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Liverpool piled more pressure on former manager Rafael Benitez with a 4-1 win over Everton at Goodison Park.
In maintaining their current Premier League average of three goals per game, Jurgen Klopp’s side became the first top-flight English team to score at least twice in 18 successive fixtures in all competitions.
Mo Salah’s figures continue to be equally impressive as his double, after Jordan Henderson’s opener, made it 19 goals in as many appearances.
His first was a beautifully-crafted curling shot across Jordan Pickford into the far corner but his second came about after he pounced on a mistake.
With the score at 2-1 after Demarai Gray pulled one back just before half-time, he seized on a calamitous error by Everton captain Seamus Coleman to race the length of the pitch to score.
Diogo Jota lashed a shot past Pickford’s near post, and Benitez - now eight matches without a win and with just two points from a possible 24 - faces a real fight to keep the Everton fans on board.
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GOAL! Salah restores two-goal advantage
GOAL! Gray pulls one back for Everton
GOAL! Salah doubles lead early on
GOAL! Henderson puts Liverpool in front
Everton in a relegation battle?
22:48 , Matt Verri
Benitez said: “No. I still have confidence that the team will do well.
“We need to bring players back and then we will be as strong as we were at the beginning [of the season].”
More from Benitez
22:47 , Matt Verri
“We are talking about key players missing, and maybe these key players missing are also really important for the rest of the group to play at the level they can play.
“It’s always bad to lose. But when you lose to a team that has spent so much money, and they have so many good players, sometimes it’s because you make mistakes and the other team is quite good.”
Rafa Benitez’s reaction
22:44 , Matt Verri
“We made too many mistakes. When you do that against a top side, you pay for it. The second goal was our mistake.
“The reaction of the team was very good, and the fans at the beginning were pushing us and as soon as we scored, the atmosphere was really good.
“The second half we started well and on top, but another mistake changed the game.”
Frustrated not to keep clean sheet?
22:37 , Matt Verri
Henderson said: “That’s a key area for us - at half-time we was disappointed. At 2-0 that shouldn’t happen but we acted in the right way.
“We came out, didn’t give them much and got two more goals. We need to make sure we don’t give any goals away.”
Henderson on his goal
22:36 , Matt Verri
“It was nice! To score for the first time against Everton in the derby, it’s a great feeling.
“I just tried to get good contact and bend it into the far corner.”
Jordan Henderson on Salah’s performances
22:35 , Matt Verri
“He’s been outstanding this season. You know he’s going to create chances and score goals.
“You know with the form he’s in he’s going to score goals. You wouldn’t want to play against him.”
Another job well done
22:29 , Matt Verri
Mohamed Salah's game by numbers vs. Everton:
84.6% pass accuracy
55 touches
5 shots (most)
2 goals (most)
1 tackle
1 ball recovery
1 duel won
Another finishing masterclass. 😍 pic.twitter.com/bFpz8wJxrz— Squawka Football (@Squawka) December 1, 2021
More from the Salah
22:27 , Matt Verri
The Liverpool man gets asked if this is a statement after only coming seventh in the Ballon d’Or, and whether he’s set for a higher finish next year.
“I have no comment!”
Salah on team’s goalscoring form
22:26 , Matt Verri
“I think we know each other more now. We’ve been together for five, six years.
“Last season we had a few injuries, the season before we were playing well and won titles together.
“We know each other very well now, we try to help each other to score goals and win games.”
Mo Salah on his targets this season
22:25 , Matt Verri
“Hopefully many more [goals]!
“My first target is to win something with the club. Champions League, Premier League, hopefully both. That’s the main target for everyone.”
Thierry Henry is impressed
22:22 , Matt Verri
"They are on a different planet"
Thierry Henry is blown away by Liverpool 🌎🔴#PLonPrime #EVELIV pic.twitter.com/mlzeGoHMsg— Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) December 1, 2021
22:19 , Matt Verri
1907, 1982, and 2021.
The three times Liverpool have scored four or more goals at Goodison Park. Ruthless from Jurgen Klopp’s side, once again.
Liverpool blowing sides away
22:16 , Matt Verri
43 & 25 - Liverpool have scored 43 league goals this season, more than any other side within Europe's big five leagues (Bayern Munich, 42). 25 of those have come away from home, which after seven matches is the most in the top-flight since Burnley back in 1961-62 (25). Galore. pic.twitter.com/gUI0jSTTeZ
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 1, 2021
FULL TIME
22:08 , Matt Verri
Everton 1-4 Liverpool
Jurgen Klopp’s side run riot on derby day at Goodison. Boos ring out at full-time.
Liverpool started brilliantly, and finished superbly. There was a brief spell in the middle when Everton threatened some sort of comeback, but the Reds were utterly dominant. Painful night for Benitez.
22:07 , Matt Verri
90+2 mins: Everton with a free-kick just inside their half. Pickford launches it long, slips as he does it, and it’s straight out of play. That just about sums up how this has gone for the home side.
22:06 , Matt Verri
90+1 mins: Three minutes added on. Liverpool happy to just knock it around in defence. Everton pretty happy for that to happen too.
22:04 , Matt Verri
89 mins: Minamino on for Liverpool, and he lofts it over to Mane. The Liverpool man tries to cut back inside, but Coleman handles it and that will be a free-kick for the Reds. All the pace has gone out of this one now, unsurprisingly.
22:01 , Matt Verri
86 mins: Liverpool still pushing for more. Salah bursts into the box, but Keane smashes it back against him and it’s behind for a goal-kick. Pickford in no rush to take it.
21:59 , Matt Verri
84 mins: “Rafa’s at the wheel” now ringing around Goodison Park from the away end. That’s going to do little to lift the mood.
Gray off, Tosun on in his place.
Liverpool running away with it
21:57 , Matt Verri
Simply MAGNIFICENT from Diogo Jota 🤩
The touch. The finish. Unstoppable!#PLonPrime #EVELIV pic.twitter.com/GsE1bAz7cH— Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) December 1, 2021
21:56 , Matt Verri
81 mins: Van Dijk into the book for a bit of a hack at Gordon. Digne sends it past everyone and behind for a goal-kick.
Liverpool are back on the attack soon after though. Jota is screaming for a penalty... nothing given.
GOAL! Everton 1-4 Liverpool | Diogo Jota 79'
21:54 , Matt Verri
WHAT A FINISH.
Liverpool play it around defence and midfield for an age, and Everton can’t get anywhere near it. The Reds then snap into gear and it’s 4-1.
Robertson plays it into Jota in the box, and it’s brilliant touch to turn Allan. Really tight angle, but he smashes it past Pickford at the near post.
21:52 , Matt Verri
77 mins: That could have been a chance for Everton. Played in to Richarlison, and Gordon was completely free to his right.
Brazilian tried to play it through to him, but it’s intercepted. He would have been clear through on goal.
21:50 , Matt Verri
75 mins: Klopp decides to make a substitution of his own. Thiago off, Milner on.
Changes are killing any flow to the match now. Still 15 minutes to go now, but very little has happened since Salah doubled the lead.
21:47 , Matt Verri
73 mins: Townsend off for Everton, Delph on to replace him. Doesn’t feel like a particularly adventurous substitution...
21:46 , Matt Verri
71 mins: Liverpool fans making all the noise inside Goodison now. Feels like Everton don’t quite have another big push in them.
Gray wins the free-kick off Fabinho. He’s probably been Everton’s brightest player.
21:42 , Matt Verri
67 mins: So, what do Everton have left now? They were starting to get themselves right back in it, but that goal has killed the mood inside the stadium.
Huge effort needed now from Benitez’s side.
GOAL! Everton 1-3 Liverpool | Mo Salah 64'
21:40 , Matt Verri
AND SECONDS LATER THEY CONCEDE!
Corner is smashed up the pitch, and Coleman is caught in two minds on the halfway line. He hesitates, and Salah is in to steal it. Runs into the Everton half, into the box, and he finishes brilliantly past Pickford as he’s falling over.
21:39 , Matt Verri
64 mins: Andros Townsend takes... flicks the top of the wall, and behind for a corner. Everton man thought that was going in.
Corner is a really poor one.
21:38 , Matt Verri
63 mins: Gordon’s first touch of the match, and it’s to take him past Robertson just outside the box. Another booking for diving?
No, the referee gives this one! And Robertson is shown the yellow card. Replays show there was hardly any contact. Everton won’t care, big chance now.
21:36 , Matt Verri
61 mins: Heavy touch from Coleman as he tries to clear, and it gives Liverpool another corner. Keane just about heads it over his own bar, does well to get that much on it. Another corner.
Robertson swings it in, Keane again, and corner again. Pressure building.
21:33 , Matt Verri
59 mins: Rondon down and stretching, and Liverpool decide to kick it out. He’s been holding his hamstring for a couple of minutes.
Benitez brings on Gordon to replace him. Goodison approves.
21:31 , Matt Verri
57 mins: Gray swings it wide to Richarlison, and he’s one-on-one with Van Dijk. He doesn’t fancy that race and has an effort from 25 yards out, but slices across it and it’s high and wide.
21:30 , Matt Verri
55 mins: Van Dijk is actually the one to take it, and Liverpool will not be letting him have another go. Barely gets off the ground, straight into the wall. The centre back then blocks off Thiago as the midfielder lets fly from range.
Not Van Dijk’s finest minute.
21:28 , Matt Verri
53 mins: There’s just so much space for Liverpool every time they come forward.
Henderson fizzes it in to Jota, who gets a touch on it and he’s brought down. This is a really dangerous position. Seen Alexander-Arnold score from this position on more than one occasion.
21:26 , Matt Verri
51 mins: What a ball that is from Gray, and it’s an even better defensive header from Matip. Facing his own goal, could easily have headed it in, but he gets it over the bar for a corner. Townsend’s floated corner is headed away.
21:24 , Matt Verri
49 mins: Mane looks to be clean through, but Godfrey comes flying in to charge the shot down. Great defending. So much space for the Liverpool man in the box.
Everton seem to have abandoned any plans to play out from the back. Pickford sending everything up the pitch.
21:22 , Matt Verri
47 mins: Doucoure with a tame header that’s easily caught by Alison.
Salah manages to lose Doucoure and Allan with one drop of the shoulder. Thiago slides it through to Robertson, but his cross on the stretch is a weak on.
21:20 , Matt Verri
46 mins: Back underway. Rondon immediately puts pressure on Robertson, and the left back has to put it out for a throw in.
21:19 , Matt Verri
Players back out for the second-half. Duncan Ferguson close behind the Everton team as they run out... wouldn’t want to disappoint him.
First-half stats
21:13 , Matt Verri
Liverpool with 67% of possession, nine shots and five on target in the opening 45 minutes. Everton managed four shots and just one on target, but it was Gray’s strike to halve the deficit. Got to imagine they’ll be right at it after the break.
HALF TIME
21:04 , Matt Verri
Everton 1-2 Liverpool
It’s been frenetic for much of the first 45 minutes, and at the end of it we have a game on our hands.
Liverpool were utterly dominant for much of the half, and threatened to run riot when Salah doubled the lead inside 20 minutes.
But Gray’s goal has halved the deficit, and given Everton some hope going into the break.
21:02 , Matt Verri
45+1 mins: Three minutes added on.
Salah, Henderson, cross into the box... Pickford saves Mane’s header. Plenty more goals in this one, the way it’s going.
Game on?
21:01 , Matt Verri
Gray brings the Everton crowd to life!
A brilliant touch and finish from the Toffee 👏 #PLonPrime #EVELIV pic.twitter.com/UFOc7GIboP— Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) December 1, 2021
21:00 , Matt Verri
44 mins: The referee is not in the mood this evening!
Gray with great footwork on the edge of the box, past Fabinho, and he goes down. Referee gives the free-kick the other way, and Gray is shown the yellow card. Looks like a fair decision.
20:59 , Matt Verri
43 mins: Home crowd are roaring their side forward. Liverpool comfortable enough when Everton press though, and it’s opening up more space for them to break.
20:56 , Matt Verri
40 mins: Thiago into the book for a foul on Allan. And he has company.. Digne brings down Henderson, and the referee shows him the yellow card. Two for each team now.
GOAL! Everton 1-2 Liverpool | Demarai Gray 38'
20:54 , Matt Verri
WELL THEN!
They’ve been second best by miles, but they’re back in it now!
Richarlison pings it into Gray, he takes a brilliant first touch and he’s in on goal. Allison gets a big touch on it, but it’s through him and into the back of the net.
20:52 , Matt Verri
36 mins: Took a blow to his face, but Robertson is ok to continue. Everton kick the ball back to Liverpool, which angers their already irritated supporters.
Richarlison tries to make something happen, but runs it out for a goal kick.
20:50 , Matt Verri
34 mins: Everton flying into the challenges more and more... need to be careful their frustrations don’t boil over.
Townsend runs into Robertson, and the left-back has gone down. He’ll need some treatment.
20:47 , Matt Verri
31mins: Allan slides in on Jota... trailing leg caught the Liverpool man. Referee lets play go initially, but changes his mind a couple of seconds later. Shows Allan the yellow card.
Won the ball with his left leg, but his right foot did catch Jota.
20:45 , Matt Verri
29 mins: Townsend turns Thiago, and is pulled back. Decent position for the free-kick, on the right wing. Gray can swing this one in... Van Dijk heads it away.
Thiago with another foul, this time on Allan. He can’t be far away from a yellow now.
20:42 , Matt Verri
26 mins: Robertson plays a one-two with Thiago and runs most of the length of the pitch. No Everton player comes out to close him down, and the fans are furious.
Mane has an effort from range saved by Pickford, before Thiago’s shot is blocked.
Two for Liverpool
20:39 , Matt Verri
SENSATIONAL Mo Salah 💫
All the room in the world to double Liverpool's lead at Goodison Park! #PLonPrime #EVELIV pic.twitter.com/Ve3qoYb5Dk— Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) December 1, 2021
20:39 , Matt Verri
22 mins: Keane very nearly puts it into his own net. This is really ugly from Everton.
Liverpool with their sixth corner of the match already. Robertson takes, and Matip flicks it behind for a goal-kick.
GOAL! Everton 0-2 Liverpool | Mo Salah 19'
20:36 , Matt Verri
Liverpool are rampant. Everton are on the attack, but a Townsend cross is headed away and then the Reds go flying up the pitch.
Thiago nudges it across to Henderson, and he has so much space. Plays it through to Salah, who roars past Digne, and curls it past Pickford with utter ease. So much space for Liverpool, and Everton have been punished.
20:34 , Matt Verri
18 mins: Richarlison crosses it low to Gray in the box, who is completely free. That is until Alexander-Arnold gets back really well to put it behind for a corner. Comes to nothing.
Liverpool straight back on the attack, and Pickford has to come out to punch a Henderson cross away.
20:32 , Matt Verri
16 mins: Everton want a penalty, and the referee decides to give it the other way. Townsend into the book for diving. Unclear from the replays how much contact there was, but certainly not enough for a penalty.
20:31 , Matt Verri
15 mins: Good from Jota in the box, and again Liverpool have a man free on the edge of the box. It’s Alexander-Arnold this time, and his shot is well saved. Corner Liverpool.
Rondon on hand to head it away.
How Liverpool took the lead
20:30 , Matt Verri
A BEAUTY FROM HENDERSON! 💥
Liverpool break the deadlock in the Merseyside derby!#PLonPrime #EVELIV pic.twitter.com/jqZgUWpu7E— Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) December 1, 2021
20:29 , Matt Verri
14 mins: Allan lays it off to Townsend, and it looks like he’s about to go down in the box. Decides to stay on his feet, and it eventually comes to Gray on the left wing.
He cuts inside and lets fly, but it swerves well wide. Everton’s first shot of the match.
20:28 , Matt Verri
12 mins: Better from Everton. Gray on the edge of the box to Rondon... he goes down claiming a free-kick, nothing given. Home fans are not thrilled.
At least some signs of a threat going forward though.
GOAL! Everton 0-1 Liverpool | Jordan Henderson 9'
20:26 , Matt Verri
Well it’s been coming!
Liverpool have started brilliantly, and they have their reward. Mane plays Robertson in, he cuts it back from the byline, and Henderson runs onto it and from the edge of the box curls it in beautifully with his left. Lovely move, lovely finish.
20:24 , Matt Verri
7 mins: Great save from Pickford. Mane slows it down on the left, and pulls it back into the box. Salah connects with it sweetly first time, but the goalkeeper gets down well at his near post.
20:21 , Matt Verri
5 mins: Richarlison and Rondon are starting as a front two. Don’t think Liverpool will mind that, it’s given them more space in midfield.
Gray whips a good ball in for Everton. It gets a slight flick on it, and it wrong foots Townsend. Gets the header all wrong, wasn’t expecting the touch in front of him.
20:19 , Matt Verri
3 mins: This is absolutely horrible from Everton at the start of the match. They look so nervous.
Townsend gives it away right on the edge of the box. Ball played across the face of goal, and Salah somehow hits it over from a few yards out. Tried to get his foot over it, probably should have headed it. Everton all over the place.
20:17 , Matt Verri
1 min: That’s not the start Everton were hoping. Coleman gets his body in the way as Mane tries to run through on goal, and he waits for Pickford to come and claim it. The goalkeeper doesn’t move though, and Coleman sends it behind for a corner.
Matip with a massive chance from the corner! Free header, six yards out, heads it wide. He HAD to score.
20:16 , Matt Verri
Big night for both sides. Huge night for Rafa Benitez’s position at the club. Fans will be well and truly on his back with a defeat, but a win and in 90 minutes time there will be a lot more goodwill.
We are underway at Goodison!
20:15 , Matt Verri
A minute’s applause for former Everton player Cliff Marshall and former Liverpool midfielder Ray Kennedy ahead of kick-off.
20:10 , Matt Verri
Brilliant atmosphere at Goodison, as you’d expect.
Players in the tunnel... kick-off just five minutes away now.
Klopp’s pre-match thoughts
20:04 , Matt Verri
“We are here to play a really good football game and of course we want the three points.
“We want to play very intense, very aggressive - but our aggressive. Play around them, play through them, play behind them and take our chances.”
19:55 , Matt Verri
Rafa Benitez asked what it will take for the Everton fans to start singing his name.
“To win some games.”
No better place to start...
19:38 , Matt Verri
It’s been 11 years since Everton last beat their big rivals at home, but that doesn’t mean Liverpool have had it all their own way.
Eight out of the last nine matches between the two sides at Goodison have finished level, including all of the last four.
There’s been everything from 0-0 to 3-3!
19:33 , Matt Verri
Everton’s team certainly looks stronger for their two changes - Richarlison and Gray coming in for Iwobi and Gordon. Apart from the obvious continued absence of Calvert-Lewin, they look somewhere close to full strength again.
For Liverpool, just the one change, Matip replacing Konate at the back.
Reds to pile on the misery?
19:25 , Matt Verri
📍 Arriving at Goodison Park for #EVELIV! pic.twitter.com/uaPes0Z1qV
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) December 1, 2021
LIVERPOOL LINE-UP
19:16 , Matt Verri
Starting XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago, Salah, Jota, Mane
Subs: Kelleher, Williams, Tsimikas, Konate, Morton, Milner, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Minamino, Origi
EVERTON LINE-UP
19:15 , Matt Verri
Starting XI: Pickford, Coleman, Godfrey, Keane, Digne, Townsend, Doucoure, Allan, Gray, Richarlison, Rondon
Subs: Begovic, Kenny, Branthwaite, Dobbin, Gbamin, Delph, Iwobi, Gordon, Tosun
Return to Goodison
19:08 , Matt Verri
Virgil van Dijk is back at Goodison Park. Last time he was at the stadium, he suffered a knee injury that ruled him out for the majority of last season.
Team news coming from both sides in just over five minutes.
Home side have arrived
18:58 , Matt Verri
The Everton players are in the building. Big night for them, looking to secure the club’s first win at Goodison Park over Liverpool since 2010.
Plenty of them were involved in February when Everton won at Anfield for the first time in more than 20 years...
In the building for #EVELIV. 🏟️ pic.twitter.com/o94CstkqXp
— Everton (@Everton) December 1, 2021
Prediction
18:50 , Matt Verri
Form often goes out the window in derby matches but Liverpool really do have a stranglehold on the Merseyside contest. With Benitez’s side simply unable to score at the moment, the visitors are the heavy favourites.
Liverpool to win, 2-0.
Liverpool team news
18:36 , Matt Verri
Klopp confirmed ahead of the game that Roberto Firmino is still a week away from a return from a thigh injury with Joe Gomez (calf) and Naby Keita (thigh) nearing their comebacks to full training.
The Reds picked up no fresh injury issues at the weekend but are without Harvey Elliott (ankle) and Curtis Jones (eye).
Everton team news
18:27 , Matt Verri
Everton could do with having Dominic Calvert-Lewin back from a thigh problem this week as the striker nears his recovery, with Yerry Mina (thigh) also not thought to be far off. Tom Davies (knee) and Andre Gomes (calf) remain out.
Mason Holgate is suspended but Richarlison is back in the mix after serving his one-game ban at Brentford.
How to watch Everton vs Liverpool
18:16 , Matt Verri
TV Channel: The match will only be available live via streaming platform Amazon Prime Video.
Live stream: Amazon Prime Video subscribers can watch the match via the Prime Video website or app. Coverage starts at 6.30pm GMT ahead of kick-off at 8.15pm.
Good evening!
18:04 , Matt Verri
Hello and welcome to Standard Sport’s LIVE coverage of the Merseyside derby, as Everton host Liverpool. Huge game in store.
Rafa Benitez desperately needs a win to turn his team’s fortunes around, and to get the fans back on side again. An in-form Liverpool side will be looking to pile on the misery.
We’ll have all the latest updates, build-up and team news, ahead of kick-off at 8.15pm. Stay tuned!
