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Liverpool host Everton in a Merseyside derby at Anfield as the Premier League champions look to continue their winning start to the season against the revitalised Toffees.

Liverpool have won all five of their games this season, requiring late winners in each one, the latest coming in the Champions League on Wednesday as Virgil van Dijk scored in the 92nd minute to beat Atletico Madrid.

The Reds know that they can’t keep requiring late heroics as Arne Slot’s side welcome an Everton team who gave them some problems last season - including a dramatic derby draw at Goodison.

David Moyes has sparked some life into Everton and the visitors will arrive at Anfield led by Jack Grealish’s influence and hoping to build on a positive start to the campaign that has brought two wins from four matches.

Liverpool v Everton team news and line-ups

... will be confirmed from Anfield in the next few minutes.

Jamie Braidwood20 September 2025 11:10

Virgil van Dijk calls for Liverpool to make life easier

Virgil van Dijk accepts Liverpool are making things unnecessarily difficult for themselves and must improve to avoid having to repeat their trick of scoring late winners.

“I think it was a little bit unnecessary. But Atletico are a team who never give up and have a lot of quality. Then we showed again the resilience we have shown for a couple of years,” said Van Dijk.

“We don’t want to come into a situation where we have to chase. You have to try to go for the win and I think we had the opportunities to kill the game and do better.

“But it is still progress, we are still learning and I am pretty confident we are going to get there.”

Virgil van Dijk wants to see improvements in Liverpool’s defending (Peter Byrne/PA) (PA Wire)

Jamie Braidwood20 September 2025 11:00