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		</div><p>Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is good enough friends with Carlo Ancelotti to consider inviting him to a party at his house but would not do so because of the difficulty it may cause the new Everton boss.</p>
<p>Instead, Klopp is only interested in making things difficult on the pitch for his opposite number in the away dugout in Sunday’s FA Cup Merseyside derby.</p>
<p>Ancelotti, as the then coach of Napoli, is the only manager to this season beat one of Klopp’s full-strength teams, in the Champions League back in September.</p>
<p>So while this weekend’s meeting will be cordial, it will also be competitive.</p>
<p><em>“We used to be (good friends),”</em> Klopp joked.</p>
<p><em>“We didn’t see each other a lot, it is strange that we both feel like this, we’ve met around games and meetings as managers.</em></p>
<p><em>“When he came here I thought ‘If I had a party could I invite the Everton manager as he lives just around the corner?’.</em></p>
<p><em>“I am not sure where he lives but the house next to me is free and that would be really funny (if he moved in).</em></p>
<p><em>“I am not on social media but if I took a picture like this (with him) and sent it out, I don’t know how exactly that would look to the outside world, but I would not bring him into this kind of situation.</em></p>
<p><em>“I only want to bring him difficulties on the pitch and we always respect each other.”</em></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">ð for the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EmiratesFACup?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EmiratesFACup</a> </p>
<p>ð <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LIVEVE?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LIVEVE</a> </p>
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<p>&mdash; Everton (@Everton) <a href="https://twitter.com/Everton/status/1213127880525271041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Since the 5-2 defeat in their league meeting at Anfield a month ago – a result which cost Marco Silva his job – the Toffees’ fortunes have improved under caretaker boss Duncan Ferguson and now permanent manager Ancelotti.</p>
<p>They are unbeaten in five of their seven matches – and one of the defeats was a penalty shoot-out loss to Leicester in the Carabao Cup – and their players look rejuvenated.</p>
<p><em>“That’s management. It doesn’t say anything bad about Marco Silva, it is just things are like this from time to time,”</em> added Klopp.</p>
<p><em>“But Carlo Ancelotti is one of the smartest people I ever met and he wouldn’t have taken the job if he was not convinced that Everton’s squad was good, really good.</em></p>
<p><em>“They’ve invested a lot in the transfer market in recent years and it didn’t work out for whatever reason but the combination of a good manager and a good squad helps from time to time in football and Carlo is obviously is someone who can lift a group when he enters the room.</em></p>
<p><em>“When I heard it (Ancelotti’s appointment) I thought ‘that’s a proper combination’ and they will do well, 100 per cent, especially over the season.</em></p>
<p><em>“But it is still a big challenge in the Premier League as there are other teams who are doing not too bad as well.</em></p>
<p><em>“I am not too concerned about what Everton are doing but in this moment of course because we play them.</em></p>
<p><em>“We lost that game in Napoli because there was a penalty which was no penalty and we didn’t play that bad. It wasn’t that they out-played us constantly.</em></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/RhianBrewster9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RhianBrewster9</a> will be in our squad for Sunday’s FA Cup meeting with <a href="https://twitter.com/Everton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Everton</a>.</p>
<p>&mdash; Liverpool FC (@LFC) <a href="https://twitter.com/LFC/status/1213106982066049028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><em>“Yes we lost there last year as well but we didn’t play that good so that’s always a reason as well.</em></p>
<p><em>“We will try to be good on Sunday so that makes life already slightly more difficult for them.”</em></p>
<p>New signing Takumi Minamino, a £7.25million arrival from Red Bull Salzburg, is likely to make his debut in the match, while fringe players like goalkeeper Adrian, defenders Nat Phillips – recalled from his loan at Stuttgart – and Neco Williams and strikers Divock Origi and Rhian Brewster are all set to be involved.</p>
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