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Honours even in goalless Merseyside derby at Goodison Park

Honours even in goalless Merseyside derby
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Everton and Liverpool play out a goalless draw in the 231st Merseyside derby, as the Reds miss out on the chance to climb up to second in the Premier League table.

Liverpool have extended their unbeaten run against Merseyside rivals Everton to 17 matches thanks to a goalless draw at Goodison Park on Saturday lunchtime.

The Reds bossed possession for large parts of the contest but could only test Jordan Pickford on a couple of occasions, seeing them miss out on the chance to move up to second in the Premier League table.

Everton stay ninth and are now almost certain to miss out on a place in the top seven, meanwhile, as their winless streak against Liverpool - stretching back to October 2010 - was extended by a further match.

Jurgen Klopp rotated half of his outfield starters on the back of the 3-0 win over Manchester City three days ago, handing a first start to Danny Ings since October 2015 and a rare outing for Dominic Solanke alongside him.

The first chance would fall the way of Solanke, who pounced on a loose ball six yards out but could not find a way past Pickford.

Pickford was also required later in the half to tip aside a James Milner shot, before positioning himself well to get fully behind Virgil van Dijk's 30-yard free kick.

Arguably the best save of the first half was made at the other end of the field, however, as Loris Karius did brilliantly to dive across and get his fingertips to Yannick Bolasie's edge-of-the-box curler.

Everton, beaten in three of their last five Prem outings heading into this one, failed to really get to grips with the game in the first half as they relinquished nearly three quarters of possession.

The flow of the game did not change in the opening 15 minutes of the second half, either, with the visitors controlling things but failing to make their superiority truly count.

When the first Everton sub did arrive on the hour it did not go down well, as Wayne Rooney made his frustration known to boss Sam Allardyce and quickly made his way down the tunnel, before later returning to the subs' bench.

The first effort of any note in the second half did not arrive until the 70th minute, coming via substitute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's wayward shot just moments after being introduced.

Everton did manage to show a bit more about themselves late in the match, however, after Tom Davies flicked the ball through for Leighton Baines, who was inches away from finding Cenk Tosun from the cross.

Despite being second best pretty much throughout, the Toffees kept their best until the end as Seamus Coleman squandered a glorious chance at the back post at the end of a Tosun header.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin then failed to keep his composure from a good position with just Karius to beat, meaning back-to-back league stalemates between the sides.

EVERTON (4-2-3-1): Pickford; Coleman, Keane, Jagielka, Baines; Schneiderlin, Davies (Baningime 80'); Bolasie (Calvert-Lewin 61'), Rooney (Gueye 57'), Walcott; Tosun

LIVERPOOL (4-3-3): Karius; Clyne, Lovren, Van Dijk, Klavan; Milner (Oxlade-Chamberlain 68'), Henderson, Wijnaldum; Mane (Firmino 74'), Ings (Alexander-Arnold 89'), Solanke

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