Jamie Carragher labels three Tottenham players a disgrace in Liverpool mauling

Tottenham were thrashed 4-0 astatine Liverpool successful the Carabao Cup semi-final connected Thursday night, with Jamie Carragher labelling 3 Spurs midfielders a ‘disgrace’ for their performance.

It was implicit dominance for the Reds astatine Anfield and that translated to a one-sided scoreline acknowledgment to goals from Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk.

Spurs had won the archetypal limb 1-0 successful northbound London, but it was hard to ideate however they managed that aft watching the 2nd contest.

Carragher was stunned with however mediocre Tottenham’s midfield was astatine Anfield, slamming the performances of the cardinal trio of Yves Bissouma, Rodrigo Bentancur and Pape Sarr.

It was not a disapproval of their quality, but the Reds fable couldn’t judge their deficiency of strength and aggression against superior opposition.

‘When I looked astatine those 3 midfield players contiguous I thought they were a disgrace, those Tottenham midfield players,’ Carragher told Sky Sports.

‘You’re playing a semi-final. First 15 minutes-half an hour, Liverpool volition beryllium connected the ball, enactment you nether pressure, but get aft them, beryllium aggressive.

‘Maybe hide the shot the archetypal fractional an hr but beryllium aggressive, adjacent f you’re camped successful your ain half. It was inactive truthful casual for Liverpool to get to the borderline of the box. Those midfield players didn’t adjacent enactment a situation in. It was shocking.’

Carragher was baffled by however casual it was for Liverpool, adjacent saying that Accrington Stanley were a much hard proposition successful the FA Cup earlier this seaosn.

‘I deliberation of a cupful necktie Liverpool played astatine location a fewer weeks agone successful the FA Cup,’ helium said. ‘Liverpool didn’t play their champion team, but I deliberation Accrington Stanley gave much than Tottenham contiguous and gave Liverpool much of a problem. That’s not right.’

Spurs brag Ange Postecoglou sounded similar helium agreed with Carragher, astatine slightest to immoderate extent, besides recognising the deficiency of aggression.

The information that helium dragged disconnected Sarr and Bissouma earlier the hour-mark besides illustrated what helium thought of their performances.

‘Liverpool afloat deserved the triumph tonight,’ helium told Sky Sports. ‘They were the amended team. We conscionable weren’t capable to get a grip successful immoderate portion of the crippled defensively oregon with the ball. They were excessively bully for us.

‘We allowed them to get into the game, we weren’t assertive arsenic we needed to be. Again, we didn’t commencement the crippled disconnected connected the close foot, it allowed them to get comfortable. Once they got comfortable, it was hard for america to get immoderate power back.’

Former Liverpool and Spurs midfielder Jamie Redknapp added: ‘We expected much from Tottenham tonight. I cannot get my caput astir them not having 1 changeable connected people successful a semi final.

‘I cognize it is hard due to the fact that you person a one-goal pb and you are coming to Anfield, but successful the archetypal fractional they are trying to play it retired from the back, the goalkeeper is edgy and the midfield ne'er showed immoderate courageousness to get connected the shot and marque things happen.

‘They were truthful abject and it wasn’t the inexperienced players, it was the experienced ones.’

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