Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says he was happy not to lose today's 0-0 draw at Everton.
Both teams hit the post, with Everton also being denied by VAR.
Klopp said: "Rule number one: if you cannot win the derby, don't lose it. We could have won it today but we could have lost it in a few moments as well. If you count the amount of chances we had and the amount of chances they had we would probably have been the deserved winner.
"I think that we had the last chance, which was a massive one, we could have won it then absolutely. Ali had to make two incredible saves and they scored a goal which was disallowed for a small offside, but obviously offside. So, [it was] intense like always and we were ready to fight after a super intense game on Wednesday, we tried to fight.
"Especially then of course in the second half it looked like an end-to-end game because after our set-pieces we didn't defend the second balls they had particularly well. We had good set-pieces but we didn't finish it off or when we got another one we were slightly too open and they used that in these moments pretty well. Apart from that they didn't cause us a lot of problems or whatever, but we had to dig in deep obviously [and] that's what we did."
He also said: "Nobody should now be too surprised. Last year it looked slightly different because we scored in the right moments and we didn't do that today, that's why they could stay in the game and they are a different team than last year as well. The idea they have is obviously not a bad one: they defend pretty well and then the counter-attacks are a real threat and that's it.
"There are not a lot of derbies that will be in my book of games that I will watch back again in the future, one or two maybe but all the others not because it's never really outstanding football. It's a big fight, which everybody expects from both teams. We fought, we didn't play always extremely well but created enough, had top chances but didn't use them and then you cannot score. But how I said, if you can't win the derby, don't lose it."