Gerrard's comments sum that club up. They'll say absolutely anything, no matter how absurd, to put Everton down, and they probably believe every word of it.
One of the big reasons Liverpool have a better derby record than Everton is because they have more of a stomach for nasty games. They've always got a few absolutely horrible bastards in their team who don't mind leaving a foot in or browbeating the referee for ninety minutes, whereas Everton are a gang of soft****es that try and play fair and up having men sent off when dragged into a foul-off because it isn't in their nature to con referees.
I planned to avoid thinking about the derby until the last moment but I'm gone now. I knew at the weekend, when I got proper angry watching red ****e Ricky Lambert defend Ramirez's elbow, that there was no hope for me.