According to Mohamed Salah, Liverpool's 2-0 victory over Everton in the Merseyside derby on Monday is only the start of the Reds' comeback.

PHOTO | COURTESY Mohammed Salah celebrate scoring his first Liverpool goal in 2023

His first in the Top Division since Boxing Day, Salah's goal snapped Jurgen Klopp's team's multiple losing streaks.

Cody Gakpo scored the team's first goal in the second half.

Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino made their injury comebacks to cap off a good evening for Liverpool. Virgil van Dijk also entered the starting lineup after six weeks on the crutches.

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We've achieved a big victory, said Salah. We had an excellent training week, the players were thrilled, and we eagerly anticipated the game to make things right. Hopefully, that was the beginning.

Liverpool is now in ninth place and is nine points behind the title race.

Next Saturday, they may be further away from fourth-place Newcastle when they play at St. James' Park—reducing a total of six.

PHOTO | COURTESY Liverpool players celebrate Gakpos goal against Everton

There's going to be a match between the two teams in the days before Real Madrid arrives at Anfield in the Uefa Cup round of 16, and Klopp will be confident he has eventually discovered an answer to some of his team's issues in time for another crack at the European Cup.

Everton's 12-game winning streak of one must be a consideration to assess Liverpool's optimism.

Saturday's game marked Sean Dyche's first game in command. It ended in victory as league-leading Arsenal was a 1-0 shock at Goodison Park.

But Dyche was given a more detailed picture of the situation with the Toffees stuck in the relegation zone. His inherited issues.

Before Liverpool grabbed the lead, James Tarkowski's header crashed off the post instead of going in, leaving Everton to ponder what could have been.

Instead, the home team found the misplaced item and then let Nunez away down the left, whereby he made a pass for Salah to connect with to prod the thing into an open net with Jordan Pickford all by lonesome.

PHOTO | COURTESY Liverpool's new signing, Cody Gakpo celebrates his first goal for the club

The second stanza is where we'll start. A quick counterattack again crushed Everton.

Andy Robertson ran through midfield to locate Gakpo, who had to finish Trent Alexander-tempting Arnold's cross over the goal's face.

The Dutch star will be hoping that a derby goal marks the turning point after a difficult adjustment to living in the Premier League amid his January arrival from PSV Eindhoven point.