National media rave over Liverpool's 'majestic' Ryan Gravenberch as Zinedine Zidane point made
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Liverpool's 2-1 win over Everton in the 247th Merseyside derby means they have now beaten their neighbours in the last five Anfield meetings for the first time since the mid-1930s.
Goals from Ryan Gravenberch and Hugo Ekitike secured the victory for the Premier League champions, despite Idrissa Gueye's second half effort and the leaders have now taken maximum points from their opening five fixtures.
The ECHO, as ever, was in attendance to provide our usual match-day mix.
Here's what they made of another Anfield derby win for the Reds.
The Daily Mail's Lewis Steele writes: "Mohamed Salah had a pop at a fan account online for disrespecting Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz when it was claimed the new No 7 and No 9, Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz, were a huge upgrade on those who wore those shirts last season.
"So we will go careful in how we phrase this but, with the greatest respect to Nunez who had some memorable moments in a Reds shirt, Ekitike already seems like a more complete forward who will be well worth the £79m they paid for him.
"Not just his calm finish, slotted through Jordan Pickford’s legs under pressure, but the Frenchman offers so much more in terms of all-round play – linking up with midfielders, dropping deep to receive the ball and popping up out wide to run at players.
Steele continued: "Ryan Gravenberch must be a dream to manage.
One thing Slot is trying to do is to help last year’s Premier League Young Player of the Season with his offensive game, aiming to get him into more attacking spaces."
The Times' Paul Joyce also focuses on Gravenberch, writing: "Already this term he has two [goals] and the timing of his run off Everton’s leaden-footed midfield and the majesty of his finish was one for a highlight reel which already possesses some jaw-dropping moments of individual skill.
"The threaded pass that served up the chance for Hugo Ekitike to score what was the winner was not too bad either.
Consider, too, his workrate and defensive duties and his talents are undeniably rounded.
"The progress he has made over the past 12 months reflects his whole approach to his career.
Despite each of their victories including the occasional blemishes, none have yet succeeded in smothering his considerable influence."
And over on the pages of The Guardian, Will Unwin muses: "On paper, at least, Liverpool have thus far achieved perfection with a fifth win in five Premier League games to keep them looking down on everyone else, but they are yet to find their best form.
Playing in a direct fashion, Beto was hassling the Liverpool centre-backs and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall fired wide after a neat exchange with Jack Grealish, but these are the chances that need to be taken at Anfield."
And the ECHO's verdict stated: "For more than a few uncomfortable moments, after Idrissa Gueye's rasping drive had halved the Everton deficit, Liverpool looked powerless to avoid the inevitable.
"But this time, rather than fling away a two-goal lead for what remarkably would have been a fourth time inside barely a month of this new season, Arne Slot's champions held their nerve and ground out another big victory instead that preserves their 100% start to the campaign across all competitions.
"This was as competitive a Merseyside derby as there has been at Anfield for quite some time and the upwardly mobile and inventive Everton will feel their efforts after the break deserved more than a second defeat of the campaign.
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"But Liverpool's ability to etch out the maximum from games when they are not at their sparkling best has become a key feature of this defence of their crown and they can now include neighbours Everton in the list of the teams they have conquered alongside title rivals Arsenal, Champions League outfit Newcastle and Bournemouth, who headed into the weekend in third.
"Once more it was a performance that didn't reach lofty heights but 15 points already means Sunday's watch of Manchester City's visit to Arsenal will be done so in plenty of comfort for Slot, whose team will be a beneficiary of that result, whatever happens at the Emirates."