Most years, a draw at Goodison Park is considered a decent result for Liverpool. Derbies are different, after all. Just because the red half of Merseyside boasts the better team, it doesn’t mean the blues capitulate.
True, it is now 19 games in this fixture without an Everton win – the longest run in Mersey derby history – but Liverpool do not come away with three points every time.
Their last seven visits here, for instance, have produced six draws – and usually that’s fine. Not this time. This is a head-to-head title race and results have to be matched. Manchester City won this weekend, Liverpool did not.
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