Everton line-ups for Liverpool as Andre Gomes dropped and big defensive change made

Joe Thomas - Garner at right-back

James Garner starts at right back for me. That’s the big decision I think Dyche should make.

In the absence of Coleman there is a big question mark over the right side of the defence. You can make different arguments about Young out there on Sunday - I loved his dig at the complaints on Monday and he played a role in a valuable clean sheet. He could also have conceded a few penalties though and I still have flashbacks to his second yellow last time out against Luis Diaz. Godfrey has been used there instead and he has strengths - but I think Garner reads the game well and is a safe pair of hands in a position he won the u21s Euros in last summer. It also means Everton get the benefit his distribution.

There was a notable drop off in set piece quality when Gomes took over against Forest. I liked elements of Gomes’ performance, especially the way he enabled the team to get the ball up the pitch, on the ground. But he also comes out for me, because I think the physicality and drive of Amadou Onana is needed for Everton to pose a real threat to Liverpool.

I was also unnerved by the lack of discipline at times in the central midfield against Forest - a few times Gomes and Gueye pressed and left gaps that weren’t exploited. I prefer the idea, tonight, of going back to Onana and Gueye and freeing up Doucoure to support Calvert-Lewin.

My team (4-5-1): Pickford, Mykolenko, Branthwaite, Tarkowski, Garner; McNeil, Onana, Gueye, Doucoure, Harrison; Calvert-Lewin

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