Source: Liverpool_Echo
Everton FC derby boost as Marouane Fellaini fires for Belgium
Marouane Fellaini 300[LNB]MAROUANE FELLAINI fired a derby warning to Liverpool by scoring a towering header on international duty for Belgium.[LNB]The 22-year-old is approaching top form ahead of Sunday's Goodison showdown, and his international strike in his country's 4-4 draw with Austria last night came on the back of two impressive performances for the Blues.[LNB]Now Fellaini will be hoping to make his mark against Roy Hodgson's side at the weekend, after he exited the last derby on a stretcher with a badly broken ankle following a red-card challenge from Sotirios Kyrgiakos.[LNB]Everton players were in the thick of the action during yesterday's Euro 2012 qualifiers.[LNB] A goal for Fellaini and a Jan Mucha penalty save were the headlines, although neither player ended up on the winning side.[LNB]Mucha was in goal for home side Slovakia as they faced the Republic of Ireland, but defender Seamus Coleman is still waiting for his international debut after he was an unused by Giovanni Trapattoni again.[LNB]The 21-year-old did not make the match day squad for Saturday's defeat by Russia in Moscow either, but will take encouragement from his fast-tracking into the international set-up.[LNB]Just before half-time the Blues number two goalkeeper felled Aiden McGeady in the box but made up for it by saving Robbie Keane's spot-kick and the scores ended level at 1-1.[LNB]And there was a routine victory for John Heitinga and Holland as the losing World Cup finalists swept Sweden aside 4-1 in the Amsterdam Arena.[LNB]Diniyar Bilyaletdinov was on duty as well but he didn't emerge from Russia's bench in their 1-0 win in Macedonia.
