Michael Keane says Everton can dent Liverpool's title hopes with a victory in the Merseyside derby on Sunday
Everton defender Michael Keane is focused on helping his side's chances of securing seventh place, and would be happy to dent Liverpool's Premier League title hopes in the process.
Jurgen Klopp's side sit top of the Premier League with 69 points after 28 games - and no side to have earned the same number of points or more at this stage have failed to be crowned champions.
But ahead of facing Liverpool on Super Sunday, Keane says that Everton will use their own target of finishing as high as possible to derail their neighbours' quest for a first league title in 29 years.
"It's not the main reason we want to win the game - we want to win the game for ourselves," the centre-back told Sky Sports when asked if dashing Liverpool's hopes provides additional motivation.
"We're chasing seventh place ourselves, but in the back of our heads, if we can take points off Liverpool and get a win, that will dent their title chances which is great. That should make the fans happy.
Michael Keane is relishing the prospect of denting Liverpool's title hopes
"We want to put in a performance and we want to win the game, and we want the fans to be happy. If that's what they want, then that's what we want."
Everton were in sixth place before the reverse fixture at Anfield and went into the game in excellent form having won five and drawn one of their previous seven matches.
Since Divock Origi's bizarre 96th-minute winner at the start of December, Marco Silva's side have won just three times in the league, but the 3-0 victory over Cardiff in midweek has injected confidence into the squad ahead of the 200th league meeting between these cross-city rivals at Goodison Park.
Keane says he has connected more with the supporters this season
Keane dismissed the suggestion that Origi's strike has had a long-lasting impact on the club's season, and has challenged his team-mates to close the gap on Wolves, who are currently four points above them in seventh - a position that has been good enough for European football in each of the last four campaigns.
"I wouldn't say it dented confidence but it killed our momentum at the time," the 26-year-old added. "It killed the run we were on and the momentum we had but I think the players at that point were all still really confident because we had put in a great performance.
Keane has had to play as part of three different centre-back partnerships this term
"We had a few draws at home [against Newcastle and Watford] after that which we should've won and had we done so, it might have been a different story so I don't think you can just blame that moment.
"We're strong enough as a group to move on from a moment like that and put it in the past. We need to have the belief that we can and that we will beat them. With our fans behind us, we'll have a great chance.
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"Seventh is still within our grasp, definitely. We know we've got the players capable of getting there, and we know we can put in the performances needed.
"It's just a case of being able to do it consistently, which we haven't done for the last three months so we're going to have to change and we're going to have to improve. Hopefully we can do that and find ourselves there come the end of the season."
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Everton the last time we met I wasn't satisfied with the results thou we got all the 3points, yall blue side of mersey deserve thorough beating.

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Michael Keane says Everton can dent Liverpool's title hopes with a victory in the Merseyside derby on Sunday
Everton defender Michael Keane is focused on helping his side's chances of securing seventh place, and would be happy to dent Liverpool's Premier League title hopes in the process.
Jurgen Klopp's side sit top of the Premier League with 69 points after 28 games - and no side to have earned the same number of points or more at this stage have failed to be crowned champions.
But ahead of facing Liverpool on Super Sunday, Keane says that Everton will use their own target of finishing as high as possible to derail their neighbours' quest for a first league title in 29 years.
"It's not the main reason we want to win the game - we want to win the game for ourselves," the centre-back told Sky Sports when asked if dashing Liverpool's hopes provides additional motivation.
"We're chasing seventh place ourselves, but in the back of our heads, if we can take points off Liverpool and get a win, that will dent their title chances which is great. That should make the fans happy.
Michael Keane is relishing the prospect of denting Liverpool's title hopes
"We want to put in a performance and we want to win the game, and we want the fans to be happy. If that's what they want, then that's what we want."
Everton were in sixth place before the reverse fixture at Anfield and went into the game in excellent form having won five and drawn one of their previous seven matches.
Since Divock Origi's bizarre 96th-minute winner at the start of December, Marco Silva's side have won just three times in the league, but the 3-0 victory over Cardiff in midweek has injected confidence into the squad ahead of the 200th league meeting between these cross-city rivals at Goodison Park.
Keane says he has connected more with the supporters this season
Keane dismissed the suggestion that Origi's strike has had a long-lasting impact on the club's season, and has challenged his team-mates to close the gap on Wolves, who are currently four points above them in seventh - a position that has been good enough for European football in each of the last four campaigns.
"I wouldn't say it dented confidence but it killed our momentum at the time," the 26-year-old added. "It killed the run we were on and the momentum we had but I think the players at that point were all still really confident because we had put in a great performance.
Keane has had to play as part of three different centre-back partnerships this term
"We had a few draws at home [against Newcastle and Watford] after that which we should've won and had we done so, it might have been a different story so I don't think you can just blame that moment.
"We're strong enough as a group to move on from a moment like that and put it in the past. We need to have the belief that we can and that we will beat them. With our fans behind us, we'll have a great chance.
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"Seventh is still within our grasp, definitely. We know we've got the players capable of getting there, and we know we can put in the performances needed.
"It's just a case of being able to do it consistently, which we haven't done for the last three months so we're going to have to change and we're going to have to improve. Hopefully we can do that and find ourselves there come the end of the season."
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See hatred from Everton.. God help us o

An Evertonian said he will break the legs of any of their players that wants to equalize against Man City.

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Everton the last time we met I wasn't satisfied with the results thou we got all the 3points, yall blue side of mersey deserve thorough beating.

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