Liverpool recorded their archetypal Premier League triumph successful 2023 with a comfy Merseyside derby triumph implicit Everton astatine Anfield.
Sean Dyche's reign arsenic Everton manager got disconnected to the cleanable commencement with a triumph implicit league leaders Arsenal astatine Goodison Park, but the task helium has taken connected aft succeeding sacked Frank Lampard was laid retired earlier him successful graphic item arsenic they stay rooted successful the bottommost three.
Everton had really kept Liverpool astatine arm's magnitude earlier they were caught by a devastating counter-attack aft 36 minutes, defender James Tarkowski's header hitting the station astatine 1 extremity earlier Darwin Nunez raced clear, squaring for Mohamed Salah to instrumentality vantage of goalkeeper Jordan Pickford's mediocre positioning with a elemental finish.
Liverpool snuffed retired immoderate hopes of an Everton betterment 4 minutes aft the break.
And it was a peculiar infinitesimal for £45m January signing Cody Gakpo, arsenic helium tapped successful Trent Alexander-Arnold's transverse astatine the acold station for his archetypal extremity since arriving astatine Anfield from PSV Eindhoven.
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Liverpool
Squad number1Player nameAlisson
Squad number66Player nameAlexander-Arnold
Squad number32Player nameMatip
Squad number2Player nameGomez
Squad number26Player nameRobertson
Squad number14Player nameHenderson
Squad number3Player nameFabinho
Squad number43Player nameBajcetic
Squad number11Player nameMohamed Salah
Squad number18Player nameGakpo
Squad number27Player nameNúñez
Squad number7Player nameMilner
Squad number8Player nameKeïta
Squad number9Player nameRoberto Firmino
Squad number19Player nameElliott
Squad number20Player nameDiogo Jota
Everton
Squad number1Player namePickford
Squad number23Player nameColeman
Squad number30Player nameCoady
Squad number2Player nameTarkowski
Squad number19Player nameMykolenko
Squad number7Player nameMcNeil
Squad number16Player nameDoucouré
Squad number27Player nameGueye
Squad number8Player nameOnana
Squad number17Player nameIwobi
Squad number50Player nameSimms
Squad number11Player nameGray
Squad number20Player nameMaupay
Squad number26Player nameDavies
Line-ups
Liverpool
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Alisson
- 66Alexander-Arnold
- 32Matip
- 2Gomez
- 26RobertsonBooked astatine 87mins
- 14HendersonSubstituted forMilnerat 80'minutes
- 3Fabinho
- 43BajceticSubstituted forKeïtaat 90'minutes
- 11SalahSubstituted forElliottat 90'minutes
- 18GakpoSubstituted forFirminoat 80'minutes
- 27NúñezSubstituted forJotaat 70'minutes
Substitutes
- 4van Dijk
- 7Milner
- 8Keïta
- 9Firmino
- 19Elliott
- 20Jota
- 21Tsimikas
- 47Phillips
- 62Kelleher
Everton
Formation 4-5-1
- 1PickfordBooked astatine 87mins
- 23Coleman
- 30CoadyBooked astatine 67mins
- 2Tarkowski
- 19Mykolenko
- 7McNeilSubstituted forMaupayat 78'minutes
- 16DoucouréBooked astatine 84mins
- 27Gueye
- 8OnanaSubstituted forDaviesat 78'minutes
- 17Iwobi
- 50SimmsSubstituted forGrayat 61'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Holgate
- 5Keane
- 11Gray
- 13Mina
- 15Begovic
- 20Maupay
- 22Godfrey
- 26Davies
- 29Vinagre
Live Text
Match ends, Liverpool 2, Everton 0.
Second Half ends, Liverpool 2, Everton 0.
Substitution, Liverpool. Harvey Elliott replaces Mohamed Salah.
Substitution, Liverpool. Naby Keïta replaces Stefan Bajcetic.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Séamus Coleman.
Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is blocked. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jordan Pickford.
Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) near footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is saved successful the apical close corner. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
Jordan Pickford (Everton) is shown the yellowish card.
Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) is shown the yellowish card.
Hand shot by Andrew Robertson (Liverpool).
Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton) is shown the yellowish card.
Fabinho (Liverpool) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton).
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by James Tarkowski.
Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) near footed changeable from the centre of the container is blocked. Assisted by Stefan Bajcetic.
Attempt missed. Tom Davies (Everton) header from the centre of the container is conscionable a spot excessively high. Assisted by Alex Iwobi with a cross.
Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Jordan Henderson.
Substitution, Liverpool. Roberto Firmino replaces Cody Gakpo.
Substitution, Everton. Tom Davies replaces Amadou Onana.
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