Liverpool beat Everton to maintain perfect Premier League start | Sports

LIVERPOOL, Sept 20, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Liverpool boss Arne Slot praised anothershow of mental strength that helped extend the champions' perfect PremierLeague start and maintain their stranglehold of the Merseyside derby with a2-1 win over Everton on Saturday. Goals from Ryan Gravenberch and Hugo Ekitike were Liverpool's reward for adominant first half and enough for a fifth consecutive Premier League win. But Slot's men ran out of steam after the break in their third game in sevendays and were left hanging on after Idrissa Gana Gueye fired Everton backinto the contest. Liverpool had needed late goals to win all of their previous four PremierLeague games and Champions League opener against Atletico Madrid in midweek. This time the Reds did the...