'Everything is for Everton' - Sean Dyche explains Jurgen Klopp shift before crucial derby

Everton manager Sean Dyche believes the motivation should be there for his side to win any Merseyside Derby rather than just putting a dent in Liverpool’s Premier League title hopes.

A 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Sunday boosted Everton’s chances of beating the drop but with survival yet to be secured, the Blues boss is unconcerned over the prospect of putting a spoke in the wheels of the Reds’ aspiration to be champions. Dyche said: “I’ve been speaking about this a lot – you would hope the motivation is there for every game. That should be the case for our players and for Everton Football Club.

“That is what we have been working towards but of course it has a little bit of extra feeling, of course it does.

“Derbies across the country, I've played in them, I've managed in them, this one I have managed only two, both away, so obviously I've not experienced the home yet, of course it means more but the point is you are hoping to get to a consistent level of performance where every game you are taking it on is. But [in a derby] of course the noise changes, the players you know what they get, the feel of the game does change.”

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While Dyche respects the achievements of Jurgen Klopp ahead of what will be the Liverpool manager’s final Merseyside Derby, he admits he isn’t close enough to the German to think he’ll miss him when he’s gone. The 52-year-old said: “Well, I don't know him.

“I know him on professional terms and I just think he has done a brilliant job. That's it.

“My respect for him is massive for him. It is for every manager