I was really looking forward to this one - now I've heard who the ref is I might not bother going.

Graham "3 card trick" Poll - and here's 3 of his less than great efforts in previous Everton - Liverpool encounters:

Includes 1-3 last season (2 Everton off for nothing challenges in at least one instance) 0-0 at Analfield (missed Gerrard's lunge on Naysmith's testicles - the one which got Gerrard a long ban on review), 0-0 at Goodison (2000 - remember this?)

"Then, in the last seconds, Everton were again denied by the ref, when Westerveld took a free-kick quickly, it hit Hutchison in the back as he was walking away, and it flew into the net... GOAL! No, said Mr Poll!!!! He claims he had already blown for time. With the clock at 91:45 – 15 seconds short of the 2 mins of added time"

Well let's see if he can even things up just a tad but I wouldn't bank on it.

A fair even handed performance reflected in the appropriate result on the day shouldn't be too much to ask for!