You would be hard-pressed to conjure up a more fitting end to the Goodison Park Merseyside derby era; from David Moyes manning the Toffees' touchline, a glut of goals and a furious post-match brawl, the final Everton-Liverpool encounter at the Toffees' historic home had it all.

Slot's crop were a matter of seconds away from going nine points clear at the top of the Premier League rankings, only for centre-back James Tarkowski to spark Merseyside mayhem with an incredible 98th-minute volley, one that survived VAR checks for both offside and a possible foul.

The emotion of such a volatile occasion became too much for Curtis Jones and Slot at the end as both men saw red - the former for squaring up to Abdoulaye Doucoure after his away-end celebrations and the latter for something he said to Michael Oliver - but as things stand, Slot could still be barking orders from the dugout on Sunday as he awaits a ban verdict.

While the Reds missed the chance to more or less put the title race to bed, a seven-point buffer over Arsenal - who can cut the gap down to four by beating Leicester City on Saturday - is still of the healthy kind, and the walls of the Anfield fortress are standing as strong as ever.

Liverpool might only have two wins from their last five matches in all competitions, also suffering a shock FA Cup exit to Plymouth Argyle this month, but they have prevailed in each of their last four at home, appropriately netting four goals in all but one of those victories.

Speaking of teams finding the back of the net four times, Pereira's resurgent Wolves have done exactly that over their last 180 minutes of football, putting both Aston Villa and Blackburn to the sword by two goals to nil since the beginning of the month.

After controversially getting the better of their West Midlands rivals at Molineux, Wolves punched their ticket to the fifth round of the FA Cup courtesy of two quickfire strikes at Ewood Park, where Joao Gomes's opener preceded a Matheus Cunha clincher just one minute later.

Now on the hunt for three successive wins in all competitions for the first time since February 2024, Wolves still remain dangerously close to the demotion zone in 17th position and will fall into the bottom three before Sunday if Leicester stun Arsenal.

Finding their bite on the road remains a tough ask for Wolves, though, as the Old Gold have only taken one point from their last three Premier League away matches and have kept just two top-flight clean sheets on the road since the start of 2024.

The visitors did give the leaders a good run for their money when Liverpool visited Molineux in September, but Slot's men still ran out 2-1 winners, and not since Mick McCarthy masterminded a 1-0 triumph in 2010 have Wolves come up trumps in a Premier League fixture at Anfield.

Liverpool possible starting lineup:

Alisson; Alexander-Arnold; Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Szoboszlai, Diaz; Jota

Wolves possible starting lineup:

Sa; Agbadou, Toti, Bueno; Semedo, Gomes, Andre, Ait-Nouri; Sarabia, Guedes; Cunha