Everton are back in Premier League action tonight – and it’s some game to return to. The Blues take their nine-game unbeaten run to Anfield to take on their table-topping neighbours Liverpool (8pm kick-off).
The home of their biggest rivals has not been a happy hunting ground for Everton or their returning manager David Moyes. But they make the short trip across Stanley Park for the final time in confident mood and with relegation fears effectively banished.
Having not tasted a league defeat since Moyes’ first game back in charge on January 15, the Blues are now 17 points clear of the bottom three.
But they cannot afford to take their eye off the ball against a Liverpool side needing 16 points from a possible 27 to seal the title.
So how does Moyes line-up this evening? Our Everton writers have their say…
There are ways of covering him if he’s not 100% – Ashley Young tends to fair better on the left than the right, where he received a red card against Luis Diaz in this fixture last year. Another option would be moving Jarrad Branthwaite across, but the reshuffle that would require would surely cause too much change to trial in such a big game. So I really hope Mykolenko is fit, not least because he has fared relatively well against Mo Salah in recent encounters.
In the middle, my dilemma is between Abdoulaye Doucoure and James Garner. Idrissa Gueye is a shoo-in – he has been exceptional under David Moyes.
