Storm Darragh could be a blessing in disguise for Arne Slot
A last ever Merseyside derby at Goodison Park will have to wait, only adding to the intrigue over one of English football’s most famous clashes. In the short term, the delay stands to benefit
I was there and in the era of sanitised atmospheres that modern identikit stadiums provide, Goodison was shaken to its foundations by a fanbase with very little to shout about in recent times.– a first home win by a four-goal margin in over five years – an emotional crowd ready for one last local tussle was primed to raise the rickety roof again.
While Liverpool – home loss to Nottingham Forest aside – are yet to really put a foot wrong all season, they were coming into Saturday’s clash with plenty of trepidation.“It is a bit of a worry but the good thing is that if the window is open, the defenders are back. I’ve said many times at the beginning of the season, I am so, so happy with the squad we have.
Yet confidence in a goalkeeper is a fragile thing and going into the Goodison cauldron on the back of a costly late mistake – where he allowed a high, swirling cross to float over his head for Fabian Schar’sThe most reliable pair of hands around, Allison, will almost certainly be back by the time the two old foes do get to meet, as will some defensive reinforcements.With Liverpool fighting fit on all fronts, a rescheduled derby will lead to a fixture pile-up of some sort later in the season.
Fulham and midtable Tottenham are in fact the only top-half sides Liverpool face between now and mid-January – perfect fodder for a reenergised Reds to open up a lead even the might of City cannot chase down.
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