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Jurgen Klopp says he is "completely here" at Liverpool despite concerns about his future amid the club's struggles this season.

The Reds are 10th in the Premier League and are yet to win a league game so far this calendar year.

There has been suggestion that Klopp, in his eighth season at Anfield, has been feeling fatigue at the club.

The German, 55, left his last two clubs after seven years in charge but he says this situation is "different".

"I will not and I cannot go," said Klopp, who signed a contract extension to 2026 last year. "I am responsible, too much responsibility, and I want it and I want to sort it. I am 100% committed."

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With Liverpool and Everton both hoping to climb the Premier League table after a period of poor form, former Tottenham midfielder Michael Brown talks to The Football News Show about where the Merseyside derby will be won and lost.

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It is a Merseyside derby that will see two clubs in crisis situations come up against each other.

Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool side go into tonight's Premier League meeting at Anfield in freefall. They are without a victory in their past four league games and suffered a humbling defeat at Wolves in their last game.

Sean Dyche, meanwhile, enjoyed a dream start as Everton manager last weekend with victory over leaders Arsenal but his side remains in the relegation zone.

BBC Sport takes a look at the key issues surrounding the fixture.

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Jurgen Klopp responds to Liverpool's 3-0 defeat at Wolves last time out by making two changes.

Fabinho is back after illness and Jordan Henderson also returns to captain the side. Naby Keita drops to the bench and Thiago - who was a doubt - doesn't make it.

There is encouraging news with the return of Diogo Jota and Virgil van Dijk, who start on the bench. Portugal forward Jota has not played since 16 October because of injury. Van Dijk has been out with an injury since 2 January.

Roberto Firmino, who has not appeared since 12 November, is also on the bench.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Matip, Robertson, Fabinho, Bajcetic, Henderson, Gakpo, Salah, Nunez.

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Huge blow for Everton in that Dominic Calvert-Lewin - who was a doubt with a hamstring injury - is not involved.

Instead 22-year-old forward Ellis Simms makes only his second Premier League start for the Toffees. Simms has spent most of this season on loan in the Championship at Sunderland.

It is the only change from the side that beat leaders Arsenal 1-0 in Sean Dyche's first game in charge.

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Coady, Tarkowski, Mykolenko, Onana, Gueye, Doucoure, McNeil, Iwobi, Simms.

Sutton going for an Everton win. At Anfield.

Agree or disagree with that?

Liverpool's atrocious form is one of the reasons this has been such a difficult season for making predictions - you used to be able to bank on them to win every game at Anfield, but not any more.

Everton have also become a tough team to call. Their performance in the win over Arsenal last time out was incredible, and a massive improvement on what they had done before, but it was just one game under Sean Dyche.

I have absolutely no idea whether they will sustain that level, while Liverpool have been so poor for so long now that we are at the stage where I am expecting them to play badly, rather than being surprised by it.

Form normally goes out of the window in derby games, and Liverpool fans must be desperately hoping that is the case.

Everton were well organised and had hunger and desire against Arsenal, and they also carried a threat - I think they will play with the same intensity and I am expecting them to score again too.

Jurgen Klopp's side will always be dangerous going forward too but, at this moment in time, based on Everton's last performance and Liverpool's performances over a long period of time, I have to back Dyche's side - even at Anfield.

I definitely wouldn't have predicted Dyche's victory on his last visit there, with Burnley in 2021 to end Liverpool's 68-game home unbeaten run in the Premier League, but things are very different now.

There is simply no reason to believe the Reds will suddenly turn the corner and start playing any better than they have been, so why would anyone back them to win this game?

Prediction: 1-2

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The Premier League table makes for grim reading for both sides.

Liverpool can move up to the heady heights of ninth with victory tonight.

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Three points will be massive for Everton, moving them out of the relegation zone.

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One city, two struggling Premier League teams.

We've got a HUGE Merseyside derby coming up tonight.