FIRST goal goes in. James Milner can put a cross in, can’t he.
Second goal goes in. James Milner can really put a cross in, can’t he. Can’t he? Yes. Yes he can.
What a terrific half of football from Liverpool. Before they go 1-0 up they should be 2-0 up. They should possibly be 3-0 up because they are irresistible. They dominate the game. Everton have flurries, Liverpool own the half. They are electric. They are intense. They are, simply, ultimately better. Being better than Everton should be in the job description for every Liverpool team. It is and always will be part of the raison d’etre since 1892. Being demonstratively better than Everton is glorious. The Ev look second class, undercooked. The Ev trailing in Liverpool’s wake. Second to everything that matters.
James Milner’s crosses matter.
At least Divock Origi has something to do. He forces himself towards the ball, makes it his. Mamadou Sakho though. Doesn’t get easier. Excelsis Deo doesn’t get more emphatic. The Reds wheeling away, scattering around Kolo Toure. But it is Milner who makes it perfect, Milner who makes it count. Half time and it is the least Liverpool deserve. Liverpool two, Everton Soz.
And that is game over. Insofar as it matters the half time whistle might as well be the full time whistle. It blows and you know Liverpool have the game won.
That said, the most piss poor Evertonian thing I have ever seen could well be Funes Mori clutching his badge after going over the top on Divock Origi. Evertonians that have seen good sides – and there have been many very good sides – will be appalled. He’s left his teammates entirely in the lurch with a dreadful tackle when the Liverpool player is going nowhere. It should be something innocuous. Instead it is something downright nasty. A tackle to injure a player which does injure a player. Nothing but the best is good enough.
Daniel Sturridge comes on and has decided he will score. More than any player I have ever seen, Sturridge has decided he will score. And more than any player I can remember thinking Sturridge is defined purely against Funes Mori Evertonianism. His attitude is that of absolute superiority. Of class. The desire to be what that isn’t. He loves reminding them of it. The other type of arms. As he told Andy Heaton, sometimes you just have to tell them what time it is.
From the moment it goes 3-0 it is almost frustratingly easy for Klopp’s men. Everton drop into training ground 10 vs 11. Two deep tight lines of four, Lukaku hunting for the scrappiest of scraps. Nothing else of note in the game but Liverpool taking the piss, Liverpool Liverpool taking the piss.
Often this sort of thing would annoy me, but this is Liverpool’s sixth tough game in three weeks – since Spurs it has been nothing but graft. That they stroke it around when they are so superior, well these lads have earned that. They have earned their oles.
And then Coutinho scores. Liverpool get their fourth. It could be five, six, seven. Everton abject, Liverpool rampant. Everyone wants to get in on the act as Liverpool pepper Joel Robles’s goal. It’s a fabulous act. The best act in town and the crowd enjoy themselves.
Rampant, abject. Magic, tragic. Wipe away all your tears.
It was a lovely sunny day in Liverpool. It was a day that promised so much. It was a day it was a joy to be alive. One of the very best, a last twenty minutes to revel almost indecently in. Liverpool strolling. Liverpool four, Everton irrelevant.
Up the Reds. Up the strolling Reds. Last chance for the season for that lads. Graft for the next eight.
Pool.
Liverpool are embarrassingly, humiliatingly better than Everton at togger. In other news, water is wet.
Great that you get these out so quick after the match and the quality is always so high. What a performance tonight by the lads. I am proud of them all.
Funes Mori. Well in lad. Tit tries to cripple a lad, objects to the red, walks off wanking off the Everton badge, Blues cheer. Er’, ‘av a collective word?! I think – other than Div injury – this should be known as The Hilarious Derby. Stitch that.
As a Red living in Bs As, I’m no Funes Mori fan. However, he’s from Argentina and it’s normal over here to show your love for the shirt no matter what goes on, particularly in a River-Boca derby where the your fans would love you even more for doing what he did. It’s probably a culture thing so I doubt he meant to offend, and who cares anyway, we thoroughly took this piss tonight. Up the Reds!
The Sakho Derby. Thought he was immense. Show them the way to go home…..
The fella Sakho looked like one of the greats tonight. I quite love this lad through his mistakes and odd games.
Sakho probably broke records for most headers I’ve ever seen won. Oh show them the way to go home…
The Matip +1 assumptions for next season are deffo getting a big Fuck You from lovren and sakho.
Look like a proper pairing CBs at the moment..
Then when he got bored he chested it.
If Matip is Sakho’s replacement he must be some player. Haven’t had this much fun watching a Derby since Troy. (One for you oldies)
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Not as nasty as the assault from on Naysmith from Gerrard. I presume you’ve seen it before? Those in glass houses…
“It is and always will be part of the raison d’etre since 1892”
Hmmm, since the 1970s, yes for sure. But let’s not pretend Liverpool were bigger or better than Everton until the early 1970s, because the history books will tell you they absolutely weren’t the bigger/better club.
“History” – it’s more than just a 25 year period between the early 70s and 1990, that is becoming more and more irrelevant as the years roll by
History is more than just the early 70’s to 1990 you’re right, and I think that you’ll find we’ve won a fair bit since 1990 too, far more than Everton.
You talk about Everton being ‘bigger’ pre-1970’s, yet then say our much more recent history is becoming irrelevant? Ironic.
Bitter.
Penalty kicking has been good
In 1970, Everton won their 7th title. This would see them equalling Liverpool’s 7 titles. In fact, by the time your greatest player of all time Dixie Dean came along to win your 3rd title in 1928, Liverpool already had 4 titles. You won one of your titles before LFC existed.
You had a bigger stadium for a time, but were Everton always bigger and better prior to 1970? No. I would argue they were similar-sized clubs until around 1970. Size defined by number of fans and people who want to watch them I suppose.
dry yer eyes
|To be fair if i had to support that shower of shite, a team that cannot even raise themselves for a Derby then i might resort to desperately grasping straws to avoid looking at the reality.
everton were abysmal last night, no one can deny that Liverpool played them off the park
They have a big match this weekend at Goodison Park South this weekend though. I hope all Liverpool fans can come together in union with their scouse brethren and show some support for their city brothers against the Mancs
Go along with that Jimbob, except the ‘Goodison Park South’ bit and the ‘hope all Liverpool fans’ bit. Like saying ‘hope all Everton fans don’t join their Manc brethern with sickening chants’, won’t happen. And anyway, it’s Anfield South.
Both sets of fans have a sing off on Saturday, with your favourite song – “Always The Victims”. Shocking chanting from Everton fans again tonight.
Jimbob definitely a Red on a wind up.
‘Goodison South’ haha. Cracker.
Giving yourself away as a blue there Jimbob
Brilliant performance against a really crap Everton team. I was in the Anfield Road and unfortunate enough to be near a season ticket holder again who spends the whole game picking on every little fault never praising the good things.
He certainly does not recognise what Milner does but he’s right about the corners.
We are going in the right direction at last.
Onwards and upwards.
Was it Jimbob?
Embarrassing that their Centre Half (not worthy of typing his name) walks off pumping his badge while a stretcher comes on for the player he’s just finished the season of (hopefully not).
Well done mate, enjoy your 3 (should be more) games off. Be careful wondering around Liverpool though, Sakho’s out for revenge!!!
Not a good challenge from Funes Mori and not a good look to be pumping his badge. That’s indisputable
Completely agree, I’m sure his team mates will have a word as well. Probably wont be allowed under Bobby M’s ‘positive comments only lads’ approach.
I was loving it but it got embarrassing by the end, especially with the ‘oles’. Origi is so hard to dispossess when he gets on it and dominated Stones for the goal. Sakho’s goal was beautifully emphatic too.
That Funes Mori moment should be a source of shame for Everton. What a cowardly little tosspot. If he thinks that will impress any proper fans then he is hugely mistaken. Very pleased he will miss the FA Cup semi-final. Hope it hurts and he never gets a chance to play in a game of that size again.
Sturridge, as was mentioned above, literally just decided he was going to score and promptly did.
The Ev have their big Manc love fest this weekend and both sets of fans will be singing about Liverpool more than their their own clubs. Bring yer Murderers bed sheet banners.
Great stuff, Was like a summer evening stroll through Stanley park!