Liverpool vs Everton LIVE: Merseyside derby build-up with Jones set to start at right-back, Toffees unchanged, Foden and De Bruyne benched for Man City

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Derby day teams

The teams are in for the Merseyside derby!

And Liverpool are playing without a right-back...

Trent Alexander-Arnold is out injured, but Jarrell Quansah isn't covering for him as expected.

It looks as if Curtis Jones could be doing a job there, which is a very strange decision by Arne Slot.

Alisson failed a late concussion test after taking a hit to the head playing for Brazil so he misses out.

As for Everton, they've named the same team that drew with West Ham in their last game before the international break.

Liverpool XI: Kelleher, Jones, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Diaz, Salah, Jota.

Subs: Jaros, Tsimikas, Endo, Quansah, McConnell, Elliott, Chiesa, Nunez, Gakpo.

Everton XI: Pickford, O'Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Gueye, Garner, Doucoure, Harrison, Alcaraz, Beto.

Subs: Virginia, Patterson, Keane, Coleman, Iroegbunam, Young, Ndiaye, Chermiti, Broja.

More team news

Newcastle have named an unchanged side from their Carabao Cup final win over Liverpool.

Alexander Isak leads the line with Harvey Barnes and Jacob Murphy out wide, as Anthony Gordon is still suspended.

Yehor Yarmolyuk comes into midfield for Brentford while Mikel Damsgaard drops down to the bench.

Newcastle XI: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento, Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton, Murphy, Barnes, Isak.

Subs: Dubravka, Krafth, Shahar, Longstaff, Willock, Miley, Wilson, Osula, Neave.

Brentford XI: Flekken, Van den Berg, Collins, Pinnock, Lewis-Potter, Janelt, Norgaard, Yarmolyuk, Mbuemo, Schade, Wissa.

Subs: Valdimarsson, Ajer, Mee, Kayode, Ji-Soo, Damsgaard, Konak, Maghoma, Morgan.

Marcus Rashford remains up front for Aston Villa this evening, keeping Ollie Watkins on the bench.

Marco Asensio drops out of the team while Jacob Ramsey keeps his place after a goal in the FA Cup at the weekend.

Brighton start with Braian Gruda in behind Joao Pedro while Carlos Baleba is rested and Diego Gomez comes in.

Brighton XI: Verbruggen, Hinshelwood, Van Hecke, Dunk, Estupinan, Gomez, Ayari, Gruda, Mitoma, Adingra, Pedro.

Subs: Rushworth, Cashin, Tasker, Baleba, March, Wieffer, O'Riley, Minteh, Welbeck.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne, McGinn, Kamara, Tielemans, Ramsey, Rogers, Rashford.

Subs: Olsen, Mings, Disasi, Maatsen, Garcia, Onana, Asensio, Malen, Watkins.

Foden bench, O'Reilly starts

Phil Foden is back on the bench for Man City this evening, along with Kevin De Bruyne and Mateo Kovacic.

Jack Grealish gets a start along with Jeremy Doku, Savinho and Omar Marmoush in an attacking line-up.

Nico O'Reilly has been rewarded with a start at left-back.

As for Leicester, they remain in a back-five formation after Ruud van Nistelrooy made a change to his system.

Patson Daka partners Jamie Vardy up front.

Man City XI: Ederson, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Gonzalez, Gundogan, Savinho, Grealish, Doku, Marmoush.

Subs: Ortega, Kovacic, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Reis, Foden, Bobb, Lewis, McAtee.

Leicester XI: Hermansen, Justin, Faes, Coady, Kristiansen, Thomas, Soumare, Ndidi, El Khannouss, Daka, Vardy.

Subs: Stolarczyk, Okoli, Coulibaly, Ricardo, Skipp, De Cordova-Reid, Buonanotte, Mavididi, Ayew.

Williams wanted

talkSPORT understands that Athletic Bilbao winger Nico Williams in among Arsenal's list of transfer targets.

Mikel Arteta is a big fan of the 22-year-old Spanish star.

New Gunners sporting director Andrea Berta has connections in Spain after his spell in the same role at Atletico Madrid.

And they could come in handy should negotiations begin.

Williams, who has a £49.8million release clause in his contract, is set to attract interest from club's around Europe this summer.

He has nine goals and seven assists in all competitions this campaign for Bilbao, helping them into La Liga's top four.

Busy evening

We're in for a real treat tonight!

There are SIX Premier League fixtures in store for us.

A huge Merseyside derby is the main event at 8pm, while Manchester City are also in action against Leicester.

You can follow updates of Liverpool vs Everton here, so stick with us for all of the latest on the derby at Anfield.

Meanwhile, Man City vs Leicester and Brighton vs Aston Villa will be live on talkSPORT 2 and talkSPORT, respectively.

Southampton vs Crystal Palace will be live on the network too.

'I'll be back'

Man City striker Erling Haaland has shared a new picture in which he can be seen in a protective boot.

Haaland picked up an ankle injury last time out as Man City beat Bournemouth in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

Manager Pep Guardiola then ruled him out for up to seven weeks, meaning he's going to miss a large part of the season run-in.

He won't be featuring for City tonight as they face Leicester at the Etihad Stadium, live on talkSPORT 2.

The new picture, posted on Haaland's Instagram, shows a worrying sight for fans as he also had crutches in his hands.

His caption read: 'I'll be back."

Postecoglou's surprise Romero take

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou cause some surprise by backing Argentina for giving Cristian Romero every available minute during the international break.

The key defender, who only returned for Spurs in March after three months out, twice played 90 minutes in physical matches against Uruguay and Brazil.

Given Spurs' injury issues and how much managers complain about international duty, Postecoglou struck a surprising tone when asked about Romero's usage.

"I was delighted. if he can get through two games with his international team then it's great for us as he's not played a lot of football," the Australian said.

"Footballers need to play. Rather than him sitting around for two weeks, he needed games.

"I think you could see that with the performances he had with us before, especially the Fulham game by the 70th minute he was pretty much cooked in terms of his physical fitness.

"Getting through two games at international level, two tough games, is a positive."

Revenge for Liverpool?

Two talkSPORT hosts agree that Liverpool should down Merseyside rivals Everton tonight.

The pair last faced off in February when James Tarkowski scored the most dramatic of stoppage time equalisers.

The game, which finished 2-2, was the last Merseyside derby at Goodison Park before Everton move to Bramley-Moore Dock next season.

Simon Jordan thinks that was a big part of the last result, commenting: "This is Anfield, this is not Goodison Park where they got the extra impetus.

"Liverpool, I would expect, would take care of Everton tonight."

Former Red Danny Murphy agreed, adding: "I think it will be tough, it will be gritty and they're in good form, but I think Liverpool will win."

Everton in Europe?!

So impressed has Danny Murphy been by David Moyes, that he thinks the Everton manager could take his side back to European football.

Moyes returned to Merseyside in January, having last led the team from 2002 to 2013.

Top seven finishes were almost a given under the Scot during his first stint, but in their last three seasons without him they've finished 16th, 17th and 15th.

Since replacing Sean Dyche in mid-season, Moyes has four wins, five draws and two defeats in 11 games, lifting the Toffees away from relegation danger.

They now face fierce rivals Liverpool tonight with a chance to try and derail their Premier League title charge, but in the long term, Murphy thinks Everton will be looking higher up the table themselves.

"I don't think it's impossible for him to get Everton back to where he got them before," the talkSPORT host said.

"It's not going to happen quickly, he needs to rebuild the squad and there needs to be some investment, but he's a very capable manager.

"What he's done in the short-term has been phenomenal and I didn't expect it, he's got them scoring goals.

"The game against Liverpool, if we go back to the Goodison Park match, the intensity, quality, and passion that they played with was as good as I've seen them.

"I know it was a late equaliser but in the game they were good, and that's down to him, he's giving players belief and setting up a good tactical plan."

Dorgu hammered

Martin O'Neill has singled out Patrick Dorgu for criticism during another poor Manchester United performance.

The Red Devils fell 1-0 away at Nottingham Forest on Tuesday night, unable to recover from Anthony Elanga's fifth minute opener.

January signing Dorgu - Ruben Amorim's first at the club - stood out at left wing back, but not for the right reasons.

"Dorgu playing tonight, I could've done what he did," the 73-year-old O'Neill said.

"He's got the ball wide left hand side, your job is to take players on, you're saying 'come on your job is to take players on, go on, get at players!'

"He's laid it inside three times in the first ten minutes of the second half to the opposition.

"Maybe it's no confidence, I don't know what it is. But these type of things are all over the field for Manchester United."

Wanted man

Crystal Palace are hopeful Oliver Glasner will sign a new contract despite interest from RB Leipzig, talkSPORT understands.

Glasner’s current deal expires at the end of next season and talks between the Austrian and Palace owner Steve Parish are at an early stage.

Ex-Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, now Global Head of Soccer at Leipzig’s owners Red Bull, is known to be an admirer of Glasner.

Glasner previously worked as an assistant Red Bull Salzburg before going solo and achieving huge success with Eintracht Frankfurt, winning the 2022 Europa League.

He's now back in the running for another big final, having just guided Palace to the semi-finals of the FA Cup with a 3-0 win over Fulham.

Leipzig, meanwhile, are without a manager after Klopp's Red Bull dismissed his good friend and former player Marco Rose.

Ange hopes for Poch return

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou has responded to talk of Mauricio Pochettino replacing him.

The United States coach managed Spurs from 2014 to 2019 and was a runner-up in both the Premier League and Champions League.

Last week he said that he'd like to return to the club one day, while a picture of him having a meal with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy fuelled speculation.

Responding to the story ahead of facing Chelsea, the incumbent Postecoglou said: "Mauricio, if he wants to come back one day, I hope it happens for him.

"We all have dreams and aspirations, if that’s what he wants. You’re suggesting that he’s trying to put pressure on me?"

When a reporter clarified that the timing of his comments might have been disrespectful, the Australian continued: "Well, I don’t feel disrespected.

"I think if you ask Mauricio that question directly, you’d get a pretty clear answer as to what his intent was.

"Again, nothing from me to sort of be consumed with. I’m more focused on trying to make sure we win tomorrow night."

Asked about dealing with talk over his own future, he continued: "I don't deal with it mate. I know what my responsibilities are.

"I'm sure if the club decides to go in a different direction there's some outstanding candidates out there for it. And you know what, maybe someone will think, 'Ah Ange Postecoglou's not a bad coach, maybe we'll take a punt on him'.

"It doesn't rock my world. It doesn't consume me. I'm here, I'm passionate about what we're doing.

"I was brought in to change the way the club plays, rejuvenate the squad, bring success, I'm focussed on that. That's what I'll keep doing."

Ancelotti in court

Pictures have been released of Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti in court over allegations of tax evasion.

The 65-year-old attended with his son and assistant coach Davide and rejected the prosecutor's office deal of four years and nine months in prison.

Marca quote him as saying: "When Real Madrid proposed this to me—referring to the transfer of image rights— I contacted my English advisor and never went into the matter because everything seemed correct to me.

"I didn't think it could be fraud, although if I'm here, I believe things weren't so correct."

The court appearance comes just six days before Madrid take on Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions League quarter final tie.

Full details of Ancelotti's case have been covered by talkSPORT.

Maresca dodges Sancho question

Enzo Maresca didn't directly answer a question about Jadon Sancho, instead insisting he loves all of his Chelsea players.

The Blues boss was asked about the England winger, given there's speculation about the club returning him to Manchester United.

Sancho moved to Stamford Bridge last summer on a season-long loan with a £25million obligation to buy.

However, with his impact dwindling, talkSPORT understands that Chelsea could return the player, although it would cost them £5m.

Asked about Sancho's future before facing Tottenham, Maresca said: "All the players that are with us, I love all of them.

"In this moment it's the moment to finish well and then it's not the moment to think about next season.

"I'm completely focused about nine games, two months to go, I'm completely focused about that.

"Then what happens in summer, we'll see. But all the ones that are here, I want them happy to be here."

Suarez reveals Liverpool psychologist

Luis Suarez has revealed he hired a psychologist in 2014 after his bite on Giorgio Chiellini.

The current Inter Miami striker sunk his teeth onto the Italy defender at the World Cup in one of a number of unsavoury moments during his career.

It was in fact the third time Suarez had bitten an opponent, and it was understood that Liverpool decided to give up on keeping him after the incident, agreeing a deal with Barcelona.

Speaking in an interview with YouTuber Davoo Xeneize, Suarez briefly talked about the moment and why he hasn't done it since.

"I had to change my image from 2014, so I hired a psychologist to help me," he said.

"I relied on the psychologist who helped me better appreciate things and why they happen."

No chance for Arsenal?

talkSPORT host Danny Murphy isn't giving Arsenal much hope against Real Madrid due to their injury situation.

Mikel Arteta's side face the record Champions League winners in a two-legged quarter final tie on April 8 and 16.

Arsenal received a boost last night with Bukayo Saka scoring on his return, but there was bad news with key defenders Jurrien Timber and Gabriel Magalhaes picking up injuries.

Giving his views on how those blows impact the tie, Murphy said: "Arsenal's strength is how good they are defensively.

"They've got talent in forward areas, of course they have, but against Madrid you've got to be defensively brilliant, you only need moments and they've got world beaters.

"You're going to have to be 100 per cent, and if you've got no Timber, who I think has been one of Arsenal's best players, a brilliant footballer, and Gabriel missing, no chance."

On Gabriel specifically, the former midfielder added: "He's hugely important.

"Brilliant on set plays, great partnership with [William] Saliba, aggressive, pace.

"It wouldn't be as bad if [Riccardo] Calafiori was fit but he's injured as well at the moment as well, he could've come in and played on the left, Ben White wasn't even on the bench last night.

"If Gabriel and Timber aren't playing against Madrid, I don't give them a chance."

Chelsea setback

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has revealed that £53million midfielder Romeo Lavia's injury woes are set to continue.

The Belgian made a brief return to action in March, but Maresca issued a disappointing update before facing Tottenham on Wednesday.

"He was doing better in terms of progress but unfortunately one or two days ago he had a small problem, so we will see in the next hours," the coach said.

Lavia has played 13 games this season out of a possible 43.

In 2023/24, his first campaign since a big money move from Southampton, he featured just once, for 32 minutes.

Responding to the news, one fan wrote on Twitter/X: "You can't be serious," while another added: "This club is cursed."

Maresca also discussed Reece James' fitness, adding: "We still need to manage Reece.

"The reason why is because you know his history probably better than me. You need to be careful with him in this moment.

"We want him fit until the end so we will manage him until the end and then we will see in the future."

Arteta focuses on the positives

Despite losing Jurrien Timber and Gabriel Magalhaes to injury, Mikel Arteta was keen to focus on the positives of a 2-1 Arsenal win over Fulham.

The Gunners cut the gap on an out-of-sorts Liverpool to nine points at the top with victory at the Emirates.

After Mikel Merino's opener, Bukayo Saka scored what turned out to be the matchwinner in his first game since December.

Speaking after the game, Arteta said: "[It was] a beautiful moment to see how much our people love, admire and respect Bukayo. It's not a surprise to any of us.

"The best example is his reaction. Immediately after scoring what does he do? He goes and says thank you for all the hard work all the sports science guys and physios have done for him.

"He lifted the stadium, the energy. It's great to have him back.

"He was very positive (after the match). The first one (back) is always the one, 'how am I going to feel?' He dealt with it really well."

Salah to Bayern?

Former Liverpool great Didi Hamann has encouraged Bayern Munich to make a move for impending free agent Mohamed Salah.

The Egyptian's contract expires on June 30th, and in his most recent comments about the situation, the Reds' top scorer said he was 'more out than in'.

Hamann was asked who he'd like to see his old side Bayern sign during the summer, and replied: "Salah in Munich would be very exciting.

"Bayern have Kingsley Coman, who hasn't been their best lately. Leroy Sané will probably leave the club; their most impressive player was Michael Olise, who signed last summer. I think they need two or three players for next season.

"Just like the signing of Harry Kane, it would be very exciting to see Salah at Bayern, but it would also be very interesting for the Bundesliga to have a player like Salah. Even if it's only for a year or two, I would love to see it."

Hamann also commented on fellow Liverpool free agent Virgil van Dijk, adding: "There aren't many teams he wouldn't improve.

"The longer he waits for his contract, the more offers he'll receive. Five or six clubs are already knocking on his door."