Liverpool - Everton, 9:15 p.m. today, December 10: Red paradise
Liverpool are enjoying the best days of the season. Life will be even better for the Reds if their honeymoon period is extended by a win against their neighbours Everton.
Liverpool at its best
“In my opinion, even the best Everton team could not compete with Liverpool at the moment”, surprisingly the person who said this was Everton head coach Sam Allardyce. Big Sam’s statement is enough to understand how strong Liverpool are at the moment.
The Kop have just had two very resounding victories: crushing Brighton 5-1 and more spectacularly, beating Spartak Moscow 7-0 in the Champions League. These two victories, in addition to being very impressive in terms of scores, can also be converted into a very serious threat to Everton. Because 10/12 goals that The Kop have just poured into the net of the two "victims" were scored by the super quartet Saio Mane, Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino, Mohamed Salah.
Never before this season has coach Klopp had enough material to assemble a satisfactory attack line like this. At the beginning of the season, when Mane and Salah played well, Coutinho's performance declined due to psychological instability. When Coutinho returned, Mane was free of injury, and rumors of conflict with Juergen Klopp arose. It was not until the last 2 matches that this quartet reunited in the best physical condition and mood.
Surely, coach Juergen Klopp will continue to treat his city team to a live show of 4 attacking superstars who have just scored 10 goals together in just 2 matches, and what miracle will help Everton withstand the superior attacking ability of these 4 strikers? The prospect of Everton's shabby defense collapsing is very big.
History against Everton
The stats are against Everton. Liverpool are unbeaten in 14 consecutive games against Everton and if they don't lose again today, the Reds will set a record for the longest unbeaten run against their neighbours.
Everton have not won a Premier League game at Anfield in 17 consecutive games, since a 1-0 victory in September 1998. In this 19-year period, Everton have lost 9 games. Not only do they fear Anfield, Everton have not won a single away game in the Premier League this season. They have been away from home 7 times, with a record of 3 draws, 4 losses, conceding 16 times and scoring only 4 goals.
Everton will certainly not be able to play on equal terms with Liverpool in this match, but will have to defend with one hope: the quartet of Mane, Coutinho, Firmino, Salah will be separated. However, Everton can only hope that Liverpool will not score, but there is very little basis to rush forward to take advantage of the opponent's poor defense. Because if there is just one gap when raising the formation to counterattack, the super speed of Mane and Salah will make them pay the price.
“Whenever I feel sad, I often have a habit of looking at the bottom of the table to see what Everton are doing down there,” the classic sarcasm referring to Everton’s very low position compared to Liverpool, which former player Jamie Carragher once said, has never been more true than at this moment.
Watch out for the final blow! According to Opta statistics, Liverpool scored 4 goals to bring victory over Everton after the 90th minute. No club in Premier League history has been able to deliver as many finishing blows after the 90th minute against a specific club as Liverpool did against Everton. In the Premier League this season, The Kop also scored 7 goals in the last 15 minutes of the match, accounting for 21.2% of the total goals and the second most goals scored in the 15-minute period (after the 15-30 minute mark, 9 goals). Coach Juergen Klopp (Liverpool): “Liverpool should see this match as an opportunity to prove their ambition. Fans will look at Coutinho and Mane differently if they play well in the derby. A win means 3 points and respect too.” Coach Sam Allardyce (Everton): “The only chance to beat Liverpool is for Everton to score first. Because the derby is very different from normal matches. Scoring first is both a score advantage and a psychological blow.” |
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