Derby defeat that stings more than any for Liverpool

BLUE MOON: Richarlison, left, is engulfed by jubilant team-mates after opening the scoring for Everton in Saturday’s Merseyside derby win over Liverpool. It was ever Everton’s first win at Anfield this century. Picture: Phil Noble/PA

With the same ruthless efficiency with which he re-wrote the Premier League record books last season, Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool are carving their own, very unwanted, place in history this season although the more worrying question is quite when their spectacular collapse will end.

This defeat was far more damaging than the dent in morale of a first Anfield derby loss in 22 years or the first defeat to Everton of any kind since 2010.