Liverpool Edge Everton

And it was little more than the hosts deserved after recovering valiantly from Sotiros Kyrgiakos’s first-half Red card for a lunge at Marouane Fellaini.

Tim Cahill headed Everton’s best chance over but the visitors rarely threatened before Stephen Pienaar’s late Red card.

The defeat ends a run of nine matches unbeaten for Everton, but manager David Moyes might quietly admit his side simply did not do enough to earn any more from a match that saw Liverpool play more than 60 minutes a man down.

For Liverpool, though, it was a precious win that served to underline their renewed strength of late.
The Red half of Merseyside have now secured 17 points from a possible 21 in their last seven league matches, but few wil... ...

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