Díaz and Salah double up as leaders Liverpool run riot at Tottenham

Nicely finished, boys, good course of. Liverpool stretched their lead on the high of the Premier League to 4 factors, having performed one recreation fewer than second-placed Chelsea, with the newest illustration of their remorseless reduce and thrust underneath Arne Slot.

It was an event when Tottenham, enjoying their manner, the Ange Postecoglou manner, with zero compromises, had been taken to items. They conceded six but it surely may and will have been double figures. Repeatedly, Liverpool sliced by means of and a distinguished element on the finish of a wild event was the obvious nature of a few of their misses.

Within the corresponding fixture final season, Luis Díaz had a purpose incorrectly disallowed within the thirty fourth minute at 0-0 for offside despite the fact that he was clearly on. It was a monumental muck-up between the officers and the VAR workforce in a recreation that Spurs would win 2-1. Right here, Díaz had his revenge, scoring two and operating amok. He was not the one star in pink. Mohamed Salah bought two objectives of his personal and he appeared to have the liberty of the pitch at instances. Liverpool’s different scorers had been Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai.

Spurs had been looking at an historic drubbing when Salah scored his second for 5-1 simply after the hour and maybe they may say that they continued to struggle. They had been in a position to hold the margin of defeat comparatively tight within the context of the yawning chasm that was on show between the groups. James Maddison had scored for 2-1 within the first-half. Dejan Kulusevski, who by no means stopped, and Dominik Solanke bought them again to 5-3 earlier than Díaz’s late second. Don’t be fooled. This was a humbling for Postecoglou.

Slot, who may need gone to Spurs from Feyenoord in Might 2023 just for the golf equipment to fail to agree a compensation bundle, had been so effusive about Postecoglou and his strategy on Friday as to have individuals questioning why. One interpretation: keep on attacking, please, and depart these massive areas on the again.

Liverpool’s domination was virtually complete. Their press was suffocating. At any time when a Spurs participant had the ball, which was not fairly often, he invariably felt the warmth. Slot began Díaz within the No 9 position partly due to his remorseless power, the tone that he units out of possession.

It was additionally about what Liverpool did with the ball. They repeatedly threatened to open Spurs up, to get in across the sides with overlaps. Or by means of extra central areas on the transition. Principally, from any angle.

Díaz’s header for the breakthrough was a magnificence; he was coiled like a spring, virtually side-on, the ability and precision on the discharge an excessive amount of for Fraser Forster. The vicious supply from Trent Alexander-Arnold was not dangerous, both. It was removed from being his solely fantastic go. After what occurred final season, Díaz was forgiven for stealing a look throughout on the assistant referee. He was onside. Then once more ….

Liverpool may have scored a few objectives by then. Salah had a clutch of possibilities, seeing Djed Spence get in the best way as soon as after which once more on one in every of them, hitting the crossbar with one other after a bewitching piece of footwork. There was additionally the second on the very begin when Forster shanked a go straight at Salah, who dragged large.

The second purpose was of a bit with every thing that had gone earlier than, Liverpool with males over on the left. It was Andy Robertson who hung up the cross and Szoboszlai bought a break when he went up with Archie Grey and Spence, the ball looping kindly for Mac Allister. He rose to nod dwelling.

It was a shock when Spurs pulled one again. Kulusevski received possession excessive up off Mac Allister – Liverpool’s cries for a foul had been in useless – and Maddison curled in from the sting of the world. The resumption of the pure order was no shock, Spurs so open after Szoboszlai received a header from Alexander-Arnold’s ball ahead. He saved on operating. Salah performed the go. Szoboszlai was by no means going to overlook.

Postecoglou didn’t change his beginning XI from the Carabao Cup win over Manchester United on Thursday regardless of the supply of Future Udogie; Spence continued at left-back, an enormous vote of confidence for him.

Slot, in contrast, had rotated expertly on Wednesday within the Carabao Cup at Southampton, leaving seven key males on Merseyside and profitable. He recalled six of them to the beginning XI – Curtis Jones was the exception. Liverpool appeared sharper, more energizing. In Postecoglou’s defence, he was nonetheless with out eight gamers.

The sport had been framed to an extent by a protest in opposition to the Spurs chairman, Daniel Levy, on the Excessive Street within the countdown to kick-off; a few hundred diehards set out some banners and chanted aggressively. Inside the bottom, the Spurs help watched by means of their fingers.

Spurs stayed excessive, warning to the coolness wind. Liverpool merely ran by means of them. It was simple to worry for Postecoglou’s workforce when Salah made it 4 after good work by Cody Gakpo. Salah’s second shone an extra mild on Spurs’s recklessness. Why was Radu Dragusin drawn up to now up the pitch to Díaz? Liverpool labored it shortly in behind, Szoboszlai enjoying the decisive go.

Moments earlier, Szoboszlai had run by means of unopposed from midway on to a protracted ball from the goalkeeper, Alisson. It was too simple. Szoboszlai fluffed that opening. As would Díaz when he was clear by means of, lobbing excessive. By then Kulusevki had volleyed in from Solanke’s chipped go and Solanke’s purpose was equally good to observe, a nice volley on the spin. Salah made Díaz’s second purpose and, crazily, it could have ended 6-4 had Alisson not saved neatly from the Spurs substitute, Brennan Johnson.