public until November, with suggestions if found guilty the club could face a fine or points deduction.
In addition, further concerns have been raised about the suitability of United States-based investment firm 777 Partners’ suitability as prospective new owners after they agreed a deal to buy Farhad Moshiri’s 94.1 per cent stake.
The New York Times reported 777 had failed to supply information to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) about their bid, although a company spokesman insisted it had submitted all the relevant documentation at the time it was requested to do so.
It is not the ideal build-up to a return to Premier League action with a Merseyside derby against Liverpool at Anfield but Dyche said he had become well-accustomed to filtering the vast amount of information which is swirling around the club.
“I know what I need to know and that’s enough for me,” said Dyche.
“I don’t need to add in another level of someone’s opinion. I know what I know from inside, it is often irrelevant what someone is saying from the outside because I know what’s going on.”
Everton set to learn Premier League fate as FFP hearing nears conclusion
Liverpool vs Everton team news
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Liverpool make four changes from their 2-2 draw with Brighton before the international break, some are to be expected some slightly more surprising.
Kostas Tsimikas replaces the injured Andy Robertson, who sustained a shoulder injury while playing for Scotland, and Diogo Jota returns from a one-game ban.
Ibrahima Konate replaces Joel Matip and Ryan Gravenberch will make his first Premier League start and take the position of Harvey Elliott.
Everton are unchanged from their 3-0 win over Bournemouth.
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Build from the front? Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp are repeating an old trick
Build from the back. So the cliché goes. It tends to be the objective of any manager who takes over or constructs a new team. Jurgen Klopp sounded a voice of footballing orthodoxy when he said: “I like to build a team from the defensive side.”
Yet, for the second time, Klopp may be going against the grain and building from the front. “Liverpool Reloaded,” as their manager branded them at the start of the season, have a solitary clean sheet in the Premier League. They have conceded in the first half of all seven other games. But they have scored in all eight games, with at least two goals in six of them and three in each of their Anfield encounters. In the tradition of Liverpool 1.0, the first incarnation of his first great side, they promise entertainment.
Yet if Klopp would like to build from the back, the sense is that, once again, he is building from the front.
By Richard Jolly
Build from the front? Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp are repeating an old trick
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How Sean Dyche turned Everton into a better attacking team than Liverpool
The Merseyside derby features the side second only to Tottenham in the table. Not Liverpool, and not the standings that matter most. But in the shot charts, Everton, with 133, are behind only the actual league leaders. They have a higher expected goals in league football this season than Manchester City. They average more shots per match than Barcelona.
An early-season anomaly or is Sean Dyche a born-again entertainer and Dycheball football’s newest great attacking philosophy? If logic dictates that the answer veers towards the former – after all, at this stage of last season, Frank Lampard’s Everton had the Premier League’s best defensive record – Dyche has had a point during the post-match interviews where he has repeated a mantra about the number and quality of chances his side have generated.
How Sean Dyche turned Everton into a better attacking team than Liverpool
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Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson is facing three months on the sidelines with manager Jurgen Klopp admitting the defender’s pending shoulder surgery will be “a big loss” for the club.
The Scotland captain sustained the problem on international duty against Spain but having been assessed on his return to Merseyside the club have decided an operation is the best solution - even if it means the 29-year-old faces a lengthy absence.
“There is a little chance we could try without but talking to pretty much all experts it looks like surgery will be the best thing, especially in the long term definitely, and that means he is out for a while,” said Klopp.
“You only see the real extent of injury when you have a look into it, like properly open (up the shoulder) and fix it - but my experience tells me around about three months.
“That is a shoulder (injury), usually not a lot of times you say it was earlier but Robbo is a quick healer, that is true.
“In this specific case we have to make sure the shoulder structure is stable, because the moment the boy starts all the normal contact stuff again the player has to be ready for that.
“I don’t exactly when, but next Wednesday (or whenever he has the operation) we will know more.
“In my experience you can train pretty quickly again but not football-specific because you have to be careful of challenges and all these kind of things so he will be out for a while. It is a big loss.”
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Everton could welcome back Idrissa Gueye, while Dominic Calvert-Lewin is fit to lead the line for the visitors.
Predicted line ups:
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Tsmikas, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Diaz, Jota, Salah
Everton XI: Pickford, Young, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Harrison, Garner, Onana, McNeil, Doucoure, Calvert-Lewin
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Team news
Liverpool could be boosted by Cody Gakpo, who returned to training ahead of the clash having missed the last two matches with a knee problem sustained in the Spurs defeat, while Diogo Jota is available again.
Despite playing recent World Cup qualifying matches, Alexis Mac Allister, Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz and Alisson Becker are all expected to feature. Liverpool will be without Andy Robertson who sustained a shoulder injury on international duty with Scotland, and Kostas Tsimikas is expected to take his place.
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When is the match?
Liverpool host Everton in the Premier League on Saturday 20 October with a kick off time of 12:30pm BST.
How can I watch it?
The Merseyside derby will be shown live in the UK on TNT Sports with live coverage starting at 11am BST. It will also be available to watch online on the TNT Sports player.
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Hello and welcome to the Independent’s live coverage of the Premier League fixture between Liverpool and Everton from Anfield. Fresh off the international break, both sides return hungry for a win in this crunch derby fixture.
Jurgen Klopp’s side have made a strong start to the season - losing just once in all competitions - and sit just three points off Tottenham at the top of the table. Everton, meanwhile, remain just above the relegation zone after another slow start to the season. However, Sean Dyche’s side have won two of their last three league fixtures and will now plot an unlikely victory away from home today.
Stay tuned for all the latest build-up and team news to come!
