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Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill will be keeping a close eye on Sunday’s Merseyside Derby in the Premier League.

Brendan Rodgers has been sacked by Liverpool.

Everton go in to the game a point ahead and four places above Liverpool in the table and could move into the top four with a second home win of the season.

“We deserved better and played for a better result”, Mourinho said after the game.

Having come on as a ninth-minute substitute for the injured Muhamed Besic, Naismith headed Everton into a 17th-minute lead at Goodison Park and quickly followed up by scoring his second with a low drive from outside the area.

For me, clearly, you can say what you want but the players deserve a much better result.

Even before kick-off Mourinho had walked out of an interview with BT Sport when asked about John Stones, the Everton defender he failed to sign. Normally, losing a starter less than ten minutes into the game is a bad thing.

Let’s preview and predict this matchup.

The questions above all others for Martinez, fans, and everybody who loves and follows Everton during the last week was the status of John Stones.

Stones is now the focus of attention of Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, who is willing to fork out as much as £30m for him, and if Holgate can reach that level himself in the future, Roberto Martinez will have pulled off a fine bit of business with regards to the long-term plans...

Chelsea have had several bids for Stones rejected and Toffees manager Roberto Martinez has been adamant the last few days about keeping the talented English defender.

Everton’s resolve to keep hold of their star players will be tested to the limit as Chelsea prepare a final £30m offer for John Stones.