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However, not many are better than Steven Gerrard’s hat-trick against the Reds’ city rivals during the 2011/12 campaign.

That night was a special one in the Liverpool legend’s career, and those three goals provided the first hat-trick in a Merseyside derby for 30 years with Ian Rush’s in 1982 being the last and it was also the first at Anfield since 1935.

Despite all his hard work against Everton that night, Gerrard would credit one ‘special’ Liverpool star for helping him achieve it, who would go on to have some memorable derby moments of his own.

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Gerrard played in many tough matches for Liverpool and some of them would have come against Everton, but that was not the case in 2012.

Gerrard credited Luis Suarez with his Merseyside derby hat-trick after the Uruguayan provided the assists for his second and third goals, the final one seeing the striker unselfishly put the ball on a plate for his captain to finish off.

Hopefully, that can continue to get stronger and stronger.”

Peter Crouch previously stated that Gerrard would remind the Liverpool dressing room just how important Merseyside derby matches are and that night it was clear that Suarez got that message.

Just like Gerrard, Suarez has had some memorable derby moments of his own, with the Uruguayan never experiencing defeat against Everton during his time at Liverpool.

The striker played six games against the Toffees and finished with a record of four wins and two draws, while scoring five goals and producing a further four assists against the Blues.

However, from the fans’ point of view, Liverpool supporters will never forget when Suarez celebrated in front of David Moyes, which has gone down as an iconic Merseyside derby moment.
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