Take It As Red, Masch has the Derby Passion ; Anfield Dynamo Is Desperate to Beat the Blues Tomorrow

Liverpool Echo › November 28, 2009

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IT'S often been said that the fizz and fervour of the Merseyside derby has been diluted in recent years due to the influx of so many foreign players.

The suggestion is that because they were brought up in places where the first question visitors get asked is not 'are you Red or Blue?' they will never fully appreciate what it means to win or lose one of these local squabbles.

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Take It As Red, Masch has the Derby Passion ; Anfield Dynamo Is Desperate to Beat the Blues Tomorrow

Put that theory to Javier Mascherano, though, and it's clear to see from the way he bristles that the opposite is true; he may be from Argentina but his desire for Liverpool to beat Everton tomorrow is as strong as those Reds who will ...

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