For a while, it looked like Arne Slot’s Liverpool would have a straight-forward, comfortable-enough win for the first time this Premier League season.

Ryan Gravenberch scored a goal and then set up Hugo Ekitike for another as the Reds raced into a 2-0 lead with big-money buys Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak on the bench.

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But Everton found their fight at the halftime interval and pulled a goal back through Idrissa Gana Gueye, setting up a fine finish at Anfield.

The Reds emerged as winners again, now a perfect 5-0-0 on the young Premier League season, and Arne Slot’s thoughts will be interesting after a tricky spat with their local rivals.

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