Mohamed Salah was the Merseyside derby match-winner with a second-half double as Liverpool edged past 10-man Everton in the Premier League.
Salah’s confident penalty in front of the Kop End following Michael Keane’s handball ended a frustrating 75 minutes for the home side and he added a late second as the Reds went top of the table on Saturday lunchtime.
It took the Egypt international’s tally to 201 career league goals and victory maintained Liverpool’s recent dominance over their neighbours in this fixture.
Jurgen Klopp’s side searched for a way to break the deadlock in the second period after Ashley Young was sent off for two bookable offences, with both fouls coming on Luis Diaz.
The hosts had been finding it difficult to make in-roads despite having a man advantage, with many of their efforts from long range comfortable for Jordan Pickford to deal with.
The England international smothered Alexis Mac Allister’s rasping effort and Darwin Nunez’s strike, while dipping drives from Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dominik Szoboszlai both dropped narrowly over.
Everton maybe should have gone ahead in the opening couple of minutes but Dominic Calvert-Lewin could only divert his header straight at Alisson.
Dwight McNeil’s curling effort was also deflected over the crossbar, but they were finally breached with 15 minutes to go and again in injury time, leaving Sean Dyche’s side with only two wins in nine league games this season.
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Liverpool
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Squad number2Player nameGomez -
Squad number9Player nameNúñez -
Squad number19Player nameElliott
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Squad number32Player nameMatip
Everton
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Squad number1Player namePickford
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Squad number18Player nameYoung
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Squad number6Player nameTarkowski
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Squad number32Player nameBranthwaite
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Squad number19Player nameMykolenko
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Squad number11Player nameHarrison
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Squad number37Player nameGarner
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Squad number8Player nameOnana
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Squad number7Player nameMcNeil
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Squad number16Player nameDoucouré
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Squad number9Player nameCalvert-Lewin
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Squad number2Player namePatterson
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Squad number5Player nameKeane
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Squad number10Player nameDanjuma
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Squad number14Player nameBeto
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Squad number28Player nameYoussef Chermiti
Line-ups
Liverpool
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Alisson
- 66Alexander-Arnold
- 5KonatéBooked at 50minsSubstituted forMatipat 67′minutes
- 4van Dijk
- 21TsimikasSubstituted forNúñezat 62′minutes
- 8Szoboszlai
- 10Mac Allister
- 38GravenberchSubstituted forElliottat 62′minutes
- 11Salah
- 20Jota
- 7DíazSubstituted forGomezat 81′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Gomez
- 3Endo
- 9Núñez
- 19Elliott
- 32Matip
- 48Scanlon
- 53McConnell
- 62Kelleher
- 78Quansah
Everton
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 1Pickford
- 18YoungBooked at 37mins
- 6TarkowskiBooked at 32mins
- 32Branthwaite
- 19MykolenkoSubstituted forRamalho Chermitiat 88′minutes
- 11HarrisonSubstituted forKeaneat 45′minutes
- 37Garner
- 8OnanaSubstituted forDanjumaat 80′minutes
- 7McNeilSubstituted forPattersonat 45′minutes
- 16Doucouré
- 9Calvert-LewinSubstituted forGomes Betuncalat 61′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Patterson
- 5Keane
- 10Danjuma
- 12Neves Virgínia
- 14Gomes Betuncal
- 22Godfrey
- 27Gueye
- 28Ramalho Chermiti
- 61Dobbin
Live Text
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Match ends, Liverpool 2, Everton 0.
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Second Half ends, Liverpool 2, Everton 0.
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Attempt missed. Beto (Everton) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jarrad Branthwaite.
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Goal! Liverpool 2, Everton 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Darwin Núñez following a fast break.
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Attempt missed. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
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Offside, Everton. Abdoulaye Doucouré tries a through ball, but Youssef Chermiti is caught offside.
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Corner, Everton. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
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Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Joe Gomez.
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Foul by Diogo Jota (Liverpool).
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Nathan Patterson (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jordan Pickford.
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Attempt saved. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Attempt blocked. Joe Gomez (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
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Attempt missed. Joe Gomez (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross following a corner.
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Substitution, Everton. Youssef Chermiti replaces Vitalii Mykolenko.
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Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jarrad Branthwaite.
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Hand ball by Diogo Jota (Liverpool).
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Attempt saved. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross.
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Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jarrad Branthwaite.
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Substitution, Liverpool. Joe Gomez replaces Luis Díaz.
