Fourth-place Liverpool lead their sixth-place city rivals by a point ahead of the game and while Brendan Rodgers’s side are unbeaten in five games, Roberto Martinez’s Everton have gone six matches without defeat.
Both sides came through their FA Cup fourth-round ties unscathed at the weekend, Liverpool winning 2-0 at Bournemouth and Everton beating Stevenage 4-0, and Moses believes their encounter at Anfield will be “massive”.
“We’re looking forward to it,” said the on-loan Chelsea player. “We know how important the game is for us at the moment. “We just want to keep working hard together as a team and hopefully, if we can get three points against Everton, it will be key for us.” Moses is hoping to keep his place in Rodgers’s team after starting in the victory over Championship club Bournemouth on Saturday.
It was his first appearance since the previous round of the competition on January 5 and the Nigeria international marked his return with the opening goal.
“It’s up to the manager to pick his own players,” Moses said. “I just want to keep on working hard in training and hopefully play as many games as I can. “It was really important. I know I haven’t been myself for the past few weeks. But I started and got a goal. “I just want to kick on from here and try to get a few more goals in the second half of the season. It’s crucial for me and the club as well.” Moses said that the Uruguay striker was at the top of his game. “We all know how crucial Suarez is for our side -- he’s one of the best strikers in the Premier League, scoring goals week in, week out,” Moses said.
“As soon as he saw me on the left side, he switched it over. The first touch was crucial for me, then I cut in and had a strike that went into the back of the net.”
Both sides came through their FA Cup fourth-round ties unscathed at the weekend, Liverpool winning 2-0 at Bournemouth and Everton beating Stevenage 4-0, and Moses believes their encounter at Anfield will be “massive”.
“We’re looking forward to it,” said the on-loan Chelsea player. “We know how important the game is for us at the moment. “We just want to keep working hard together as a team and hopefully, if we can get three points against Everton, it will be key for us.” Moses is hoping to keep his place in Rodgers’s team after starting in the victory over Championship club Bournemouth on Saturday.
It was his first appearance since the previous round of the competition on January 5 and the Nigeria international marked his return with the opening goal.
“It’s up to the manager to pick his own players,” Moses said. “I just want to keep on working hard in training and hopefully play as many games as I can. “It was really important. I know I haven’t been myself for the past few weeks. But I started and got a goal. “I just want to kick on from here and try to get a few more goals in the second half of the season. It’s crucial for me and the club as well.” Moses said that the Uruguay striker was at the top of his game. “We all know how crucial Suarez is for our side -- he’s one of the best strikers in the Premier League, scoring goals week in, week out,” Moses said.
“As soon as he saw me on the left side, he switched it over. The first touch was crucial for me, then I cut in and had a strike that went into the back of the net.”