Goals from Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo either side of half-time were enough to down the Blues and condemn Sean Dyche to his first defeat as Everton boss. For ...
[Liverpool's next six Premier League fixtures compared to Chelsea, Tottenham and Newcastle](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpools-next-six-premier-league-26231150) [What Virgil van Dijk told Cody Gakpo before scoring first goal for Liverpool against Everton](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/what-virgil-van-dijk-told-26231021) ['Where is he going? "It highlighted the paucity of resources in attack when Dominic Calvert-Lewin was again injured. "Maybe Klopp might have to consider playing four up front – a return to that ‘Fab Four’ (when it was Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Firmino and Phillipe Coutinho) given the awesome resources he could soon have at his disposal especially with Luis Diaz to also return. "Then Liverpool remembered who they were, a Klopp side, an attacking force, and they flooded forward. Despite the understandable pre-match apprehension, this was in fact exactly what the manager and his charges needed. "There was a roar also in that he was replaced by Diogo Jota, back at last from injury as was Roberto Firmino. Liverpool prospered on the counter-attack and from Everton clumsiness to secure a comfortable victory in the 242nd Merseyside derby. The reinforcements are arriving – Virgil van Dijk was unneeded from the bench - and Liverpool have so much ground to make up… "There was a new element to victory, too: a Cody Gakpo goal. Liverpool could celebrate the parts played by a fourth and fifth forward, too: Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino made their comebacks as substitutes. And to torment their local rival," For Jurgen Klopp and his side, meanwhile, victory sees them move up to ninth place in the Premier League table.
Everton boss Sean Dyche has now shared what he told his players in the dressing room at half-time last night.
The Toffees fell to a 2-0 defeat after a disappointing display at Anfield. Dyche would have had plenty to ponder going into the break and he shared what he told his Everton players during his post-match interview. [Everton](https://tbrfootball.com/category/english-premier-league/everton/) boss [Sean Dyche](https://tbrfootball.com/tag/sean-dyche/) has now shared what he told his players in the dressing room at half-time during the Merseyside derby last night.
Liverpool pick up their first win in four league games and get the better of their Merseyside rivals, who are left sitting in the relegation zone.
[James Milner](https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2022/09/03/premier-league/1122040-5-things-we-learnt-from-evertons-draw-with-liverpool.html) (80') - N/A [Roberto Firmino](https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2022/10/10/premier-league/1125834-four-things-we-learnt-from-arsenals-victory-over-liverpool.html) (80') - N/A [Harvey Elliott](https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2022/11/06/premier-league/1128728-tottenham-1-2-liverpool-mohamed-salah-double-helps-reds-bounce-back.html) (90') - N/A Missed a big chance in front of the Kop when he got his head on McNeil's cross. Had a tough game marking Salah and Alexander-Arnold. [Mohamed Salah](https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2023/01/13/premier-league/1134478-brighton-vs-liverpool-premier-league-preview-gameweek-20-2023.html) opened the scoring for Liverpool in the first half after finishing off a brilliant counter-attack led by [Darwin Nunez](https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2022/12/31/premier-league/1133171-liverpool-2-1-leicester-post-match-player-ratings.html), scoring in the league for the first time in 2023. Almost put Everton in front but he saw his header hit the woodwork and set up Liverpool for the counter. [Manchester City](https://www.vavel.com/en/data/manchester-city) back in October. Saved a few decent shots and kept the scoreline respectable. [Cody Gakpo](https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2023/01/17/liverpool-fc/1134930-wolverhampton-wanderers-0-1-liverpool-elliotts-thunderbolt-secures-liverpools-fa-cup-progression.html) then doubled their lead shortly after the break and scored his first goal in Liverpool colours, tapping the ball in at the back post from [Trent Alexander-Arnold](https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2022/12/30/premier-league/1133158-liverpool-2-1-leicester-city-faes-double-disaster-gives-reds-win-in-2022-finale.html)’s precise cross. Caused problems yet again with his turn of pace and ability to get in behind a defence. Missed a good chance in the first half from a header but showed some promising signs early on. Gave Mykolenko real problems down the right and scored Liverpool's first following a quick counter. Put in a few good tackles and proved why he is the captain.
Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo scored his first goal for the club as they halted a dismal run by beating struggling city rivals Everton 2-0 at Anfield in the ...
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Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo scored on either side of halftime as Liverpool claimed Merseyside derby honors with a 2-0 win over Everton at Anfield.
Pape Matar Sarr could also start with Spurs light on central midfield options. The big injury news ahead of this game was a huge blow for Spurs as Uruguayan midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been ruled out for the rest of the season due to a ruptured ACL in his left knee. That said, this seems like a good time for Spurs to play Milan. Add in some key injury issues and Tottenham are up against it heading to play at the reigning Italian champs. 16:00 Arsenal v Wolves 16:00 Aston Villa v Brighton 16:00 Brentford v Man City 16:00 Chelsea v Newcastle 16:00 Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest 16:00 Everton v AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Leeds v Spurs 16:00 Leicester v West Ham 16:00 Man Utd v Fulham 16:00 Southampton v Liverpool Chelsea has some work to do while surprising Fulham, Brentford and Brighton are hanging around on the periphery with fine campaigns. Below is the full schedule, as you can watch all 380 games across our NBC platforms. Dyche set Everton up in a 4-5-1 formation and whipped crosses in for Dominic Calvert-Lewin to attack. However, they have only lost once in their last 27 derbies against Everton, so that will give Liverpool hope. And that should be a thank you to them and not a torture.” It was a real derby, difficult opponent to play against but we played a game we wanted to play, not a game Everton wanted to play.” Liverpool moves back into ninth place, ahead of Chelsea by a point with 32 points on the season.
Anfield welcomes report on Champions League final blaming Uefa for the chaos in Paris.
I was calm and trying to focus on training and matches, and I was sure that whenever a difficult period comes, a breakthrough gets close.” return to scoring and I hope this could be a good start. Meanwhile, Liverpool welcomed the finding of a review of the 2022 Champions League final that organiser Uefa was responsible for the chaos before the game, calling on the European soccer governing body to “take positive and transparent action” to ensure the safety of fans. We were all very excited and we [the players] talked to each other that we would turn the whole season around from this match, and I hope that will happen.” “This has started last week in training. Salah’s return to form could be timely for Liverpool as they meet Newcastle United in the league on Saturday, three days before hosting Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League last 16.