Chapter 1: What was the outcome of the Liverpool vs Everton derby?
It's almost humiliating the domination that the Reds have.
That's four. In the derby, Liverpool have beaten Everton by four goals to nil. 37 attempts in total, 13 on target. Everton didn't have any on target in the game.
Chapter 2: How did Liverpool dominate the match against Everton?
We'll talk about that red card bottom right in a moment. One-way traffic, really. Look at the possession. Look at the touches in the opposition area. 64 against just three. That has to be the biggest differential there's ever been. And look at the passing accuracy as well. What a contrast. What a fantastic night this was for Liverpool. I'm sure he's happy on the inside.
Daniel Sturridge certainly will be. He and Milner with Geoff Shreves.
Daniel James against your near rivals. That must be a very sweet feeling.
Yeah, it is. Every derby is always a big game for everyone and the whole club, the fans as well. Until you play them again, give the fans that bragging rights when they go to work and see their friends and things like that. It was a big victory and we want to keep this momentum going that we've managed to gain over the last few weeks.
It was 0-0 up until about the 43rd minute, but did you feel it was coming, the goal? Yeah, I think we know we could play better the first half but we kept looking through, we created chances and kept pushing forward.
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Chapter 3: What impact did the red card have on Everton's performance?
We went in at half-time up but we know we had another gear and I think the important thing is that we kept going second half and came out and that was going to be important. I thought we started the second half very well and carried on from there.
Daniel, should I say well done with your goal or goals?
It's goals, isn't it? You know it as well. I don't even know why you're asking me. But obviously it was a great ball by Lucas for the first one and obviously Phil's shot and it's hit me, so it's my goal.
You've said it with a smile on your face, but you're claiming it. Definitely yours and your opinion.
Of course. Of course. No doubt.
Another two assists for you, though, James. Two against Stoke as well. Record high this season for you at the club as well. What do you put that down to?
I don't know, really. I think it's always been a strength, a quiet strength, I think. I like to get forward and try to create as many chances as I can and goals for these guys. That's something that I work on and you just want to contribute, whether it's goals, assists or whatever you're doing for the team.
It's nice to keep contributing, but we just want to keep this run going and finish the season strongly. Again, it's another good performance and a good bit of momentum to take into the next few games.
Joking aside, when they're down to 10, as soon as you come on, you're in the hunt for the goals, you smell an injured beast.
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Chapter 4: How did the players feel about the derby victory?
And each game we go in, we have that mentality to win.
And James, can you keep maintaining this for the end of the season in both competitions?
I'd like to think so. We seem to be in that rhythm at the moment. I think as a full squad as well, it's so important. The amount of games we've played this year, you need a full squad. And we have got a quality squad of players, a young squad as well. But when the other boys, the younger guys have come in, they've done brilliant as well. And there's a lot of competition for places.
So that's what you need. And I think everyone's... not bought into the manager's style, but it's a bit more second nature now than maybe it was a few months ago, and the reaction, and we know how he wants to play, and everyone's on the same page, and I think you can see that in the performances.
OK, last question. Who would you give the goal to? That's down for you guys to decide, I think. No debate, you're the Barclays man of the match. Danny, we'll do the honours, please. Congratulations, mate.
Now, James, we will come to that in just a moment. We'll also talk about Liverpool's excellent performance tonight.
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Chapter 5: What were the key moments leading to Liverpool's goals?
But first, Everton, how poor were they?
No, you can't hide it. Everton were terrible tonight. Really, really, really poor. I'm going to give a little bit of help. They really missed Seamus Coleman, Phil Jagielka. Things didn't go well for them in the game with injuries to the centre-half and the sending off. And Gareth Barry coming off at half-time as well. But that wasn't the reason Everton lost tonight.
Everton lost because Liverpool were much better. And Everton didn't do well enough in the first half. That was as simple as that. It made the job too difficult at half-time when they went 2-0 down. What did you make of Everton?
One thing I said at half-time, they were embarrassing, and they were. I've never known a derby game where it was so easy to pass the ball. Liverpool, when you play derby games, the pitches seem really tight, the crowds are on top of you, you've got no space to play, wherever you played the game. And it was just so easy for Evans to get to the edge of the box.
It could have been, what was it, 4-0, wasn't it? It could have been 6-7, there's no doubt about that. And I said about, he's played his full-strength team here. And not many managers would want to do that in terms of having an FA Cup semi-final, but he's been forced into it, one, because it's Liverpool, and also because they haven't sold Paul.
But to put on a performance like that, it was like the players had the flip-flops on waiting for the real big game, if you like, at the weekend. I couldn't believe the way Everton reacted to going to 10 men. They were still open, playing it short, putting themselves into trouble. Liverpool would have been happy probably just keeping the ball.
Everton were helping Liverpool by still taking chances. But this Everton team now has been spoken about as a criticism to the manager. The best side Evertonians have said, this is the best side we've had since the mid-80s when they won titles. It's a nonsense, they're not. They're nowhere near as good as some of the teams David had, even Joe Royal had when they had the FA Cup. They're miles away.
So, OK, the manager's going to get criticism now. And that's not... We knew going into these two games they were vital. That's an embarrassing defeat, embarrassing performance. And if you get something similar against Manchester United, I think it's difficult for them to come back. But in terms of those players, people keep saying how good they are. They're not. They're not.
That's why they are in the league and that's why they're putting performances in like that in a Merseyside derby.
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Chapter 6: How did Everton's injuries affect their gameplay?
In the second half, how important was it a turning point at all for sending off?
Well, it was already an uphill task as it was. But the sending off comes here. We looked at it right away. It's not a good tackle when we see it again. My first thought was he was getting booked for kicking the ball away. But I think when you see this slowed down, you would say, you know, that's not a good tackle. I don't know if he meant it, but it wasn't a good tackle.
Bad tackle, Jamie? Right to get red?
Yeah, of course. I mean, David Wright, the referee, I think he's just going to book him. He doesn't quite see the extent of it. Watch his left hand here.
And the yellow card comes out, goes back in from Bobby Madley.
And then it's red. I think it's the role of the assistant he plays in it. I think we see that here now. And, you know, the referee is behind him, fair enough, too. But this is what officials should do. They work together as a team. And you see the linesman there nodding his head. He now covers his mouth, I think, with his hand to speak to the referee in his ear now. there.
And listen, they've had some stick over there the weekend or so, the officials, but again, they work together. Watch him here, Jamie.
He's saying it's a horrible one. It's a horrible one.
Spot on decision and just hope the lad's OK because he's in great form.
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Chapter 7: What did Roberto Martinez say about the team's performance?
It shouldn't be that difficult to keep them out. Two banks of four, make it difficult, and Everton just played into it. Who got this one? Liverpool's hands. I mean, I don't think Daniel Sturridge knows too much about it, so I feel a little bit for Coutinho. But Daniel Sturridge is a striker. Maybe it means more to him. And I think that... Well, I think the first goal puts him right up there now.
I think there's only a couple of players, Fernando Torres being one, who've got to... 50 goals, is it 50 goals? Yes. 50 goals quicker. It could be 51.
It could be 51.
Great assist for Coutinho. When he said it was a great pass, I thought he was going to say a great pass from Coutinho for the last one. But I think it just shows the quality of Daniel Sturridge, that record that he's got. an unbelievable striker, but he's got to think to himself, why am I not in this team?
Because it's not an unbelievable Liverpool team, playing really well, managers getting the best out of them, but the fact that he's not playing, that's something that's got to sink him.
A great night for the Reds, for the blue half of Merseyside. A horrible, horrible night, particularly for that man, and you'll hear from Roberto Martinez when we come back. It was a night at Anfield where it all went wrong for Roberto Martinez. The Everton manager was with Jeff Shreve.
Roberto, all things considered, was that nothing short of disastrous tonight?
It was, yeah. I think it was a horrible, horrible showing that he started with the best intentions but then ended up very close to half-time with an inability to do the basics right and do the things that you have to do in any performance. It looked like that we wanted to... to participate in a big football occasion and we forgot to defend the box properly.
You give them a soft two-goal lead and then when you're trying to regroup and you're facing the second half, obviously, to get emotional, as we did with the game and that red card from that point on, obviously, with all the... the incidents happening, Gareth Barry picking up an injury at half-time and then John Stones feeling ill and having stomach cramps, the whole thing is one after another.
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Chapter 8: How can Everton bounce back after this defeat?
All I want is to bring success to Everton and it's about the players being able to be themselves, being able to cope with the occasion and we know that we are one step away from a final and that's the only thing that could bring satisfaction to our fans and that's the only thing we're going to concentrate on. That's the only thing we're going to do.
I think as a football club we've done it throughout years. Facing adversity is something that we're going to show again. We're going to be an example of how to do that.
Thank you, Roberto.
Well, he's telling exactly how he feels. I feel for him because I know what it's like. You can lose games and they didn't play well tonight. I don't think it's ever nice when you get asked questions about your job. I think he's been put in the spot, but he has to get his team ready again to go and play against Manchester United. He's got a great chance, semi-final.
There'll be a big Everton support there. You know, the job now is to get the team back up. How does he do that? How do you pick the team? Well, we've been talking about it. It's very difficult because, you know, he's off a real bad result tonight and it'll be low and they've got a few injuries. And more importantly, injuries to key players, players who know what it means at Everton.
You know, Phil Jagielka, Seamus Coleman, you know, people who really know which is required and what it means to play here. And I think they'll be the real misses and they need them in the dressing room to help the players.
And it's the fans who are asking those questions as well, it must be said, Jamie. How precarious is his position right now? And if he does win on Saturday in that semi-final, how much of the pressure does that lift?
I'll be massive for them. The biggest thing for Everton is to try and win a trophy. I think David said at the start of the show was the semi-final's bigger. I mean, the Merseyside derby is a huge game locally in the city, but for Everton to try and win a trophy is huge. And if Roberto Martinez could do that, of course it takes the pressure away.
But he said himself it was defined in sort of four or five days and the first half, if you like, has been a disaster for them. And how he then sort of picks them up now and...
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