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Liverpool beat Everton in Merseyside derby for 1st league win in 2023
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January signing Cody Gakpo scored his first Liverpool goal

Liverpool beat relegation-threatened Everton 2-0 in the 242nd Merseyside derby to record their first win in the English Premier League this year.

The home side, who failed to win any of their four games after New Year, went ahead at Anfield after a blistering counter-attack in the 37th minute.

Lively Uruguayan Darwin Nunez played a cross into the box, Jordan Pickford was caught in no man’s land and Mohamed Salah made it 1-0 with an easy finish.

The Reds doubled their lead three minutes after the break – Trent Alexander-Arnold was played in by Mohamed Salah and the right-back picked out the Dutchman Cody Gakpo to tap in at the far post for his first Liverpool goal.

VAR has a look but the goal stands.

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Liverpool climbed to ninth place with 32 points but the Jurgen Klopp’s side are still nine points behind fourth-placed Newcastle United.

Everton are 18th with 18 points, three above bottom club Southampton.