Liverpool vice-captain Trent Alexander-Arnold misses out on starting the final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park with Conor Bradley in the starting XI for the Reds instead. But several others return alongside a host of first-team stars who were rested for the FA Cup.

After losing to Plymouth Argyle last time out, Arne Slot has made lots of changes, as expected. The likes of Mohamed Salah, Ryan Gravenberch and Virgil van Dijk didn't even travel to the south coast last weekend. They all return here with Alexander-Arnold among the substitutes. .

In the Liverpool defense, Ibrahima Konate and Andy Robertson joined Alexander-Arnold and Van Dijk. In midfield, Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai are alongside Gravenberch.

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Salah is joined up top by Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo. That leaves Darwin Nunez, Diogo Jota and Harvey Elliott as options to change things from the bench.

"I think it's an extra reason why the atmosphere will probably be even better than all the occasions before." Slot said during his pre-match press conference. "I haven't been to one but people tell me at Goodison Park, as at Anfield, it's always a fantastic atmosphere.

"Home supporters are there to support their team and the away fans are mostly loud as well. It's probably going to be a fantastic atmosphere and that's never easy to play against because every single time they cross the halfway line, or they get a corner kick, or whatever happens, the fans will cheer for that.

"Then you have to be mentally really strong as an away team to resist all that, the complete atmosphere, and you still have to be focused on what you have to do; defending the corner kick, defending the set-piece. When you have the ball, be as calm as you can in this fantastic atmosphere.

"But it's not the first time for these players that they are playing in atmospheres like this. I hope they can focus on what they have to do, but it's not only tactical, you also have to stand up to those emotions because I've noticed also in the Plymouth game that the intensity of the tackles and how aggressive they were, that was a quality of their players but it was definitely also because of the emotions in the stadium, so we have to be up for that."

Everton starting XI: Pickford; O'Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Gana, Garner, Doucoure; Lindstrom, Beto, Ndiaye. Subs: Virginia, Begovic, Keane, Harrison, Young, Alcaraz, Iroegbunam, Sherif, Heath.

Liverpool starting XI: Alisson; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Diaz, Gakpo. Subs: Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Tsimikas, Endo, Elliott, Jones, Jota, Nunez.