Everton midfielder Leon Osman was delighted to receive Roy Hodgson's call for England's upcoming friendly game against Sweden in midweek. Speaking to the press, Osman said that he is very happy at the moment, thanking Hodgson for recognizing the good form his been showing with the Toffees this season.

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard backtracked on his previous critic towards city rival, Everton, who  Gerrard claimed as a long ball side that played similar style to Stoke City. Gerrard stated that comment soon after the 2-2 draw in both team's clash last weekend.

Luis Suarez played an important role in the Merseyside derby on Sunday as not only he scored and set up Liverpool's goals, The Uruguayan also got involved in several controversial incidents.

Everton David Moyes was pretty content with the 2-2 result his team achieved in the Merseyside derby against Liverpool on Sunday, but the coach has other things to comment aside from the result.

One of the most interesting derbies in Premier League set to be staged on Sunday when Everton host their city rival, Liverpool, at Goodison Park. Everton manager David Moyes considered that this upcoming derby will be competitive as ever, especially since at the moment the Toffees are finally becoming a real threat for Liverpool.

Liverpool grabbed a morale boosting victory over Anzhi Makhachkala in the Europa League on Thursday, but the usage of some first team players in that game rise some questions with their upcoming derby match against Everton on Sunday.

After having such a rough start in their season, things start to look better for Liverpool under Brendan Rodgers' helm as they started to pick up positive results in recent matches.

The 1-1 draw Queens Park Rangers earned against Everton on Sunday left QPR manager Mark Hughes frustrated as once again his side failed to get a victory despite playing against 10 men.

Everton were held into a 1-1 draw by Queens Park Rangers on Sunday, but the Toffees' manager, David Moyes, was much more disappointed with the sending off for one of his players, Steven Pienaar.

A decade ago, back on October 19 2002, premier league witnessed the rise of English super star, Wayne Rooney. On that date, Rooney marked his coming into professional debut with a goal for Everton against Arsenal's David Seaman.

Everton manager David Moyes apparently is very keen to see more of former German international, Thomas Hitzlperger at Goodison Park as the player has been given a short term deal until January 2013.

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney maybe the one currently being favorite to be England's future captain after Steven Gerrard, but Everton defender Phil Jagielka believes that Joe Hart also deserved a shot.