Jurgen Klopp’s team won thanks to goals from Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo.
On Monday, February 13, the match of the 23rd round of the English Premier League took place, in which “Liverpool” faced “Everton” in a derby.
The meeting took place at the Anfield Stadium and ended with a score of 2:0 in favor of Jurgen Klopp’s wards.
The home team opened the scoring near the end of the first half – Egypt’s Mohamed Salah scored after a pass from Darwin Nunes. Liverpool doubled their lead early in the second half when striker Cody Gakpo scored the opening goal in the 49th minute. Trent Alexander-Arnold provided the assist for the Dutch forward.
“Liverpool” – “Everton” – 2:0
Goals: Salah, 36, Gakpo, 49
“Liverpool”: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Gomez, E. Robertson, Henderson (Milner, 79), Fabinho, Bajcetic (Keita, 89), Salah (Elliott, 90), Nunes (Jota, 69), Gakpo Firmino , 80)
“Everton”: Pickford, Coleman, Cody, Tarkovsky, Mykolenko, Iwobi, Guye, Onana (Davies, 78), McNeil (Mope, 77), Doukoure, Simms
Warning: Robertson – Coady, Ducouret, Pickford
Match review:
It should be noted that the Ukrainian defender of “Everton” Vitaly Mykolenko spent all 90 minutes in the match, making 4 interceptions, 4 clearances and 3 tackles. The Ukrainian also won three fights, fouled 4 times and lost the ball 11 times. The statistical portal Sofascore rated Mykolenko’s game at 6.6 points.
“Liverpool” played in the current EPL season 21 matches and earned 32 points. Jurgen Klopp’s team is in 9th place in the league table of England. “Everton” scored 18 points in 22 matches played and is on the 18th line. The London “Arsenal” is leading the tournament table with 51 points.
In the next round of the Premier League, “Liverpool” will play against “Newcastle”, and “Everton” will compete with “Leeds”. Both matches are scheduled for February 18.
