Liverpool made it 14 wins out of 15 in the Premier League this season with their Merseyside derby triumph on Wednesday night.
Four first half goals left the Reds in a dominant position, with Divock Origi scoring twice, Xherdan Shaqiri netting on his first start of the season and Sadio Mane also on target. [via Sky Sports ]
However, Liverpool’s defence was beaten twice by Everton in the opening 45 minutes, first by Michael Keane to make it 2-1 and then by Richarlison on the stroke of half-time to leave the score at 4-2 going into the interval (as tweeted by @LFC ).
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While Georginio Wijnaldum’s stoppage time goal rounded off a 5-2 victory for the Premier League leaders , the concession of two goals again highlighted their problems at the back.
Liverpool’s wait for a clean sheet at Anfield this season goes on, while they haven’t shut out a team in any competition since the end of September , and the Reds have now conceded 14 goals in the league already this term after letting in just 22 in the whole of 2018/19 in the division.
These Liverpool fans took to Twitter to voice their concerns about the team’s defending in the derby, with some yearning for the return of the injured Joel Matip :
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