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SOCCER ANGLES:Liverpool and Everton are both going through slumps and a loss for either side in tomorrow’s Premier League clash could lead to doom

But beyond that tame prediction of more to follow, what else can be said with confidence about the futures, short- and long-term, of Everton and Liverpool after their derby-day meeting at Goodison Park tomorrow? They will go on, of course, but where to? Liverpool will slope off into the Europa League this season and hope that a pick-up in form takes them back into the top four by May. Then they can start again; Rafael Benitez would still be the manager in all likelihood, Fernando Torres would stay at Anfield, probably. And off we go.