The Fiver | At least Evertonians won’t have to boycott the match

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It’s nearly 10 years since Everton beat Liverpool. Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta were the matchwinners at Goodison Park back in October 2010, as Mr Roy stood on the touchline, stroking his chin in the intellectual style, trying extremely hard to look like he was mentally processing complex tactical data and was not in any way whatsoever being slowly consumed by doubt followed by a thundering professional breakdown. By contrast, over in the other dugout, David Moyes cut a dash. Here was a manager going places, a highly regarded talent in total control, right at the top of his game. Yes sir, he really looked like he knew what he was doing.

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