Check out some of the best images from Melwood on Thursday, where the Liverpool squad were preparing for this weekend's enticing Merseyside derby against Everton.

Brendan Rodgers' Reds will travel to Goodison Park on Saturday for the first meeting with their old rivals of the 2013-14 season - and with the incentive of first place in the Barclays Premier League.

Ahead of the encounter, Rodgers oversaw sessions at the club's training complex, and our photographers were in attendance to produce the gallery of pictures below.

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