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The painful Champions League exit and deserved Carabao Cup final defeat that preceded the international break, plus of course memories of their last run-in with Everton 49 days ago, may also have fuelled the hunger and intensity of a team closing in on the Premier League title.

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That said, Liverpool rarely extended Jordan Pickford in the first half and it was Everton, with Beto giving both Ibrahima Konaté and Virgil van Dijk an uncomfortable evening, who created the clearer opportunities on the break.

A fixture that finished with a multitude of flashpoints last time around soon offered up another.



Slot could only shake his head in disbelief on the sidelines while Mac Allister made a point of showing Barrott the stud marks in his shin.

For all their dominance of the ball and numerous set-pieces, Liverpool created few clearcut openings before the interval.

The visitors fashioned the better first half openings against a Liverpool central defence that was unusually vulnerable to quick, direct balls in behind.

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Beto proved a tireless, unorthodox thorn in the side of Van Dijk and Konaté.

Everton’s lone centre-forward had the ball in the Liverpool net when Van Dijk failed to deal with Tarkowski’s searching pass out of defence.

Kelleher again started in goal for Liverpool as Alisson was absent due to concussion protocols, having sustained a head injury while on international duty with Brazil.

Beto found himself clean through on goal for a second time when Van Dijk swiped at an Abdoulaye Doucouré pass and missed his attempted clearance.

Liverpool started the second half with renewed intent and aggression.
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