It’s derby day on Merseyside
Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of the Premier League match between Liverpool and Everton at Anfield.
There have been few Merseyside derbies in recent decades as important to matters at both ends of the table and, perhaps more than ever, both sets of fans will be desperate for the win.
A home win will move Liverpool back within a point of leaders Manchester City with five games remaining, and keep the dreams of an unprecedented quadruple very much alive.
For the blue half of the city, however, things are looking much more bleak.
As it stands – with Burnley drawing at home to Wolves – Everton find themselves in the relegation zone.
Including today, the Toffees do have two games in hand, but they count for little when victories are so hard to come by.
Frank Lampard’s team have lost seven in succession away from home, and even Goodison’s most optimistic supporter would find it hard to make a case for that run ending this weekend.
Yet this is the football, this is the Premier League, and stranger things have happened.
The action gets underway at 4.30pm, and we’ll soon have the all-important team news as part of our pre-match build-up.