Andy Robertson and Divock Origi gave Liverpool a 2-0 victory in the Merseyside derby to maintain their title pursuit and leave Everton in the relegation zone
Robertson timed his second goal of the season to perfection from a Liverpool perspective with nerves increasing among the home support before his 62nd-minute breakthrough.yet again with his sixth derby goal as Jürgen Klopp’s team made it 12 Premier League home victories in succession. The day ended with the local rivals separated by 50 points and with Liverpool having enjoyed 82.
To Everton’s credit, neither the disruption nor the growing threat of relegation affected them in a first half that stifled and irked Liverpool in equal measure. Lampard flooded his midfield and employed some of the wind-up tactics that José Mourinho did here when Chelsea derailed Liverpool’s title bid in 2014.
The bigger threat came from Everton on the break. Gordon raced away from Trent Alexander-Arnold on to an Abdoulaye Doucouré pass and went down just outside the area after a push in the back from the full-back. The referee, Stuart Attwell, gave nothing. Doucouré also went through after good work by Richarlison but lacked conviction and dragged a tame shot across the face of Alisson’s goal.
Everton remained dangerous on the counter, almost exclusively via Gordon, who was cleaned out on one run by Alexander-Arnold and had a strong penalty appeal denied with the game goalless when going down under a shove from Joël Matip. But there was more intensity and urgency to Liverpool in the second half with Mohamed Salah increasingly prominent. It was the introduction of Origi and Luis Díaz around the hour mark – that Klopp staple – that made the vital difference, however.
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