Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish is involved with the Merseyside derby for the first time in 20 years when the Reds travel to Everton at the weekend. "The competition is still as intense and the desire to win is the same as before," said the Scot.
"I don't think it has devalued - it doesn't matter how long ago it was you have been involved or not or how recently.
"It is a Merseyside derby and like everyone who has been involved in it they think it is the most important one.
"But people in Birmingham think theirs is the biggest, Rangers and Celtic think theirs is the biggest - and they are right.
"This is the biggest one because this is the one I am involved in. There is no point in having a league table of clubs you are not involved with."
