"That's a woeful record. Perhaps the influx of foreign players has diluted the derby's importance.
"I don't want to generalise, but maybe some people just don't get what it means to the fans.
"Going back to my day, and beyond, it didn't matter if one club was near the top of the league and the other towards the bottom, you could never pick a winner. We would beat up Everton occasionally, but they were usually close affairs.
"For example, I scored the winner in a League Cup final replay at Maine Road in 1984, but we should have lost the first match at Wembley. We always knew it would be a fight against Everton, even when we were the dominant team in Europe.
Liverpool and Everton go head-to-head at Anfield (Image: GETTY)
Liverpool legend Souness has questioned if the foreign players know the significance of the derby (Image: GETTY)
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"The build-up would start the minute you finished your game the previous weekend and Scousers such as Jimmy Case, Sammy Lee, Dave Johnson and especially Phil Thompson in our dressing-room would make everybody aware of what it meant.
"Not that we needed reminding. Once you played in one, you got the message."
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has hailed the job Marco Silva has one in the build-up and Souness believes Everton could make the top six.
"Everton should finish seventh this season and maybe higher if the big boys slip up, provided they are able to keep their main players fit," he added.
"To do so, they need to start taking more points from the top six sides, starting today at Anfield."