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Dejan Lovren angered by Ross Barkley’s refusal to apologise for derby foul via The Guardian

• ‘It will be headlines if I show you my leg,’ says Liverpool defender
• Sadio Mané a doubt for midweek visit of Bournemouth
Dejan Lovren has criticised Ross Barkley for not apologising for his dangerous foul in the Merseyside derby and claimed injuries had cost Liverpool the chance to win the Premier League title.

The Croatia defender was on the receiving end of a dreadful challenge from the Everton midfielder on Saturday as Liverpool strengthened their Champions League claims with another comfortable win against their local rivals at Anfield. Barkley was booked by the referee, Anthony Taylor, over the incident but could easily have seen red having committed several offences in the first half alone. He also escaped a second yellow card after the interval for a dive during a torrid afternoon for the England international and Everton.

Related: Liverpool’s bench was trying to get Ross Barkley sent off, says Ronald Koeman

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FANS EMAILS: Liverpool 3-1 Everton via GrandOldTeam

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We started the game with umpteen injuries to key players yet with a youthful starting line up.


Thoughts on the team? COYB!!! #MerseysideDerby pic.twitter.com/glHMzb4ZEy

— GrandOldTeam (@GrandOldTeam) April 1, 2017
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And what did you expect from the start? Mane put Liverpool ahead within minutes of kick off. Bad defending (although Holgate looked decent), and Pennington in a bit of a baptism of fire, needing guidance from the two more experienced defenders, which he sadly didn’t get.

He did however, get a goal to equalise for us in our first real attacking chance. Well in lad. Not that we were level for long – a goal from Coutinho put them ahead again.

No changes at half time, and we saw a slightly better showing at first, but it was not enough. Origi made it 3-1 to Liverpool and that was how it stayed despite Everton’s best efforts to let Liverpool win by a larger margin.

Even after the introduction of Mirallas, Barry and Valencia, there will be no MOTM for me today. In mean that as no disrespect to the young lads, but something has got to change against these.

The zero desire shown is not the Everton I recognise.

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Out on Loan – EFC’s Younger Players 02.04.17 via GrandOldTeam

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atrottel provides his weekly round up of Everton players out on loan.

Callum Connolly again played a full match and had a couple of efforts on goal in a not unexpected 1-2 defeat for Wigan Athletic at Newcastle United.

Calum Dyson yet again had a hard-working but lonely game on his own up front in the bad 1-5 home defeat for Grimsby Town against Doncaster Rovers.

Anthony Evans came on for the last 10 minutes or so of Morecambe’s 1-2 away defeat to Cheltenham.

A host of loan players weren’t picked in their squads for various reasons or did not get off the bench:
Brendan Galloway (WBA – not in squad)
Russell Griffiths (Motherwell – unused sub)
Gethin Jones (Barnsley – illness)
Tyias Browning (Preston – knee injury)
Conor Grant (Doncaster – groin injury)
Shani Tarashaj (Frankfurt – not in squad)

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Everton need to lose that defeatist mentality via GrandOldTeam

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Another Anfield derby, another bottle job by the Blues.

The 228th Merseyside showdown ended in an easy win for our lovable neighbours.

Not the first time.

No wins against the Reds in seven painfully long years. Worse still, the wait for a victory at their place adds up to a humiliating 18 years.

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Makes you ask the question, is there a losers’ mentality deeply embedded in this football club?

Our wait for a win away at the Premier League’s current top six is truly diabolical.

Chelsea dates back to 1994. Arsenal, 1996. Liverpool, 1999. Spurs, 2008. Manchester City, 2010. Manchester United, 2013 – after a 21 year wait for a triumph at Old Trafford before the 1-0 success over a depleted David Moyes side.

Not to mention the 22 year trophy drought.

It doesn’t seem to matter what set of players take the field and what manager is instructing the boys in blue, they crumble in the big games.

Horrible as it is, it’s a fact. And boy does it hurt.

Something is fundamentally wrong with the mindset of this club. This was never more evident than in the build up to the latest miserable demolition job at Anfield.

Club captain, Phil Jagielka, was interviewed before the clash, expressing how we could hopefully go to Anfield and get a ‘positive’ result whereas on the other side of Stanley Park you had Philippe Coutinho saying how it is imperative that Liverpool win the derby, not worrying about our current run of form. Only winning.

Jamie Carragher, in an interview with GrandOldTeamTV, publicly embarrassed senior pros past and present at Everton when he exposed players such as Leighton Baines, Leon Osman and Tony Hibbert for being nice and friendly on derby day.


What do you make to this?

Full interview;

PART 1: https://t.co/apcTXj85YE
PART 2: https://t.co/ybRBPZ37PK pic.twitter.com/9evQncw0Tj

— GrandOldTeam (@GrandOldTeam) March 28, 2017
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The suggestion was they behaved like the game was already lost even before kick off.

Ronald Koeman’s Martinez-esque ‘performance didn’t reflect the result’ comments on Saturday was not the biggest confidence booster – but he’s the man to make Everton the winners we want them to be, I’m sure of it.

With Farhad Moshiri’s backing, getting rid of the losers on and off the pitch has to be the main priority.

The current record is not good enough and serious change is needed. Quickly.

The boys of L4 can’t expect to break into to that coveted top 4 or win any trophies until the mentality changes.

We might have money, plans for a glorious new stadium and new signings – but until we start turning over the top six, starting with Liverpool, the city, or trophies, will never be ours

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