After defeating Marseille in the Champions League and the league, Liverpool welcomed its arch rival Everton.

In addition to winning the championship, teams like Liverpool also have some important games that cannot be lost. If they lose, even if they win the championship, fans will feel unhappy. These games are matches against Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Everton.

Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal are giants and old opponents. They must not lose their game against them. Losing not only hurts morale, but also means 6 points less. The game against Everton is the most special. If Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal are opponents, then Everton is the enemy. The game with the enemy is a life-and-death struggle. Since it is a struggle, of course you cannot lose. If you lose, you will not be able to raise your head this season.

Without Liverpool, Everton's status in the Premier League would be pretty good. He won several league championships and FA Cups and also entered the Champions League. However, with the brilliant giants Liverpool, all Everton's glory was covered up. They were like a shabby and ruined house, no one knew about it. The only time they were mentioned was to set off Liverpool's brilliant glory.

This gap in status and strength has made Liverpool and Everton full of hatred. With Liverpool's rise in recent years, this hatred has become increasingly intensified. Every derby is a war for the two clubs. Before the game, the players and coaches are constantly salivating, and red and yellow cards are common in the game. The war between players and coaches is still civilized, and there is naked violence between fans. Before the derby, the Liverpool police are extremely nervous, fearing that the fans of the two teams will have a group fight.

Everton coach Moyes is not very old, but he has been coaching Everton for a long time. He has been in charge of the Toffees since 2001 and has been with Everton for seven years. Under his leadership, Everton has gone from a team with shortage of funds and has to fight for relegation every year to a mid-to-high-level team, and posed a great threat to the Premier League semi-finals. He was named the Premier League's best coach in the 2005 season.

If there were no Liverpool and if there were no Benitez, Moyes might have been the hero of Merseyside now, but now, the hero is Benitez, Chen Yu, Gerald, and Everton is still a stunted grass covered by a big tree.

Of course, Moyes was full of resentment and jealousy towards Liverpool and Benitez. With such emotions, the reporter deliberately tempted him, so what Moyes said before the game was not so nice.

"... The derby is undoubtedly one of the most important games. We need a victory, and Everton fans also need a game. Maybe in the Premier League, in the world, Everton is a small club, but in Liverpool, Everton is the oldest, best and most popular team among fans... Everton has never been afraid of Liverpool. Facing them, we can always play better. Although Liverpool is in good shape now, I believe we will win at Goodison Park Stadium-"

Moyes' words sound harmless, but those who are familiar with the grudges between Everton and Liverpool know that this is a satirizing Benitez, because last season Benitez once laughed at Everton for saying that they are a small club that only wants to not lose.

Of course, Benitez can't show weakness at this time. The derby is a derby. You have to suppress the opponent on and off the court.

"Who is the best team needs to be compared before you know that it doesn't matter whether it is best or not. Liverpool is the Premier League champion and the Champions League champion. I dare not say that we are the best team, but we are definitely one of the best teams. The derby is a very special game, but the victory is only three points. I believe we will definitely win, but I don't think it needs to be treated specially."

Benitez said that he was very confident. This confidence was based on absolute strength. Regardless of the outcome of this game, Liverpool is the champion of the Premier League and the Champions League, and Everton is both second-rate in the Premier League. This is a fact that cannot be changed, and Benitez does not think they will lose to Everton at all.

The two coaches started first, and the following is the performance time of the players. The players on both sides expressed their confidence in winning and their desire for victory, and of course they would not give up attacking the opponent. This war of words continued until the day of the game.

In the week before the start of the game, the "fight" between Liverpool fans and Everton fans has never stopped. Since both sides are in the same city, fans of both sides will inevitably experience friction during the parade. Once it intensifies, a fight will immediately occur. Such a thing happens every day, causing Liverpool police to get rid of their brains. They have to arrest and deal with so many fighters every day. Their police force is really unbearable. They wish they could not pass the game quickly and relax themselves.

On October 20, at 12:45 local time in the UK, the first focus game of the 10th round of the 2007/08 English Football Premier League was held at Goodison Park Stadium. This was the 206th Merseyside derby. The two sides confronted 30 games in the Premier League, with Liverpool having the upper hand 11 wins, 11 draws and 8 losses. Previously, 176 league matches, Liverpool had 65 wins, 55 draws and 56 losses. Last season, Everton and Liverpool each defeated their opponents at home, which was also the second time Everton won the Reds in his last 9 home games, and the remaining 7 games were 2 draws and 5 losses.

In the nine league rounds before this game, Everton ranked 9th in four wins, four losses and one draw, while Liverpool led the Premier League with an unbeaten record.

Obviously, the Derby cannot be predicted based on its previous record. This is a war. If any side cares about underestimating the enemy, it may be the most painful blow to meet them.

For two teams like this, their bosses will definitely not stay in the same box to watch the game. Even if they are gentlemen, they will feel restrained and awkward when watching the game in the same box, because when you see it excited or unhappy, you need to consider the feelings of another person even if you scold a swear word. In this case, there will definitely be quite a lot in 90 minutes. Watching the game like this will be a pain for them.

Although they can't sit in a box, Everton's two bosses, Bill Kenwright, Robert Earl and Liverpool's two bosses, Gillette and Hicks, came to the stadium early. In such a game, if the boss doesn't come to the scene, it will be a blow to the team's morale, and they also want to see how their players perform in the derby.

For a player, whether he has the ability is the best manifestation of whether he plays in ordinary games, but whether he has performed well in tough battles. A derby is a tough battle in tough battles. Players who can perform well in derby are often called derby heroes by fans and can have the support of all fans. Even if he performs well in derby, his performance will generally not be abandoned by fans. But if he turns on the other hand, even if he performs well in one season and performs poorly in derby, fans will think that this player is not good, at least he is too soft and can become a star, but cannot become a core and soul.

The game has begun. In such a game, the process is as important as the result. There is no saying of highs and lows. Everyone has to play momentum at the beginning, so when the ball kicks off in the middle circle, the pace is very fast and intense.

Liverpool's formation in this game was a 4-4-2 formation: 25-Reina; 3-Finnan, 23-Carrag, 4-Hepia, 6-Riser; 20-Mascherano, 14-Alonso, 16-Penant, 11-Benayon; 18-Kuit, 9-Chen Yu

This is the strongest lineup that Liverpool can rank at present. Gerald's injury has not been completely healed, and Agel is no longer in the best condition. Although Hypia is too old, her recent performance is still remarkable. She is also a genuine central defender, and his starting lineup is also expected.

Although this is still a gap compared to Liverpool, compared to Everton, such Liverpool's card strength also has a considerable advantage.

Everton's starting lineup is also a 442 formation, goalkeeper 24-Howard; defender 2-Hibert, 4-Yabo, 15-Stubbs, 5-Lescott; midfielder: 6-Arteta, 16-Gargilka, 18-Phil Neville, 21-Ottoman; forwards: 22-Yakub, 28-Anichebi.

Compared with Liverpool, Everton's lineup is relatively simple. Except for Neville from Manchester United, everyone else is a well-known and practical player. But don't think that Everton's players are not very famous and think that they are not strong in combat. With the training of young coach Moyes for more than six years, Everton is like their nickname Toffees, persevering, pestering and tacit cooperation. It won't be very comfortable for anyone to meet such an opponent, not to mention that when playing against Liverpool, Everton can always play at the same level as the giants.

If Liverpool is still cautious and steady in the game against other teams, they are conservative at all in the game against Everton. They are the ones who kicked the ball first. After the kickoff, the ball did not return to the backcourt and passed it directly from the midfield to Everton's half.

When Everton's forward played like this before he completely crossed the center line, it was easy to be intercepted, but this was not important. It was important to play with momentum and let the Everton people know who the boss of Merseyside. Even at Everton's doorstep, they would never be afraid of them.

Liverpool's performance is very close to the appetite of Liverpool fans. When Liverpool attacks, Liverpool fans sing and applauding, and can even break through the suppression of 30,000 Everton fans from time to time, allowing their players to feel the enthusiasm from the fans.

The commentator on the scene kept saying: "The wealthy family is a wealthy family. It depends on the beginning, it is grand and domineering. Although Everton is also tough, his momentum is still a bit worse."

The momentum may not be as good as Liverpool, but Everton played no badly. They faced Liverpool's fierce attack and responded very hard, surrounding Liverpool's ball-holding players and cutting off Liverpool's pass and cut. Once they encountered Liverpool's players who broke through, they immediately took a fierce foul, which made Liverpool unable to play smoothly and could not rely on their personal abilities to open up space for their teammates.
Chapter completed!