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This feels massive.

Will Castle2 April 2025 20:01

Kick-off up next

Just five minutes away from kick-off in the Merseyside derby, and they don’t get much more crucial than this.

The players are lining up in the tunnel and Anfield’s atmosphere is reaching boiling point.

We’ll have all the action, right here.

Will Castle2 April 2025 19:55

Arne Slot on Alisson's absence

“We as a club follow the protocol and he had to tick all the boxes.

They’ve sent him a message ahead of kick-off tonight.

Trent Alexander-Arnold is verging on a move to Real Madrid (Getty Images)

Will Castle2 April 2025 19:40

The ‘unacceptable’ Liverpool mistake that must change in Merseyside derby

Time and again, Arne Slot described himself as “rational”.

He can often seem the most sensible man in the strange world of Premier League management but his first taste of the Merseyside derby ended with Slot looking his most irrational, with Michael Oliver brandishing the red card after a post-match blast, and the subsequent referee’s report revealing that the Liverpool head coach told the official: “I will f***ing blame you if we don't win the league.”

As Slot approaches a rematch – with Everton, not Oliver – the aim is to be the calm, measured winner who has taken his team to the brink of the Premier League title.

Harry Latham-Coyle2 April 2025 19:30

The Premier League has never been more popular but it has never had more problems

There was a strange feeling around some Premier League training grounds on Monday, especially for the modern game.

And so Everton, unbeaten in nine, go into this derby as the form team.

Richard Jolly at Anfield2 April 2025 19:16

Atmosphere reaching fever pitch outside Anfield(Getty Images)(Getty Images)(Getty Images)

Will Castle2 April 2025 19:10

A reminder of what went down last time out...

Sometimes the Merseyside derby gets criticism for not having that intense ultra-competitive derby feel.

Carnage.

Liverpool’s Curtis Jones (centre) and Everton’s Abdoulaye Doucoure clashed after the final whistle in Feburary (PA Wire)

Will Castle2 April 2025 19:00

Everton welcome back Mykolenko

The big news from Everton’s teamsheet is that Vitali Mykolenko has passed his late fitness test and starts at left-back ahead of Ashley Young.

Iliman Ndiaye is also on the bench after returning to training this week.

Will Castle2 April 2025 18:56


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