Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has dismissed Everton as a long-ball team

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has dismissed Everton as "similar to Stoke" and believes there is only one team in the city that wants to play football.

Sterling work

Gerrard was also full of praise for the manner in which 17-year-old winger Raheem Sterling dealt with the derby occasion. "Sterling was fantastic. He has been a revelation for us," added the 32-year-old. "Seventeen years of age away in a derby against a big, physical long-ball team I thought he was outstanding. "The way he stands up, wants the ball and doesn't hide is a credit to him and he's got some bottle. "That's what you look for in young lads. You wonder whether they have the bottle to play away from home against tough teams and difficult situations and he handled it superbly. "I don't think the Everton players would have known much about Raheem before yesterday but they are going to be seeing an awful lot more of him in future. "He's going to be playing in many, many Merseyside derbies and he's going to have a major impact in them."