Liverpool and Everton cancelled each other out in a forgettable 220th Merseyside derby bereft of incident. The draw may have strengthened the Toffees' chances of finishing above their near-neighbours for the second successive season - something which has not happened since 1937 - but they rarely came close to ending a 14-year winless run at Anfield.
Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher insists he can be proud of his record against Everton as he heads towards retirement. Vice-captain Carragher became only the sixth Liverpool player to make 30 Merseyside derby appearances in Sunday's 0-0 draw at Anfield - joining Ian Rush, Bruce Grobbelaar, Alan Hansen, Ian Callaghan and Ronnie Whelan.
Following Chelsea's 1-0 victory over United last night and dubious diving allegations directed at David Luiz (who doesn't dive these days, anyway?) a crossed Sir Alex Ferguson has branded him a "diving swan". Tranquilo, Fergie you've already won the league title!
In defence of David Luiz, the 26-year-old defender doesn't really know when not to laugh.
Liverpool failed to be able to topple their close neighbors Everton at Anfield this afternoon as the Merseyside Derby ended in a frustrating 0-0 draw for both sides.
While Everton fans will take it as another reasons to celebrate as they are now close to ensuring they will finish above Liverpool for two consecutive seasons, Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher will be sad for another reason not to have won.
Liverpool Skipper Steven Gerrard believes the goalless draw against Everton is another proof that Liverpool lacks that cutting edge to finish of teams.
The match ended in 0-0 draw with Liverpool struggling to turn their possession into clear-cut chances without top scorer Luis Suarez.
We all wanted [a goal] at the end, mainly for this fella [Jamie Carragher] playing in his last derby," Gerrard told reporters.
Super Sunday kicks off early today, with the infamous Merseyside Derby taking center stage.
Liverpool will of course be without polarizing star Luis Suarez, who will be serving his third of a ten match ban for his bite on Branislav Ivanovic three weeks ago. David Moyes, on theother hand, has a full squad to choose from, as Everton attempt to finish ahead of Liverpool for the second consecutive season.
Jamie Carragher should play a role in his last ever Merseyside Derby before he hangs up his boots at the end of the season to become a pundit on Sky Sports.
The veteran Liverpool defender will be just one of the story lines today. Another one will be the mosaic that the Liverpool supporters in the Kop will lift up before the match kicks off to thank Everton supporters for their support regarding the Hillsborough Disaster.
Carra says farewell at the end of the season... Image: guardian.co.uk
Sunday marks the day for the 220th Merseyside Derby. It's quite hard to believe there's been so many clashes between the red and blue side of Liverpool but any fan will tell you that this game means the world, it means even more when you realise Liverpool could close the gap on Everton with 2 league games left to go this season.
Leon Osmsn of Everton attempts to tackle Liverpool's Stewart Downing (Flickr Commons)
This Sunday, seventh placed Liverpool will host sixth placed Everton in another installment of the Merseyside Derby. With the season winding down, not only is this match important for bragging rights, rather the match is a pivotal decider of which club will represent the English Premier League in the Europa League next season.
Liverpool will have virtually a fully-fit squad to choose from for Sunday's Merseyside derby at Anfield after forward Forward Fabio Borini is back from a shoulder injury which ruled him out for 8 weeks.
Oussama Assaidi of Liverpool (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)
Brendan Rodgers will face his former club Swansea City for the first time this evening when the Welsh club travel to Anfield. The Reds will be looking for their third straight win at home and another chance at defending their League Cup title.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has publicly challenged Everton manager David Moyes to take action against his captain, Phil Neville, after the midfielder was cautioned for diving in this weekend's Merseyside derby. Gerrard slammed Neville's dive after watching his own Liverpool teammate, Luis Suarez, come in for harsh criticism from Moyes for diving.
What an utterly breathtaking game between Liverpool and Everton over the weekend! Without the usual red cards and farcical refereeing decisions, it was refreshing to watch a Derby Day match where football actually took center stage. Pundits are arguing that there was little technical quality in the game, but it did not matter one bit to me.
The Reds were forced to settle for a point at Goodison Park after an entertaining Merseyside derby saw neighbors Everton battle back from two goals down to clinch a 2-2 draw.
Liverpool started the game well and took the lead on the 14 minute mark when Everton full back Leighton Baines turned the ball into his own net while attempting to clear a Luis Suarez strike.
Absolutely hilarious, well in Suarez! Image: 101greatgoals.com
I said there'd be controversy and there bloody well was. It was an enthralling game for anybody watching but Liverpool's early dominance faded in the second half after Everton had found two responses to the away side's goals.
Goodison park played host to the 219th Merseyside Derby as Liverpool visited Everton looking to turn their season around. Liverpool managed to get two goals in front before conceding twice and eventually walking away with only a single point. They certainly would have felt robbed of two points, however, as controversy riddled the final moments of the match.
1. This was not exactly your typical Merseyside derby. In fact, it wasn't your typical any kind of derby. Too often these encounters are a constant poker game as the two sides try to work out what the other is holding. Four goals in the first 35 minutes proved this was anything but a nervy [...]
Venue : Goodison Park Kick off : 28 Oct: 13:30 BST Referee: Andre Marriner. Matches 4, R0 Y9.
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Liverpool Manager Rodgers has no fresh injury concerns other than long-term absentees Lucas Leiva, Fabio Borini and Martin Kelly. However the fitness of shot stopper Pepe Reina is till under doubt after the spanish international picked up a hamstring injury on international duty with Spain Reina missed the win over Reading last Saturday as well as Thursday's Europa League victory against Anzhi Makhachkala.
Liverpool make the short hop to Goodison Park on Sunday as they line up to play their 219th Merseyside derby. As a neutral the fixture is often unmissable and even more so if you are a Blue or a Red.
Luis Suarez of Liverpool holds off John Heitinga of Everton (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
Everton and Liverpool renew rivalries this weekend as the two Merseyside clubs come together in the Premier League, with the first derby of the season taking place at Goodison Park.
Always a fiery fixture, the match has produced more red cards over the Premiership years than any other game (21 so far) but is always an excellent spectacle, regardless of location or how the two sides are faring in the league at the time of the match.
Before the English Premier League season began, if you were told a team from Liverpool would be sitting in the top four at the end of October the natural inclination would have been to think that Liverpool was off to strong start, and not perennially slow-starting Everton.
Things have changed this season, with the Toffees off to a red-hot start to the season.
In anticipation of the 219th Merseyside Derby, SWOL invited Liverpool-loving Thomas Atzenhoffer and Everton blue-blood Miguel Rubio for a pan of scouse and a fireside chat about the key issues for Sunday's match. What transpired was, quite predictably, nothing short of genius.
Steven Gerrard of Liverpool (Photo by Scott Heavey/Getty Images)
Liverpool managed to get their first home win of the Barclays Premier League season on Saturday after beating Reading 1-0 and with the weekend's Merseyside derby against Everton looming, it is quite obvious Liverpool Boss Brendan Rodgers will stick to his rotation policy for the competition.
The Russian premiere league Leaders have lost just one game in 21 matches and they are unbeaten in Europe this season.
We continue our summer series of historical video compilations this afternoon with another of
the giants of English football, Liverpool FC. Liverpool started the 1962/63 back in the First
Division after eight years away, during which they finished in third place in he Second Division
four times and fourth place twice back in the days when promotion and relegation were limited to
just two clubs each before winning the Second Division title in 1962.
I've gotten in trouble for posting the actual fixture list before (the only DMCA notice I've
received, in fact), so a link to LFC.tv's official page will have to suffice.
However, I think it's safe to post the fixture list like this:
Liverpool are heading back to Wembley for this season's FA Cup final thanks to Luis Suarez and a
dramatic late winner from Andy Carroll which gave Liverpool a 2-1 victory over Everton at
Wembley.
Brad Jones 7
Brad jones took his first team opportunity well and made several decent
saves.
Kenny Dalglish is convinced Liverpool FC have the character to defy the formbook by beating Everton
to reach a second domestic cup final this season.
Having already claimed the Carling Cup in February, Dalglish's side returns to Wembley this
afternoon to take on the neighbours in their FA Cup semi-final.
FA Cup Semifinals Preview: Backing Liverpool and Chelsea to win - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
It's FA Cup semi-final weekend, and first up is a fascinating Merseyside derby clash between
Liverpool and Everton (12.30pm KO, Live on ESPN).
Liverpool v Everton, FA Sup Semifinal
Both sides have god records at this stage of the competition, bit on current form Everton simply
have to be the bet at a massive looking 3 withbet365 and Boylesports.
It would be hard to wish for a bigger and better duo of FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley this year
with the prospect of Everton meeting Liverpool in a Merseyside derby, and Chelsea meeting
Tottenham, in a London derby. Here's ...
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A pair of MLS alumni will be facing off this weekend in a match-up with serious English Premier League relegation ramifications when Kei Kamara and Norwich City take on Brad Guzan and Aston Villa in one of the weekend's more intriguing match-ups.
There are more high-profile match-ups like Bayern Munich-Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea-Manchester United, but in terms of a match involving two teams that badly need a result, few are more meaningful this weekend than Norwich City's clash with the Villans, who are riding high after their thrashing of Sunderland earlier in the week.
Steven Gerrard has told his Liverpool team-mates they must win their FA Cup semi-final against
Everton or accept the season has been a disappointment.
The big-spending Reds have already lifted the Carling Cup this term, but that has not been enough
to prevent strong criticism of the poor form that has left them eighth in the Premier League.
Chelsea striker Fernando Torres is one player who is certainly not buying into suggestions that
a Champions League clash with Barcelona next week belittles the significance of Sunday's FA Cup
meeting with Tottenham, arguing that the competition is very close to the Premier League in
significance.
In an interview with Chelsea's official website, Torres has offered a thorough perspective on
his observations of the English cup competitions since arriving in the country nearly half a decade
ago.
Paddy Crerand has torn a strip of Luis Suarez following his celebration in front of David Moyes at the weekend. Following repeated embarrassing dives, most notably the hilarious belly flop against Stoke, Moyes correctly labelled Suarez a diver. After scoring in the Merseyside derby, Suarez ran straight over to Moyes and dived in front of him.
The fixture list for the 2012/13 Premier League season has been announced this morning at 9am on
the dot and, as always with these things, we're not actually allowed to post the calendar in full
for piffling legal reasons something to do with Communist spies, etc, etc.
Frankly none of Saturday's games are all that compelling, but if you must:
FA Cup Semifinal, Liverpool vs Everton (7:30amET; FSC & Fox Deportes): A
Merseyside derby at Wembley. Liverpool have been in rotten form, while Everton have been coming on
strong.
Bundesliga, Schalke 04 vs Borussia Dortmund (9:30amET; GolTV): The Ruhr derby
or, in the German, the Revierderby is the biggest rivalry in Germany.
Raheem Sterling says that the Merseyside derby means more to them than any other fixture in the calendar season. Sterling had his first taster of derby day on Merseyside in October as the two teams battled out a 2-2 draw and although he has been taken out of the first team since then admits he would relish the opportunity to experience the derby at Anfield.
We're back and ready to go with plenty to talk about from the last two weeks of football. We discuss the Merseyside Derby and Mark Clattenburg making an absolute mess of the Chelsea vs. Manchester United match in more ways than one. We also answer a bunch of listener questions...not all of which are football related.
In theory, it's way too early on a Saturday morning to be typing, but a coughing son is wide
awake and there's little convincing him that bed is a better option than dragging me downstairs.Â
Perhaps he's just too excited about the Merseyside Derby cup match this morning to sleep? Not
likely, as he's sitting on the main computer playing pbskids.
Tim Howard and Everton's quest for silverware can move one step closer to bearing fruit today as
the Toffees take on arch-rival Liverpool today in a highly-anticipated FA Cup semifinal showdown at
Wembley Stadium (7:30 am, Fox Soccer Channel).
The Toffees have enjoyed an outstanding run of form in Premier League play, and will look to
make their second FA Cup Final appearance in four years with a win against a Liverpool side that
has endured a disappointing season in league play.
