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Liverpool team vs Everton predicted as Hugo Ekitike and Alexis Mac Allister start

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Having won late in each of its five games so far, Liverpool will be hoping for slightly less drama in today's Merseyside derby against Everton — though in such a fixture, any kind of win would be celebrated.



But how will Liverpool line up against Everton?





"When we faced them last season, they had a very good spell as well — and it wasn’t a spell because they just kept on going with that and into this season again also," Slot said in his pre-match press conference.

"I think they’ve made some good signings and one of them is of course a player on loan who was worth £100m in the past, someone paid £100m for him and he is doing so well for them, Jack Grealish

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"Indeed, there is rivalry but what I also liked and I want to emphasize in this moment as well is what they did when Diogo [Jota] passed away.

"Coming to Anfield, being there, and of course they showed their respect from sporting director to sporting director and all these kind of things.

"So, in these moments of time, it’s so nice to see that in those tragedies the rivalry is still there but the respect towards both is also there.

"So yeah, looking forward to the game tomorrow because every Anfield game is special but this derby is even more special."