Liverpool go for clean sheet record in derby

LIVERPOOL face a distraught Everton in the 202nd Merseyside derby intent on setting a new club record for successive league clean sheets dating back to March 1923.

With Everton in the midst of a horrific run that sees them welcoming Liverpool to Goodison Park after successive 4-0 defeats their third such reverse in seven matches the European champions should be red-hot favourites.

Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina has not been beaten in a Premiership match for the last eight games.