Dirk Kuyt scored his 50th goal for Liverpool in this Merseyside derby and secured the victory over Everton. Liverpoool went down to 10 men in a scrappy Merseyside derby when Sotirios Kyrgiakos’s was sent off in the first half for a lunge on Fellaini, but today’s victory saw Liverpool strengthen their push to claim 4th place in the league.

Rafael Benitez:
“It was massive for us. To win in a derby is really important – to win in a derby with 10 players at Anfield is more important.

“I was really pleased for the players and the fans because everyone was working so hard that I think at the end we deserved to win. Hopefully we’ll have even more confidence for the next game against Arsenal.

“As for the referee, I think there were too many tackles which you can analyse so I prefer not to speak about him.”

Wow – this is a real gem. The video footage here shows the earliest Merseyside derby game between liverpool and everton ever caught on film.

Liverpool Echo TV have unearthed the earliest footage in existence of a Merseyside derby. The game took place on 27th September 1902 at Goodison Park with Everton beating Liverpool 3-1. Footage courtesy of the British Film Institute from the Mitchell & Kenyon Collection.

The video clip shows the highlights of one of the greatest ever merseyside derby’s which taken place on 21/11/70.

Liverpool Goalscorers: Heighway, Toshack, Lawler

Everton Goalscorers: Royle, Whittle

It also includes an interview with Brian Hall, who played in this game and played for the Liverpool between 1968-1976.