1. Liverpool's stroll puts Martinez on the brink
LIVERPOOL, England -- The last time the two Merseyside clubs met, back in October, a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park spelled the end of Brendan Rodgers, whose departure from Liverpool was confirmed by tea-time that evening.
As current Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp keeps winning Liverpudlian hearts, Everton manager Roberto Martinez's neck is now on the line. With an FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United to play on Saturday, and Everton not having won at Anfield since 1999, defeat was unlikely to be bring the axe crashing down in the next few hours, but the manner of this thrashing, a humiliation in short, may well hasten the Spaniard towards the Everton exit.