Liverpool defeat Everton 2-0 in Merseyside derby, keep quadruple hopes alive and push crosstown rivals into Premier League relegation zone

Liverpool's Divock Origi has to wait for his moments but, when given a chance, he is often the difference maker, as he showed again by coming off the bench to inspire his side to victory over Everton on Sunday.

Telling contributions in fleeting appearances have been Origi's forte throughout his time at Liverpool.

His 95th-minute winner against Everton in 2018 had coach Jürgen Klopp sprinting across the pitch in celebration, while he also scored a game-clinching second in the 2019 Champions League final, as well as a double in Liverpool's famous 4-0 win over Barcelona that season.

He has saved his best for Liverpool's bitter rivals Everton, with his late header after coming off the bench at Anfield on Sunday putting the seal on his team's 2-0 win in a hard-fought Merseyside derby.

The win kept the home side within one point of title rivals Manchester City, with five games to go, while devastating the blue half of Merseyside as Everton slipped into the relegation zone after Burnley's 1-0 win over Wolves earlier in the day. 

It was the 27-year-old Origi's sixth career goal against Everton, at least twice as many as he has managed against any other opponent in his Liverpool career, while he has now scored 11 goals as a substitute in the Premier League, the outright most by a Liverpool player.

«We are happy with the impact [from substitutes] all season,» Klopp said. «They come on with the right mindset when they come on. Luis [Diaz] and Divock were involved in the goals and that helps in tight football games.

»We did not show up there in the first half. We had a lot of possession, the most of a Premier League game for us [more than 86 per cent], but we changed things in the second half.

"[Origi] is a legend on and off the pitch.