Everton fans face the daunting prospect of playing one of the best teams in the country, but at the same time, they can’t wait to face their biggest rivals from the red half of their city. And in this mouth-watering fixture, they’ll look up to their old hero Idrissa Gana Gueye to shine.Idrissa Gueye coming back home, but it ain’t SenegalThe 32-year-old Senegalese international returned to Goodison park three years after Paris Saint-Germain paid $33 million to sign him. Frank Lampard will have the revenant at his disposal on Saturday after Gana returned for $4.4 million on the transfer deadline day.”Gana Gueye is a player for now, of course. The club knows him very well and he knows the club. He’s a deeper-lying midfield player. He gives me a great option and great experience. He’s a different profile of player to what we’ve got, so I’m really, really pleased he’s with us.”🗣 Frank Lampard discusses the additions of Idrissa Gana Gueye and James Garner! #EFC pic.twitter.com/bbq90zsndo— TheMightyBlues (@MightyBluesYT) September 2, 2022 Both Gueye and fellow recent signings James Garner and Neil Maupay will hope to be picked when the Reds make the shortest of trips for the 241st chapter of the long-standing rivalry.Meanwhile, the visitors’ manager Jurgen Klopp admitted that “it feels like Christmas” too see Liverpool’s injury crisis easing a little. He’s happy to see Diogo Jota’s return and Thiago Alcantara’s imminent comeback. Jota resumed training on Thursday, having been absent since early July after aggravating a hamstring problem suffered while on international duty with Portugal the previous month.NEW: Football fans in Liverpool unite to back #EnoughlsEnough.We’re proud to have the support of Everton’s @TheBlueUnion and Liverpool’s @spiritofshankly for tomorrow’s rally on the eve of the Merseyside Derby.“Hunger doesn’t wear club colours.” pic.twitter.com/IWNPO53f6y— Enough is Enough (@eiecampaign) September 1, 2022 With Darwin Nunez now serving his three-match suspension, Klopp has a full complement of forwards from which to choose on Saturday.”Diogo trained with the team, but we’ll have to decide whether it makes sense to involve him already or not. But if we do, then it is the first time we’ve had five attackers. It feels like Christmas. If we will make changes. We will see.”Liverpool are still waiting on results of the scan on Jordan Henderson’s hamstring problem, with the Liverpool skipper facing a likely extended spell on the sidelines. New on-loan midfielder Arthur Melo is still waiting on international clearance and won’t be involved at Everton.##NAJAVA_MECA_6615454##Thiago, though, is expected to resume training ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League group opener at Napoli, having missed almost a month with his hamstring complaint. And Klopp believes Ibrahima Konate, out since the start of August with a knee problem, could return to full training by the start of October.Everton welcome new signings, while Liverpool welcome returning injury victims. And we welcome another fiery derby match!ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 6Saturday14.30: (8.00) Everton (4.70) Liverpool (1.48)17.00: (2.30) Brentford (3.50) Leeds (3.35)17.00: (2.14) Newcastle (3.50) Crystal Palace (3.80)17.00: (2.14) Nott.Forest (3.50) Bournemouth (3.80)17.00: (1.53) Tottenham (4.50) Fulham (7.25)17.00: (2.40) Wolverhampton (3.25) Southampton (3.40)17.00: (1.58) Chelsea (4.30) West Ham (6.75)19.30: (8.00) Aston Villa (5.30) Man.City (1.43)Sunday 16.00: (1.96) Brighton (3.50) Leicester (4.50)18.30: (2.70) Man.Utd. (3.35) Arsenal (2.80)***odds are subject to change
