Liverpool will look to bounce the weekend defeat to Plymouth Argyle and expand their lead at the top of the Premier League in nine points with a win in the final Merseyside to play in Goodison Park.
Reds Boss Arne Slot made a series of changes to the game in Home Park and Backfored as Argyle Championships won 1-0 to finish Liverpool’s hopes for a quadruple.
The Dutchman is looking for an answer against their local opponents.
He said: “Losing Plymouth, of course, is not acceptable. As a team – and I think our fans – we are disappointed with this result.
“We have to show a different side of us tomorrow because it was not only the result, the performance is far from Liverpool’s standards.”
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The reception knows that the atmosphere will be white with the blues desperate to sign on Goodison with a victory and dent Liverpool Hope.
He added: “You must be mentally strong as a team away. When you have the ball you have to be as calm as you can but this is not the first time for those players playing in atmospheres like this, so I hope they can focus on it that they have to do.
“I guess our players are ready for another battle tomorrow for the simple reason that they are ready for the whole season and many of them are experienced in this tie.”
David Moyes’ return to Everton has stabilized the ship, and the relegation is now a distant threat with three consecutive league wins that move tffees nine points over the fall zone.
They also frustrated the FA Cup at the weekend, however, losing 2-0 to Bournemouth after a disconnected screen.
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Everton Left-Back Vitalii Mykolenko returns to education and can be regarded for recall. The new signature Carlos Alcaraz is complaining about making its first start after impressing the bench against Bournemouth.
Nathan Patterson is unlikely to be appropriate, while Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Seamus Coleman and Dwight McNeil are all out for some time.
The reception will remember his big weapons after giving them the weekend. Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah like the likes of the rest of Liverpool’s first teams.
Joe Gomez has been blocked after being removed in Plymouth, but Trent Alexander-Arnold could return.
