Liverpool vs Everton final score: Quadruple quest continues with derby joy

Andrew Robertson and Divock Origi — who else? — scored second-half goals as Liverpool kepts its quadruple quest alive and kept rivals Everton in the bottom three with a 2-0 Merseyside derby win at Anfield on Sunday.

Frank Lampard’s Toffees started the match in 18th place after Burnley beat Wolves and played in pursuit of a point, giving Liverpool more than 80 percent of the ball. The visitors will feel aggrieved not to have had the chance to go ahead from the spot when Joel Matip shoved a breaking Anthony Gordon to the turf, but neither referee Stuart Atwell nor VAR wanted a part of it.

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So Mohamed Salah cued up Robertson for an opening goal after the hour mark and super sub Origi continued his Everton mastery when he nodded Luis Diaz’s overhead kick inside the back post.

Liverpool moves back within a point of Manchester City and improves its goal differential to 63, four better than the Premier League leaders.

Everton finishes the day as it started with 29 points, two back of 17th-place Burnley and four behind Leeds United.

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Liverpool 2, Everton 0

Scorers: Robertson (62′), Origi (85′)

Shot attempts: Liverpool 18, Everton 9

Shots on goal: Liverpool 4, Everton 0

Possession: Liverpool 83, Everton 17

1.  Salah the difference: Everton frustrated Mohamed Salah – and the rest of the Reds – for an hour of play, giving Liverpool the ball but daring them to find their Egyptian star. Fittingly, Salah was in barely a yard of space when he got a hold of Divock Origi’s turn at the near post and lofted a perfect cross to the back post for Robertson to thump home for the game’s first goal. The world’s best players only need a moment,