Liverpool and Everton hit good form as January window approaches: Merseyside football roundup.
Will Rooney looks ahead to both Liverpool and Everton’s next fixtures before previewing who they both might look to bring in, in January.
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00:00 Liverpool have charged up the table in recent weeks, creating arguments that they are in a title race.
00:07 Will Rooney looked ahead to their North West clash with Manchester United, before speaking about who and what they might need in January.
00:17 The Pillar fans will still have a little bit of trepidation going into the game.
00:21 We won't be thinking, "Oh, this is going to be a walkover," to be quite frank, because Man United will rally.
00:31 You think at some point Man United, for all of the talk around the club and players losing faith in their ten-half,
00:39 there's still a lot of quality in that team, isn't there, when you look at it and you can feel the team.
00:44 But obviously they've got injuries now going into it.
00:46 Is Harry Maguire going to be fit? Is Luke Shaw going to be fit? Marcus Rashford's missed a Bayern Munich game villainous.
00:51 Is he going to be back in time?
00:53 I think the latter. I think if Liverpool were going to add to the squad, it might be in the more defensive areas.
01:00 Whether that's a cover for Joel Matta, who looks like he might miss the rest of the season with a ruptured ACL.
01:07 But Liverpool have got Gerald Quanser, who's a mayor this season, and he's started two Premier League games in his own right.
01:15 So there's a lot of faith in him.
01:17 And Naph Phillips is coming back on loan from Celsic in January.
01:23 He hasn't had a great spell up there north of the border, but he can at least be in an extra body to be quite in there at least,
01:30 and maybe provide some cover.
01:33 For Everton, they face Burnley away on Saturday, with Sean Dyche's side hitting a good run of form.
01:39 Will Rooney assess their trip to Turf Moor against Vincent Kompany's Burnley side, before also looking ahead to what Everton could do in January, despite their financial worries.
01:51 I think certainly you'll be looking at it that way, like Everton won't be going there thinking, 'Oh, a draw will do us here.'
01:58 I think they're looking at every game now, thinking we can win here, especially on the road,
02:02 because the format away from home is better than it has been a good St. Parker season.
02:09 Obviously, before us last time out, and some massive performances away from home for Everton this season.
02:15 Sean Dyche's obviously going back to Turf Moor, but there won't be any sentiment there, he's not that sort of character.
02:21 If you think it's another game, he'll be respectful, he'll have a few hellos with a few familiar faces.
02:28 I think Sean Dyche would like a couple of players in, undoubtedly, or every man would be in an ideal situation.
02:35 I think with Idrissa Ghanega, going to AFCON, with Senegal, how long is he going to be missing?
02:42 So maybe he might want an extra midfielder in anyway.
02:46 Especially because Abdoulaye Takora has been playing effectively as a number 10, really, not as a centre midfielder.
02:52 So the options you've got, he dropped in there to be fair to Takora in his Newcastle,
02:58 but the options you've got is, realistically, Amadou O'Neir, Garner Gate, James Garner.
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