Everton defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 as the biggest of the year, and refused to label the Toffees as favourites.
The Anfield outfit will travel to Goodison Park on Sunday to take on an in-form http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-c10409 Moyes’ unit, who currently occupy the 4th spot in the league table.
Last season, Everton edged their local rivals in the final league standings by 4 points. It marked the first time in 7 years that they finished ahead of the Reds in the table.
As things stand currently, Brendan Rodgers team trail http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c13019 by 6 points after 8 games. A win for the Reds will allow them to bridge that gap to 3 points, while a loss could put daylight between them and the blue Merseyside team.
Keeping in view the history between both the teams and everything that is at stake, the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753 International believes that the game on Sunday is the biggest of the year for his side.
He said that teams tend to give it their best in the derby fixtures and refrained from picking any favourites for the crunch encounter.
“I can’t wait till next Sunday because it’s the biggest game of the year in my eyes,” the defender told the club’s official website.
“It’s a home game as well and if you take a look at the table, you know, you can’t talk about favourites but if we win, there’s a big gap between us and Liverpool.”
Heitinga has struggled to cement his place in the Toffees regular starting line-up recently, as manager, Moyes, prefers to stick with his trusted combination of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sylvain-Distin-c34430 in the backline.
Although the influential presence of the trio has consigned the 28-year old to a position at the bench, the defender has got no objections over his current status in the team.
“I’m not frustrated. We’ve got three really good centre halves and the manager spoke with all three of us and said you are all going to play a lot of games this season,” he added.
Since arriving at Goodison Park in September, 2009, the former Ajax player has capped 113 appearances for the Toffees.
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