Everton 1-2 Liverpool: Premier League – as it happened
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Everton 1-2 Liverpool (Van Dijk 90+10)2h agoGOAL! Van Dijk tells Sky the team don’t want to be fighting fort the Champions League spots but that’s the situation and it’s a big win.Salah says they knew it’d be a difficult game and he’s not got many of these to come, but he’s glad to score.Back to Van Dijk, he admits it’s been a poor season then, asked about Salah, notes that there’ll be plenty of words said about him over the next few weeks but they appreciate him and he’s a great teammate.Finally, Van Dijk’s tongue slips, saying he’ll be important over the next two games; Salah wonders if Slot’s told him something about who’ll be in the team, a gentle dig I shouldn’t wonder.“For all the talk about Wirtz,” writes Graeme Neill, “it feels more could be made of the fact that Mac Allister’s form has dropped off a cliff this season.
But muscle memory is hard to lose, and they’re still killing Everton.FULL TIME: Everton 1-2 LiverpoolThe more things change, the more they stay the same: yet again, Liverpool leave Everton spewing, moving closer to next season’s Champions League.90+12 min Jones carries forwards, Garner recklessly scythes through him, and he’s booked.90+11 min The away ed are avin it; the Everton players and fans looks exceedingly poorly.GOAL! That is very Liverpool and the height of Everton, the debut derby going to the visitors.Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool scores his team's second goal past Jordan Pickford of Everton.
He opens his body … and sweeps over the top.90+7 min And when Ngumoha does get the ball, he looks to pass infield and picks out Gueye.90+6 min It’s still frantic but neither side look likely to find any quality; Liverpool haven’t really managed to get Ngumoha on the ball, and with Gakpo up front, also lack a reference point.90+5 min Tammy Abraham has put Villa 4-3 up on Sunderland!90+4 min O’Brien’s touch is poor, he catches Mac Allister on the way down, and there’s a brief pause.90+3 min Given the number of long balls Everton play, I’m not sure why they don’t try a second big target up top. Sunderland score on 86 and 87 to level with Villa at 3-3; that’s great news for Liverpool, for whom, assuming the scores don’t change, a draw is not now a disaster.87 min Branthwaite’s just been settling in again after yet another long injury, but he’s replaced by Keane, with Liverpool sending Kerkez on for Robertson.85 min Branthwaite and Gakpo contested a loose ball, meeting in a shoulder-to-shoulder which sends the former flying.