This time Liverpool did not have to rely on Laat Drama, because they obtained their fifth consecutive Premier League victory of the season against Everton in the 247th Merseyside Derby on Saturday lunch.
Ryan Gravenberch was the striking performer and registered both a goal and an assist in the 2-1 victory of the Reds on the Toffees. The Dutchman founded Hugo Ekitiké to add Liverpool’s second after opening the score itself with an excellent strike.
However, Everton was not satisfied to roll. Idrissa Gueye halved the shortage in the second half and the men of David Moyes stacked the pressure in search of an equalizer, but the home team succeeded in resisting the storm and retaining their flawless start of the 2025-26 campaign.
That victory ensured that Liverpool records five victories of their first five top matches and performance that the club achieved on only four previous occasions, in 1978-79, 1990-91, 2018-19 and 2019-2020.
Under various impressive impressions, Gravenberch – who moved from Bayern Munich to Anfield in 2023 for a first £ 15.8 million Reimbursement – was demonstrably the choice of the couple. It was his sharp game that broke the impasse and held on to Mohamed Salah’s excellent lofted delivery of the right before he led an addicted strike past Jordan Pickford to the far corner.
It is remarkable that the goal was the first time since September 2023, when Dominik Szoboszlai scored against Aston Villa, that Liverpool had scored in the opening 10 minutes of a Premier League match in Anfield.
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The influence of Gravenberch did not end there. Just shy from the half -hour mark, he slid a precise one by pass to the path of Ekitiké, who kept his calm to go home and expand the lead of the Reds.
In 23 years and 127 days old, Gravenberch achieved the rare performance to become the youngest Liverpool player who scored and offer an assist in a Premier League Merseyside Derby.
He was also in midfield and an attack in the middle of things, and made 69 touches and eight last third entries. Everton started to stack the pressure in the last minutes of the game and came close to equalizing, but a solid defensive representation of the men of Arne Slot kept them outside. Gravenberch was again involved in securing the victory, winning seven duels, making five tackles and seven times winning.
Liverpool hosted Southampton in the third round of the League Cup on Tuesday, and the Dutchman was able to rest for a crucial collision with Crystal Palace next weekend.
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