Steve Nicol admits he is cautious of lauding Liverpool with too much praise despite their 2-0 victory over Everton - insisting the Reds should be comfortably beating a side threatened with relegation.
Goals from Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo either side of half-time earned Jurgen Klopp's men a first Premier League victory of 2023, having failed to win any of their encounters following December's fortuitous victory over Leicester City.
But despite a tentative start to proceedings at Anfield, the Reds had a well-deserved advantage when Darwin Nunez orchestrated a lighting-quick counter-attack to assist Salah. Leaving Everton and Sean Dyche to rip up their pre-game blueprint that had been devised in the nine days following victory over Arsenal at Goodison Park.
