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Liverpool have secured the first victory over rivals Everton ahead of the new Premier League season - thanks to Pokemon Go!

The Toffees have been snubbed by developers of the new online craze, after NOT making Goodison Park a Pokemon Gym.

But the new game - which uses 'augmented reality' to allow players to train and collect pokemon in real life locations - HAS made Anfield, home of the Reds, a Pokemon Gym.

Players who download Pokemon Go use their phone’s GPS signal to move around their town or city. While they are navigating around, characters known as Pokemon appear on screen which players can collect and train in order to battle other users in the area.

When players (known as ‘pokemon trainers’) reach level 5, they can then join one of three teams and battle it out at a Pokemon Gym to claim it for their team - sparking a new turf war across the city.

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However, Everton fans have been left disappointed when visiting Goodison Park after finding out it has not been made into a Pokemon Gym like rival ground Anfield .

Instead, it is a ‘Pokestop’ - which is a much more common feature in the game and allows users to collect different items such as Pokeballs and eggs.

While Pokestops are fairly common, gyms are few and far between. Other pokestops include the ECHO offices on Old Hall Street, the Town Hall and the River Mersey.

After hearing the news, ECHO reporter Josh Parry down to Goodison to see if he could find a gym - and his search was fruitless - despite rumours there was one at the Dixie Dean statue.

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Although there is no official Pokemon gym for Goodison, nearby Stanley Park has its own gym - which, awkwardly is currently owned by the red team known as Valor.

The Bill Shankly statue within Anfield is also a gym, leaving Liverpool well on top in Merseyside's Premier League Pokè-war.