Liverpool v Everton - The Battle of Merseyside - video Dailymotion

Liverpool host Everton in the Premier League, with both sides having differing fortunes over recent years.

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00:00 I know about the history of the game.

00:02 I'm really looking forward to that derby atmosphere.

00:06 The city comes together for a massive game.

00:09 Proper atmosphere and proper, proper football game.

00:26 Rule number one, if you cannot win the derby, don't lose it.

00:30 I realised that I was the manager that beat Liverpool after 21 years.

00:45 I don't know if this is enough to be in the history of this club.

00:49 I think we had it a lot with the games against Everton.

01:02 They take it way too far in the games we play against them.

01:05 It's changed a lot in the last five or ten years.

01:08 It has got a little bit more hostile.

01:10 It used to be a friendly derby, but now that's changed.

01:12 I love it. I love Derby Day.

01:21 I think it's always a special occasion to play in those games,

01:24 to be at the ground, to take it all in.

01:27 I remember playing in my first derby game.

01:30 I'd just left Leicester to come to Liverpool and just played against Everton for Leicester.

01:37 I thought, 'Oh, yeah, that's alright.'

01:39 It wasn't nothing special, but then put on that red shirt and going out on that pitch there as a Liverpool player,

01:45 it was totally different.

01:47 The tackles are harder, they run further, they run harder.

01:51 I'm like, 'Oh, OK, I understand it now.'

01:53 A proper derby. I've played in a few and I've been around a few,

01:57 but it's certainly the biggest one I know.

01:59 [Music]