The greatest ... Merseyside derbies

Liverpool 7 Everton 4, top division, February 11, 1933

Nearly 75 years before Portsmouth beat Reading 7-4, these rivals produced the same scoreline at Anfield, with Harold Barton, the young right winger, scoring a hat-trick for Liverpool. The two sides would eventually finish in mid-table positions.

Liverpool 0 Everton 4, top division, September 19, 1964

Bill Shankly achieved his first league title as Liverpool manager a few months earlier and Everton were depleted by injuries. However, Derek Temple put the visiting team ahead, Fred Pickering added a second and Colin Harvey volleyed another. John Morrissey completed the scoring.

Everton 0 Liverpool 5, top division, November 6, 1982

Liverpool struck the bar and post before Ian Rush gave them the lead and then Glenn Keeley, on loan from Blackburn Rovers and playing his only match for Everton, was sent off for pulling back Kenny Dalglish near goal. Rush scored four, with Mark Lawrenson providing the other goal.

Everton 4 Liverpool 4, FA Cup, February 20, 1991

Twice Graeme Sharp, of Everton, equalised a goal by Peter Beardsley in this fifth-round replay and then Tony Cottee, also of Everton, came up with two equalisers of his own at the end of normal and extra time. Kenny Dalglish resigned as Liverpool manager shortly afterwards.