“I’ve hit James a couple of times in practice.”

He has become one if not the best partner of James Rodríguez in the middle of the court. Allan prepares like his teammates for a derby that will decide if the ‘Toffees’ can continue at the top of the Premier League. About his relationship with the Colombian, the Brazilian revealed a funny curiosity at a press conference.

Both Allan and James came to Goodison Park in large part from again defending the interests of one man, Carlo Ancelotti. On whether in the past he had to kick a Colombian, the squire of the Cucuteño replied laughing: “Yes, once or twice and also a couple of times in training.”

On breaking the spell in the derby he scored: “It’s a new group of players and we have to have a great game on Saturday, break this ten-year taboo. We know it’s a derby, it’s against our rival and we want to score three points. We can give it our all and help the team get these points. “

“We are trying to do our best and the most important thing is to get all three points, so it doesn’t matter who scores, whether it’s Richarlison, Dominic, James or one of the center-backs.”, Allan finished on the desire to defeat the Klopp.