Milos Kerkez immediately endears himself to Liverpool fans with Everton message
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"I knew that game was really important for the fans, so a win today was important," Ekitike, another to be making his first appearance in this fixture told the Reds' official website.
"I felt the stadium and the crowd was very loud today.
"But we always knew how difficult a game this would be, let alone if you have proper preparation time.
"But if you played your third game in less than seven days, against your rivals, then you know that the second half could be very tough — and that's why I made my line-ups throughout the week as I did, for the players to be ready for this one because this was the most intense from the three, we knew this before.
"You could see how well we can play if we are fresh — the first 45 minutes, unbelievable, the way we played.
But we didn't run out of mentality.
"I think we managed the game really well, but we didn't manage some moments really well.
This was also the thing I said before the game
"This is what happened against Bournemouth, where we were 2-0 up, it was our game but a silly trick and we conceded [the] 2-1
The set-pieces against Newcastle, conceding just before half-time against Atletico Madrid when we also played so well in the first half.
"We have to understand a moment can change a game, no matter how well you play, no matter what you do, always fight for these moments.
"This is where we can improve a little bit, but we managed the game in general really well