JOHN BRADLEY: It's a year ago this week that Divock's derby took place,
now Liverpool and Everton meet at Anfield once again,
with the clubs polar opposites in terms of where they are.
Liverpool the European champions, top of the Premier League,
surpassing all expectations laid before them at the start of the season,
whereas Everton are way off what they were expected to do
following another heavy transfer window of recruitment.
Won by Sigurdsson, wearing the armband now. Richarlison.
Sigurdsson goes for the return.
Milner with the attempted clearance, cannoned against a Liverpool player,
they managed to come away with the ball.
Sadio Mane has it, and that's for Origi,
and Divock Origi's done it again!
Always scores against Everton at Anfield on derby day,
it's a lot earlier than it was in the last game here but it's another Divock Origi goal.
GARY GILLESPIE: Liverpool off to a wonderful start, it starts with Lallana,
deep in his own half, he goes and joins in,
it's a beautifully weighted pass from Mane,
a pass to just go and help yourself from a striker's point of view.
As soon as Pickford comes out and commits himself, he's caught in no-man's-land.
And the momentum of Origi, the ability of Origi just to take it round the keeper,
and then it's a simple task just to put it into the empty net.
JOHN: That's a decent header from Digne but Liverpool have it back.
That's a quite brilliant switch by Alexander-Arnold.
Mane's clipped it through, Shaqiri!
Oh, my, oh, my! That is absolutely brilliant.
Trent Alexander-Arnold starts something that turns out to be very, very special.
GARY: Week-in, week-out he delivers quality like that,
then the movement off the ball really is the key.
Xherdan Shaqiri, set up beautifully again by Sadio Mane.
It's the vision and the awareness
then the weight of the pass,
the weight of the pass is key to everything.
First-time finish required, first-time finish delivered.
Liverpool 2-0 up.
JOHN: Just too good from Liverpool. Foul by Gini Wijnaldum.
Richarlison, Keane, Mina, Calvert-Lewin and Holgate are all coming now,
it's come off Robertson.
Holgate can keep it alive... and will let the ball go for the corner.
Sigurdsson.
Davies, Iwobi's cross...
And it might come for Michael Keane!
Who rattles the ball beyond Adrian.
GARY: They try to work the corner, they try to get it to Iwobi,
then they get a little bit of luck with the ricochet,
Dejan Lovren's on the ground,
he's not quite sure where the ball is,
and Keane is first to react.
JOHN: It's been the feistiest start to a derby we've had for a long time,
that's towards Origi, glorious take,
Divock Origi!
Route one from Liverpool results in another Divock Origi goal.
They're finding it simple to break down Everton. Stunning from Lovren.
GARY: There will be certainly be question marks over Everton's defending,
but take nothing away from Origi, this is absolutely fantastic skill.
It's not an easy ball to take, it's a wonderful pass by Dejan Lovren.
It must be all of 60 yards and it's straight on the toe,
but Everton have got to do an awful lot better, it's a straight run, more or less.
But just watch the way he brings this down
with an absolutely perfect first touch,
and high into the roof of the net, a wonderful goal by the Belgian.
JOHN: That's Wijnaldum, Shaqiri,
what can Liverpool do with this attack?
Shaqiri for Mane, Mane's ball looking for Wijnaldum,
away by Pickford.
GARY: They've just picked pockets in that Everton rear-guard all night
with these little diagonal runs, and Pickford on that occasion quite happy to palm it away.
JOHN: A little loose, Liverpool, and this is Bernard.
Iwobi, and Richarlison across the face of goal!
And that is an absolutely huge touch from Dejan Lovren.
He's set one up at one end, now he's saved one at the other.
GARY: Just when you think Calvert-Lewin has got a tap-in, Lovren gets his studs to it.
JOHN: Still plenty of blue shirts forward, it's Van Dijk with Richarlison,
who went to ground, and Mane, there was an attempted foul on him by Iwobi,
but this is Alexander-Arnold and he's got Shaqiri in support,
and he's got Mane as well!
One end to the other - bang, bang, bang, 4-1 Liverpool before half-time!
Unbelievable first half.
GARY: Incredible, absolutely incredible football.
As soon as you see the ball coming to the edge of the 18-yard box -
and it's Liverpool's 18-yard-box, I'm not talking about Everton's -
you just know something's gonna happen,
and Liverpool break with such pace and such authority,
it's just about picking the right pass at the right time.
Certainly so far tonight Liverpool have done just that.
JOHN: Crazy, crazy nights at Anfield.
A Merseyside derby, it's not even half-time,
and Liverpool have four.
Richarlison.
Sigurdsson.
Bernard.
If they get one before half-time they might think they can get back in this -
and they do get one back, it's Richarlison.
GARY: Liverpool will be kicking themselves, because it's a little sloppy.
Trent Alexander-Arnold doesn't quite get out quick enough to block the cross.
And Richarlison attacks it really well.
He takes up that position, as Origi did, between the two centre-backs.
The diving header finds the bottom corner.
JOHN: Jürgen Klopp, well, he is furious, he's livid.
Jordan Henderson, look at Wijnaldum's run.
It's beyond him for Sadio Mane, what a first touch!
That was the derby wrapped up for Liverpool,
and Sadio Mane of all people doesn't take the chance.
GARY: Certainly was game over, it's a lovely run both by Wijnaldum and Mane,
he's onside, the pass is equally good from Henderson
and you just think, like we saw in the first half, it's just a case of control, impeccable,
and put it past the advancing Pickford.
He does that, but he doesn't put it into the net.
JOHN: And on to Sadio Mane, and here he comes to wrap the derby up for Liverpool!
Well, Holgate did enough.
And for the second occasion Mane can't kill off Everton.
GARY: This was game over, he times his run to absolute perfection again,
and that makes it pretty simple for him, but just can't produce the finish.
JOHN: Iwobi, Moise Kean goes now and the flag stays down!
That was his moment, it was Everton's moment as well.
GARY: There's questions whether he was offside, I don't think he is.
I think he times his run to perfection
and it's about having the calmness to put it into the bottom corner.
He doesn't possess that, and that really would have put the cat amongst the pigeons.
JOHN: Gomez.
And it hit Lucas Digne, but this is where Liverpool want to be, at this end of the field.
Liverpool have sent Van Dijk and Lovren forward.
No such thing leaving them back for the last few minutes so they don't get hit on the break.
The delivery doesn't reach Mane, that's Lovren jumping,
that's Gomez for Firmino.
He's given Holgate the run-around, Gini Wijnaldum!
Wraps it up for Liverpool! Number five with number five!
And it is all smiles on derby day now.
GARY: Gini Wijnaldum, who again has been exceptional in this game,
as have all the Liverpool players,
but it's the trickery and the wizardry of Roberto Firmino,
beats Holgate all ends up then it's a lovely finish,
the only one place it could really go to beat Pickford, right in that bottom corner.
And he gets one at the Kop end.
JOHN: Liverpool are just smashing records.
Jürgen Klopp's 100th Premier League win as Liverpool manager
comes in double quick time, and Liverpool go 32 unbeaten.
Everton go into the bottom three.
A night where they made lots and lots of changes, five in total,
and they still scored five goals.