It’s been some time.

Gladly, the season wasn’t voided and Liverpool can finish the season to claim what rightfully belongs to them. What a way to return to action too! A derby with blue shite, led by Richarlison talking shit non-stop. “Everyone hates Liverpool” in his world, which is fair enough.

One hour before kick off the starting eleven is unveiled. No Robbo at all, and Mo starts on the bench. Matip partners Big Virg. Keita, Fab and Hendo make up the middle three. Good squad, plus a solid bench. This COVID-era games will give teams an option to make five subs, so the young guns can get some precious minutes.

Before the match all players kneel. Well, except for Sadio, who sprinted when he heard the whistle. I appreciate the dedication, that was funny.

Cameraman puts TAA’s boots in focus. Black Lives Matter.

The setting is so quiet that everyone can hear the airplane sounds in the distance, or whatever that was. The FIFA 20 soundbites are awkward, but I guess we will learn to ignore them soon, just like some of us were able to ignore vuvuzelas during WC 2010.

First thing first, Fab makes a mistake and big nose Richarlison has a sniff at our goal. My commentator says that Mike Dean is hella strict, and he is, booking Millie for bumping Richarlison down.

As I watch the match, it is painfully evident how much the teams lack match fitness. You can run on the treadmill all you want, but that’s not gonna happen you feel the ball and get into the rhytm of the big game. Starter Taki takes an ok shot, King Kenny meanwhile fixes his mask. He has a huge key ring in his hand. Give the man a key to the city too?

Minute 22 – let’s drink some water, lads. Mini time out, Kloppo not happy.

Around the 30 we get three chances back and forth. Matip goes close after Trent’s free kick cross, then Richarlison shoots from offside position, and finally Bobby goes close after a qucik transition. Taki stole the ball and started the attack, props to him, even though he struggles a bit.

TAA gets another chance from free kick – no luck. Couple seconds later Millie goes off with hamstring injury, hopefully just a precauion. Later James was caught trying to put some ice under his ham. Finally, a decent half chance goes nowhere as Minamino doesn’t blast the ball strong enough.

Half time.

Ox comes in for Taki, he has some seious hairdo. Almost as glorious as Firmino’s! Naby plays well so far, and creates a nice chance at the 50th minute. Virg has a shot a bit later, no danger from set pieces yet. Even from close range free kicks, unlucky for Trent.

Gini in for Keita, and Origi for Bobby! Divock, you know what to do. Drink water…

Few moments later the adorable giraffe boy Joel gets a cramp, or maybe something worse, shet. Dejan in, no Mo for tonight.

Yeah, the game is not good. Calvert-Lewin creates himself a career highlight scoring from a 20 yards offside after the whistle.

Oof. Babygirl Davies almost scored, hit the bar. Vintage Lovren almost lets the big nose score, smh. I have Virgil and TAA in my fantasy too, so I’m interested in a clean sheet. 5 minutes to go, Everton looked better in the ending so far.

Ox gets a promising free kick near the end of the match… Unexpectedly Fab strikes, good shot, but still nah. Kean enters the match with 2 seconds remaining… That’s it. Shite match, really. We need some time to get back into the form, plus two injuries did not help LFC slightly.

No Man of the Match for me… well, maybe Alisson deserves it for his save. Bore draw, we move on.