Dutch star Cody Gakpo finally got off the mark for his new club Liverpool with Mo Salah as scoring as they defeated Everton 2 Nil in the latest installment of the Merseyside derby to ease the pressure on Manager Jurgen Klopp.
The Victory was Liverpool’s first victory of the year, ending a four-game winless run in the Premier League thereby getting tothemselves out of the rut they found themselves in of late.
It was a cagey start to the game for the first twenty minutes or so but from that moment onwards, Liverpool seemed to rediscover some of the quality they have been missing of late.
Mohamed Salah broke the deadlock for Liverpool (36) just 16 seconds after Everton’s James Tarkowski headed against the post from a corner as Liverpool opened up the visitors with a devastating counter, before Gakpo doubled their advantage from close-range (49) to put the game out of sight for the timid Toffees.
Everton failed to capitalise on the momentum from beating Arsenal at Goodison Park in Sean Dyche’s first game in charge and remain in the relegation zone and a point from safety. Liverpool, meanwhile, move above Chelsea into ninth in the table with nine points separating them and fourth spot.