Moyes on Keane 'headache', Merseyside derbies and Slot's spending

ByMillie Sian

BBC Sport journalist

• Jarrad Branthwaite and Vitalii Mykolenko are "making progress", after picking up a hamstring issue and a groin injury respectively, so their availability will be assessed.

• There are also "a couple of other knocks in camp" but he didn't expand on who had been affected.

• On if Michael Keane's recent performances have given him a bit of a headache at centre-back: "I hope the players I give the opportunities to can hang on to their jersey. Michael has done great for us in the games he has played, so long may that continue."

• He admitted that he does not particularly enjoy Merseyside derbies as a manager, stating: "This has always been an incredibly difficult fixture for me because I've always come up against really good Liverpool teams. I think it's easier if you're the team that has the stronger squad, but we're up against it so we have to go there and fight for everything."

• However, he sees the positive in the fixture being early on in this season's calendar because it will give the squad "a chance to see where we are against certainly one of the top teams".

• He praised Arne Slot's impact at Anfield: "He has done a brilliant job. They have gone out and bought some top players, which has strengthened them again. They have definitely looked to improve even more than last season."

• While accepting Liverpool are "entitled to spend" after winning the Premier League and competing in the Champions League, Moyes highlighted: "They have spent more on one player than we have our whole squad. I don't think that's our biggest issue though, but it's just having that realism about where both clubs are at the moment."

• He also noted the Reds have shown "some vulnerability" in conceding goals this season so the Toffees' plan is to "try to take advantage" of those moments, adding: "We played them last year at Anfield and lost to an offside goal, so we want to try to run them close again and maybe this time it will go in our favour."

• On the motivation for his players: "We certainly want to get away from the position we have been in over the last few years."

• Moyes said his vision is to "play better, win more often and challenge all the big teams".