“The Evertonians are getting very confident and maybe rightly so because of the form Liverpool have been in”, he said on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football.
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Former Everton defender Michael Ball has claimed that none of Liverpool’s first-team stars would make into the Everton XI for this weekend’s Merseyside derby.
Liverpool make the trip to Goodison Park after a mixed start to their Premier League campaign, securing a return of 11 points from a possible 21 after seven games.
Atkinson sent off Liverpool’s Sotirios Kyrgiakos and Everton’s Steven Pienaar during his first Mersey derby in February 2010, a 1-0 win for Liverpool.
Rodgers endured a sticky spell with the Reds this term, failing to win in four games in the Premier League.
“The side that is hungrier is going to win this game on Sunday”. They are scoring goals but they are leaking a lot and we can take advantage.
“I believe the Blues won’t have a better chance of winning a derby so comfortably in a while”.
“There’s not one Liverpool player I would want in the Everton line-up”.
The 35-year-old former England global earmarked Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho as Liverpool’s danger men, however if Everton can stop these two players then the blue half of Merseyside will be celebrating long into Monday morning.
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“Even without Leighton Baines and Seamus Coleman, the form the rest of the lads have been in means I really fancy us to do the job on Sunday”.
