Liverpool will look to avoid slipping up against Fulham at the weekend, with neighbours Everton making the trip to Nottingham Forest, hoping to claw back some of the ten points they were deducted.
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00:00 Liverpool welcome Fulham to Anfield on Sunday,
00:04 in a game which Will Rooney believes they cannot afford to slip up in,
00:08 in order to maintain their push at the top of the table.
00:11 Yeah, absolutely, I don't think Liverpool can afford to be dropping points against Fulham at home.
00:16 It would be criminal in this situation.
00:19 We've got this close Premier League season.
00:22 Liverpool are in the middle of a massive run of games, a really tough run of games.
00:29 A hectic run of fixtures really, obviously in the Europa League,
00:32 and then they go up to Fulham, then Sheffield United,
00:35 and then they play again on the Saturday against Crystal Palace,
00:37 and then the Europa League, so it's going to be difficult for Liverpool.
00:41 And it might not be about performances this run from now until maybe after Christmas.
00:46 It might just be purely about picking up results, grinding results out.
00:51 But as you say, Fulham, they were one of the most impressive sides in the league last season.
00:56 Michael Silva, Ray, both of them just haven't quite got back to those levels yet, have they?
01:02 Losing Mitrovic was obviously a massive blow.
01:05 Meanwhile, Everton go away to Nottingham Forest,
01:09 with the burden of the 10-point deduction still with them.
01:12 We'll discuss just how big of a challenge clawing themselves back will be.
01:17 I think Sean Dyke says it as press conference as well.
01:19 You take 10 points off another team and see how they like it and how they get on.
01:25 Everton went from being, I think, they were 14th.
01:28 They were eight points clear at the time, I think, of the relegations on when the points
01:34 deduction came in. As you say, they're five points behind Luton now, and Luton building
01:40 that little bit of momentum behind them.
01:42 I've seen Everton form a good, some passing force.
01:48 This team's in trouble, but they're starting to pick up now, obviously,
01:51 when I've got a big-name manager in.
01:54 And maybe they've just taken a little bit of time to get used to what it wants,
02:00 and it's really starting to click now.
02:02 Look, Sheffield United, Burnley, yeah, they're struggling, and Everton will be open to pull
02:07 clear. But if one of them was, say, to make a managerial change and draw someone in,
02:13 how often do we see a managerial bounce of a team?
02:16 Go on a great runner, you think it's Edinburgh, and all of a sudden, a safe and sound.
02:21 So, yeah, I think the message from Durham's eyes will be, we're in a scrap, lads.
02:25 Make no bones about it, we shouldn't be, but we are, and we have to take the situation.
02:30 Forget that we might get an appeal successfully, you know, there might be three points slashed
02:38 off it, or how many ever, forget all that.
02:39 We're preparing for the worst, and we are in a scrap, and we've got to have the siege mentality.
02:44 Liverpool will go into their fixture full of confidence, following their draw against
02:49 Manchester City, but as for Everton, Luton's win and their own loss did not help their cause,
02:55 and they know that points are crucial as fixtures mount up during the festive period of the season.