Everton boss Sørensen anticipates tight Merseyside derby | OneFootball

Everton manager Brian Sørensen says that he expects this weekend’s Merseyside derby to be another tight affair.

The Toffees travel to Anfield to face neighbours Liverpool on Sunday afternoon.

The last three Merseyside derbies in the Barclays Women’s Super League have produced no more than one goal and Everton boss Sørensen says that another tight contest could be on the agenda this weekend.

“I think it will be tight,” Sørensen said. “Both teams won’t want to lose, so they’ll give absolutely everything and put their bodies on the line. It could be one of those games where the first goal wins but we will see.”

Everton face a Liverpool side led by interim head coach Amber Whiteley for the first time and Sørensen sees differences in The Reds’ style of play compared to the previous regime.

He said “They play a little bit more like other teams in the league now. They try to do some similar things to other teams whereas Matt [Beard] has a very distinctive style which was good and hard to play against. They can probably do a bit more against teams in different areas.

“It’s a different Liverpool team and it’s going to be a hard task. They’ve had good results and have really good players.”

With two games to play, victory at Anfield would see Everton close the gap on Liverpool to just two points. Sørensen says that his side will be doing everything that they can to catch the red side of the city.

He said “For sure, we will do everything that we can to close the gap as far as we can. We take this game, see if we can get the three points and we will see where we are at when we play the last game against Tottenham.”

Everton’s Barclays Women’s Super League fixture at Liverpool kicks-off at 12pm on Sunday afternoon.