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Paul Merson slates Arne Slot decision as he predicts Everton v Liverpool result

Liverpool are in Merseyside derby action this weekend as face Everton in Saturday’s Premier League clash at Goodison Park.

The Reds will go into the game on the back of a disappointing 3-3 draw 🀅at Newcastle United which saw the hosts equalise lat💮e on.

🌞Meanwhile, the Toffees go into the derby in a confident mood thanks to their 4-0 hammering of Wolves on Wednesday nigh🤡t.

Paul Merson has predicted how Liverpool and Everton will fare in the derby as he criticised a decision Arne Slot made against Newcastle.

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Paul Merson backs Liverpool to beat Everton as he questioned why Trent Alexander-Arnold was benched at Newcastle

Merson, �ඣ�writing on , said he didn’t understand why Slot opted to leave Trent Alexander-Arnold out of the starting XI at St James’ Park.

The England international was superb when he came off the bench and provided two assists foꦦr Mohamed Salah to initially turn the game around.

BBC Sport pundit Pat Nevin also criticised🎃 Sl🌊ot’s decision to leave Alexander-Arnold out of the Liverpool starting XI against Newcastle.

Merson speculated whether Slot was just resting Alexander-Arnold for🌜 the Everton game, but he still thought he should have started.

“I don’t understand why Slot did not play Trent Alexander-Arnold from the start though,” said Merson. “He꧑ showed his class after coming on.

“You could💫 say the manager was protecting him for the Merseyside derby. But I think he should have been in the starting l⛎ine-up.”

Merson then predicted the result, and he’s confident that Liver๊pool will have enough to get the better of Everton in a 2-0 win for the Redsꦬ.

“Everton must score first if they want to get a result in this game and the only way th🐲ey can do that is tꦿhrough set-pieces in my opinion,” he said.

“I ca𒈔n’t see them tr🌺oubling Liverpool otherwise and I expect the visitors to secure all three points at Goodison Park.”

Everton v Liverpool preliminary team news

Everton are set to be without the injured Tim Iroegb🍌unam, James Garner and Youssef Chermiti for the Merseyside derby.

Meanwhile, Armando Bro🐼ja 🎀made his Premier League debut for the Toffees against Wolves and could be involved again.

As for Liverpool, they will be without Alexis Mac Allister, who picked up a yellow card against N🌼ewcastle – his fifth of the season – and 🌌will be suspended.

Ibrahima Konate, Kostas T🅷simikas and Conor Bradley are all injured and expected to miss out.

Meanwhile, ⭕Alisson Becker and Diogo Jota are working to build up their🌠 fitness levels and it shouldn’t be long until both are back.

Liverpool summ🌺er signing Federico Chiesa has been involved at Under-21 level as he looks to return to full fitness.

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