Roberto Martínez says Everton 'are capable of going anywhere and beating any team' ahead of trip to Anfield Everton have since lost seven and drawn seven of 14 games at Anfield, but at least Martínez knows what it is like to win there having triumphed two years ago with Wigan Athletic - their first ever victory at Anfield. That result formed part of a remarkable run to avoid relegation and helped seal Kenny Dalglish's fate as Liverpool manager. Now things have changed. Liverpool are fourth and Everton sixth but there is just a slender point between them. This has the sense of being a pivotal encounter that could define both clubs" seasons and provide a pointer as to who can sustain a challenge at a time when both squads are being tested by injury. "It's not a normal game," Martínez says. At the end of the day you're only playing for three points and to be thinking, end of January, three points could be significant to where you're going to finish - that's not right. But a derby [win] can bring an incredible positive feeling that is going to help you for the next six games and that could mean a lot of points. In the same way a defeat could affect you the next two, three games. That's what these derbies can do. For Everton, there is also a belief that this could be a campaign - under a new manager - in which more than one demon can be banished. Martínez's side have already won at Old Trafford, beating Manchester United for the first time there in 21 attempts, and impressively held Arsenal away. "I think our players are ready to be tested in any environment against the best," Martínez says. Beating United at Old Trafford was a big result for us, but there have been other landmarks this season. Being able to go to Old Trafford and remove the mental block that comes when you don't win there for more than 20 years was huge. But, for me, facing Arsenal eye-to-eye at the Emirates and dominating possession the way we did said just as much. I think we are capable of going anywhere and beating any team. What we will need on Tuesday night is a combination of those two games. We need to be absolutely perfect. Liverpool have been very good this season, especially at home. They have found a formula to beat teams at Anfield, whether from dead-ball situations or the brilliance of Luis Suárez. While acknowledging that "brilliance," Martínez does not dwell on Suárez even though he declares the Uruguayan striker is "in the best moment of his life." "We're not going to go to Anfield feeling inferior," he says. We are not going there looking for a damage-limitation performance. Finishing sixth - their current position - would be a significant achievement for Everton given they trail the "top six" clubs in terms of budget but Martínez says he will not allow finances to be an excuse should they not realise their top-four ambitions. Obviously we haven't got the finances the top six have in terms of the demands on them getting into the top four but we want to have our own demands and expectations of getting into the Champions League. Probably it doesn't need to be done straightaway because we haven't spent the kind of finances to demand that. But I don't want to escape from the expectation and responsibility that I feel a club like Everton with the history we have should be qualifying for the top four. It doesn't matter that you don't have the finances and resources or not. If you haven't got those then you have to find the patience and the creativity to put a squad together that is strong as the others. Martínez has exploited the loan market as a significant way of achieving that, procuring the likes of Romelu Lukaku and Gerard Deulofeu as well as Gareth Barry from Manchester City, "the outstanding team at the moment." However, Martínez is bullish enough to add a telling caveat: "They haven't played any of the top sides away from home apart from Chelsea. That could be something that changes the dynamics in that top three. So could a win for Everton at Anfield on Tuesday.