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Tune in hereEverton starting XI: Pickford, O'Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Gueye, Garner, Doucoure, Lindstrom, Ndiaye, BetoLiverpool starting XI: Alisson, Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Salah, Szoboszlai, Gakpo, Diaz

3 minutes agoBy Jack Cunningham

IT'S HIM.

IT'S ALWAYS HIM!

Mohamed Salah has done nothing all game, but he has a goal and an assist.

A cross comes in from the left that is cleared to Jake O'Brien, but he is robbed of possession by Curtis Jones.

Jones goes for goal, and the shot is blocked, but it falls to Salah.

He is not missing from there as he rifles it in with his right foot.

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69' - Jarrad Branthwaite has the ball in the net, but it's not going to count!

James Garner drills an outswinging corner into the box that James Tarkowski heads on for Jake O'Brien.

He nods it down for Branthwaite, who slams the ball into the back of the net.

The flag goes up, and it's clear that Branthwaite was offside from the initial Tarkowski header.

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11 minutes agoBy Jack Cunningham

65' - We now have Liverpool appeals for a penalty for a foul on Dominik Szoboszlai.

This one is arguably an even worse shout than the Everton one.

A pass comes into the Hungarian, and he stands on Vitaliy Mykolenko before throwing himself to the floor.

Thankfully, the referee says no.

and VAR agrees.

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14 minutes agoBy Jack Cunningham

62' - We now have appeals for a penalty for Everton, but Michael Oliver says no.

A long ball is looped up and over the Liverpool defence.

As it bounces, it hits the back of Ibrahima Konate's hand, and goes away to safety.

VAR has a look but says no.

If we are giving penalties for that, we may as well give up on football because he had no idea where the ball was.

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17 minutes agoBy Jack Cunningham

58' - That is the end of Conor Bradley as Trent Alexander-Arnold comes on.

Curtis Jones is also introduced for Ryan Gravenberch.

The Everton fans aren't happy as they feel Bradley should have been sent off.

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20 minutes agoBy Jack Cunningham

55' - Conor Bradley makes a foul on Abdoulaye Doucoure, and the home crowd want blood.

They know he's been booked, but the referee decides that isn't a second booking.

It almost certainly wasn't worthy of another yellow card, but Trent Alexander-Arnold is being readied because Bradley is running a fine line.

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22 minutes agoBy Jack Cunningham

53' - Massive opportunity!

Jesper Lindstrom does well on the right to slide a pass into Idrissa Gana Gueye.

Andrew Robertson can't touch him because he's been booked, so the Everton man drives to the edge of the box and clips a cross into the box.

It's an excellent ball in for Abdoulaye Doucoure, who is totally unmarked.

But heads wide from eight yards out.

Stuart Pearce wasn't impressed with the effort.

Speaking on talkSPORT, he said: "In a game of this magnitude, you don't get better opportunities than that."

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27 minutes agoBy Jack Cunningham

49' - Liverpool players are furious as Michael Oliver stops the game for what looks to be a head injury.

Alexis Mac Allister caught James Garner with a trailing arm as he looked to run up the pitch.

It was the slightest touch on Garner's face, but because it was his face, the referee has to stop.

This annoys Virgil van Dijk and co, but play restarts with a Liverpool drop ball.

Garner is absolutely fine.

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32 minutes agoBy Jack Cunningham

We are back underway for the second half at Goodison Park.

No changes for either side.

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44 minutes agoBy Jack Cunningham

That is the end of the first 45 minutes, and it's been fantastic!

The atmosphere has been great, and the match has been all blood and thunder.

Beto opened the scoring from a clever set-piece routine before Alexis Mac Allister equalised soon after with a sublime header from a Mohamed Salah cross.

From that point, there weren't many chances, but there were a few flashpoints.

Iliman Ndiaye limped off, while Idrissa Gana Gueye can count himself fortunate to still be on the pitch.

But for a final derby at Goodison, it has been exactly what would you want.

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48 minutes agoBy Jack Cunningham

45+' - Another quick flurry of yellow cards as Conor Bradley slams Vitaliy Mykolenko into the advertising hoardings.

The right-back is booked for the challenge before he is on the receiving end of what looks to be a late tackle from Abdoulaye Doucoure.

However, on the replay, you can see that it is more the Liverpool man booting the Frenchman than anything else.

But Michael Oliver decides that is worthy of a booking.

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51 minutes agoBy Jack Cunningham

45' - Well, you could argue that Idrissa Gana Gueye is a lucky boy.

Cody Gakpo rolls the midfielder, and the former Aston Villa man grabs onto the Dutchman's shirt.

He quickly lets go, and Michael Oliver plays advantage, which comes to nothing.

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57 minutes agoBy Jack Cunningham

41' - Beto is a proper handful up front.

Everton are happy to go direct as often as possible, and the striker has won plenty of them.

He's also a very willing runner and is determined to make himself a nuisance at all times.

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Today, 20:07By Jack Cunningham

34' - Jesper Lindstrom now gets a yellow card as a long ball is played up to Beto.

The second ball is picked up by James Garner, and Alexis Mac Allister is adjudged to have fouled the midfielder.

Lindstrom asks for a booking and finds his name taken instead.

The resulting free-kick comes to nothing, and Idrissa Gana Gueye hauls Luis Diaz to the floor to also pick up a yellow card.

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Today, 20:03By Jack Cunningham

32' - The game is just settling down a little bit now.

However, neither side are able to really maintain any sustained period of possession.

Instead, tackles are flying in all over the place, and both teams are struggling to build anything.

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Today, 20:00By Jack Cunningham

27' - Andrew Robertson becomes the first man into the book for a blatant push on Idrissa Gana Gueye.

Arne Slot is baffled at the decision from Michael Oliver, but it was a stupid foul by the Scotsman as Gueye could only pass the ball backwards.

The Reds feel that decisions aren't going their way, and Goodison is like a bear pit this evening.

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Today, 19:56By Jack Cunningham

23' - Some concern here for Iliman Ndiaye.

The Everton winger kicks the floor and immediately collapses to the floor.

It looks as if he's jarred his knee and can't carry on.

He is absolutely devastated as he leaves the field.

Strangely, he doesn't get a stretcher and limps off the pitch as Jack Harrison replaces him.

Sam Matterface and talkSPORT said: "He knows it's a serious injury, and the whole of Goodison Park stands and applauds."

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Today, 19:48By Jack Cunningham

IMMEDIATE RESPONSE!

Everton try to play out from the back, and it's intercepted.

The ball is played to Mohamed Salah, and he curls a cross into the six-yard-box.

Alexis Mac Allister gets up and flicks a sublime header with the back of his head.

Jordan Pickford thinks it is going wide, but it sneaks into the bottom corner.

What a game we have on our hands!

Salah has now recorded 22 goal involvements away from home this season, which is more than any Premier League player in away games has ever managed.

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Today, 19:45By Jack Cunningham

DREAM START!

Beto has opened the scoring and this place has exploded!

It is such a clever goal as Jarrad Branthwaite plays a free-kick from just inside the Liverpool half through the Reds' defence.

Beto times his run perfectly, dummies the ball to get in front of Ibrahima Konate and opens up his body.

As Alisson Becker comes out, the striker simply slots the ball into the bottom corner.

And given Beto is the club's only fit striker, Stuart Pearce recognises how important the forward is.

Speaking to talkSPORT, he said:"Beto is so important until the end of the season.

That is a really intelligent run, and now the game has opened up."

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Today, 19:41By Jack Cunningham

6' - It's been a good start from the hosts here.

They are being aggressive and playing the ball forward quickly as often as possible.

Jesper Lindstrom is causing all sorts of problems for Andrew Robertson as well.

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Today, 19:36By Jack Cunningham

3' - Great move from Everton as the ball is slipped into Jesper Lindstrom.

The winger has time and space to pick out a man in the box, but he drills a low cross into the area that is easily cleared by Ibrahima Konate.

The corner comes to nothing, and Stuart Pearce was disappointed with that.

Speaking on talkSPORT, he said:"He's played it too soon.

The cross should have been towards the far post."

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Today, 19:31By Jack Cunningham

The atmosphere is incredible as we get underway.

Everton are in blue tops and white shorts, and Liverpool are wearing all red.

Let's go!

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Today, 19:28By Jack Cunningham

The referee leads both teams out for the final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park.

David Moyes knows this fixture better than anyone, while this is Arne Slot's first experience of it.

This is the 120th meeting between the two at this famous old ground.

We are all set for a classic.

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Today, 19:26By Jack Cunningham

Not long to go now at all, with both sets of players ready to enter the pitch.

The atmosphere is red-hot and a bitterly cold evening.

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Today, 19:19By Jack Cunningham

This is a very interesting choice of programme cover from Everton, as they've gone for Mikel Arteta celebrating a goal against Liverpool.

Arsenal are currently six points behind Liverpool at the top of the table, but this is the Reds' game in hand.

Should they win here, they will move nine points clear at the top of the table having played the same number of matches.

But any points dropped would open the door for Arteta and co.

So, are the Toffees hinting they will do their old player a favour?

Well, we'll find out.

Meanwhile, Liverpool fans have a cheeky message of their own.

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