The Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt is happy that some of the team’s injured players are finding their way back into the team, and is feeling confident ahead of tomorrow’s massive Liverpool derby.

Liverpool have won on their last two visits to Goodison Park, last year thanks to a last minute winner from Kuyt, and he is keen to make it a hat-trick tomorrow.

“I have some good memories of playing at Goodison and hopefully we can continue this on Sunday,” Kuyt said yesterday.

“It was a strange game when I scored the two penalties, but it was a great day for us all.

“To score the winner in the last minute of a derby was a fantastic feeling and it was good to celebrate the goal with our supporters and my teammates. Hopefully there are more days like this to follow at Goodison.

“The derby matches are always very special and you never need to be motivated for these games.

“We want to win the game, everyone is looking forward to it and we can’t wait to play. We have confidence we can beat them.”

“We’ve had a lot of injuries, so we’re not the luckiest team at the moment but sometimes this happens in football,” he continued.

“The players who have been out injured are now starting to come back, and once we’ve got everybody fit, I think we can kick on and return to form.

“The form of the team is improving. I thought we were unfortunate not to win the game against Manchester City last weekend and we were disappointed to have drawn.

“But when things are not going so well you have to work really hard as a team, stick together and the luck will change.

“Everton are not playing at their best level at the moment either, but everything can change in one game, especially in a derby.

“They will be ready for us, we will be ready for them, and we have confidence we can beat them.”

It now looks like Torres will be playing as well, so things are definitely looking up. Let’s hope this is the start of another long winning run.