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Liverpool restored their advantage at the top of the Premier League to 12 points courtesy of a 1-0 win over Everton in the 246th Merseyside derby.

“We’re gonna with the league” would once again be the closing soundtrack.

"Liverpool’s task might have been made easier had James Tarkowski been sent off in the opening skirmishes for what was essentially an assault on Alexis Mac Allister, but this was a win that owed much to patience, perseverance and character."

Over on The Guardian's pages, Andy Hunter pens: "There were fist-pumps from Arne Slot as he headed down the Anfield tunnel and roars from the Kop in answer to Andy Robertson’s beseeching.

The 246th Merseyside derby proved not merely another step towards the Premier League title for Liverpool but a cathartic release, and the reactions showed it.

"The league leaders cleansed themselves of recent torment against Everton and two deflating cup defeats in quick succession to secure a deserved derby win courtesy of Diogo Jota’s fine individual goal.

"David Moyes felt the strike that ended Everton’s nine-match unbeaten run should have been disallowed with Luis Diaz offside in the build-up.

It leaves Slot’s team needing a maximum of 13 points from the remaining eight games to have the Premier League trophy on display at Anfield once again, and to seal a record-equalling 20th league championship.

"Their performance against an obstinate and dangerous Everton side was hardly enthralling but underpinned by an impressive determination to recover from a painful Champions League exit and deserved Carabao Cup final defeat before the international break."

Andy Dunn, on the Daily Mirror's pages, writes: "In Grand National week on Merseyside, Diogo Jota made sure there will be no Devon Loch-style collapse in the title race.

After their disappointments in the Champions League and Carabao Cup final, there were very faint suggestions that Arne Slot’s side might falter dramatically in the Premier League run-in, but crossing the winning line is now a formality.

"Just as it is a formality that this Everton manager does not win at Anfield, Jota’s moment of brilliance in a mediocre game making it 22 matches without a victory at the home of the champions-elect for David Moyes.

The officials decided otherwise, an odder still decision from the VAR Paul Tierney; Jurgen Klopp’s least favourite official may assume a similar status with Slot."

The ECHO's verdict reads: "Of all the flags and the banners which regularly decorate Anfield on these sorts of evenings, there was a brand new one, sprawled across the Kop before kick-off, that served as a direct message to the Everton supporters down the other end of the ground: “We made this city”.

"Accompanied by the silhouettes of a number of trophies - that included the old First Division, the Champions League and, yes, the Premier League - the words served as a nod to Liverpool’s lengthy and varied honours list.

"And after securing a 1-0 win in the 246th Merseyside derby here, the Reds are now closing in on another piece of silver to toast to; one that might just be cherished like no other given what will be a 35-year wait to mark it in a style that is truly fitting of the achievement."


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