Liverpool maintain perfect start

Arne Slot

Liverpool stretched their perfect Premier League start to maintain their stranglehold of the Merseyside derby with a 2-1 win over Everton and open up a six-point lead at the top of the table.

Goals from Ryan Gravenberch and Hugo Ekitike were the defending champions’ reward for a dominant first half and enough for a fifth consecutive Premier League win.

But Liverpool ran out of steam after the break and were left hanging on after Idrissa Gana Gueye fired Everton back into the contest.

Arne Slot’s men had needed late goals to win all of their previous four Premier League games and their Champions League opener against Atletico Madrid last week.

Slot left both his £100 million ($135 million) plus signings Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak on the bench, but Liverpool were all the better balanced for the return of Alexis MacAllister, alongside Dominik Szoboszlai and the impressive Gravenberch in midfield.

EPL Results and Fixtures

Liverpool 2-1 Everton

Brighton 2-2 Tottenham

Burnley 1-1 Nottingham

West Ham 1-2 Crystal Palace

Wolves 1-3 Leeds

Man Utd2-1 Chelsea

Fulham v Brentford (Played

late)

Fixtures

Bournemouth v Newcastle

3pm