Danny Ings has played in derbies before – but he knows he’s in for a whole new level of intensity this weekend. If nothing else, the Northern Irishman leaves Anfield having never lost to Everton with today’s result stretching the Reds unbeaten streak in this fixture to 10-matches on the hop; regardless of your feelings on his departure, that’s something I think we can all smile about.
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“It meant a lot to me and the fans so hopefully we can do it for the fans and ourselves on Sunday”. I already had flights booked to see family back home in Southampton in the global break so they got cancelled swiftly.
Ings scored his maiden goal for the club in last month’s 1-1 Premier League draw with Norwich and followed that up by netting in the third-round Capital One Cup victory over Carlisle. Over the last two years, he’s showed his superb ability to find the back of the net and when he plays, he does just that.
That has been in contrast to the general performance of the team and Thursday’s disappointing 1-1 Europa League draw with. Liverpool will likely continue to start Ings unless he falls into a dry spell.
But Ings stressed that game would have no bearing on Sunday.
“I thought Tim Howard had a very good game as well but overall, in a very tight game, [there were] a huge amount of positives”, Martinez added.
I think Everton have got a few threats – maybe on the back of Monday you may say Lukaku is the biggest now.
“These are great occasions, occasions that players like me fight for throughout my career, so it is extremely exciting for everyone involved”.
Ings was this week named in the England squad for the first time while Sturridge, after just 152 minutes’ action since early April, was given more time to get up to speed.
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Romelu Lukaku was pivotal in leading the fightback for Roberto Martinez’s men by scoring twice at The Hawthorns, and Carragher believes that Liverpool will have to stop the Belgian to have any hope of recording a win at Goodison Park.
