Liverpool thrash Tottenham to reach Carabao Cup final as Mo Salah reaction speaks volumes

LIVERPOOL 4-0 TOTTENHAM: Goals from Cody Gakpo, Mo Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk ensured Arne Slot's winning instrumentality keeps rolling arsenic they enactment successful contention for a Quadruple

Mo Salah sank to his knees, kissed the turf and soaked successful different glorious nighttime astatine Anfield.

Salah scored his 26th extremity of the play from the punishment spot to steer Liverpool towards Wembley and the accidental of much past successful the Carabao Cup. Liverpool person already won the trophy a grounds 10 times and present they are successful the hunt for much erstwhile they spell head-to-head with Newcastle connected March 16.

But it is besides a accidental for much silverware for Salah arsenic Liverpool are chasing glory connected 4 fronts with their Egyptian king successful the signifier of his life. Salah, 32, is cherishing these moments due to the fact that his declaration is moving down and yet that seems to person lone made him much focused connected winning arsenic overmuch arsenic helium can.

It is hard to judge this volition beryllium his past play astatine Anfield due to the fact that helium is irreplaceable. But Salah is determined to marque the astir of it successful the rubric race, Carabao Cup, FA Cup and Champions League. This semi-final 2nd limb was earlier Sunday’s travel to Plymouth successful the FA Cup and past the Merseyside derby astatine Goodison Park adjacent Wednesday.

It would beryllium casual to presume the Everton crippled - Liverpool’s crippled successful manus connected the remainder of their rubric challengers - is their astir important. And it astir apt is. But determination is simply nary let-up for Arne Slot ’s unstoppable winning instrumentality successful each crippled they play. You astir had to consciousness a spot atrocious for Tottenham due to the fact that Liverpool toyed with Ange Postecoglou’s men astatine times.

So overmuch for Big Ange’s committedness that helium ever wins a trophy successful his 2nd play astatine each club. Tottenham kissed goodbye to their changeable astatine the Carabao Cup with an each excessively acquainted surrender astatine Anfield. They bash person the Europa League and the FA Cup but their chances are disappearing.

Postecoglou’s men person present managed conscionable 1 triumph successful their past 28 trips to Anfield - and ne'er remotely looked similar improving that record. In fact, Spurs did not look to person overmuch of a program fto unsocial a Plan B. Once the archetypal Liverpool extremity went in, their champion anticipation was to clasp retired for penalties. That did not past agelong either.

In fairness to Postecoglou, they bash person a crippling wounded list, a patched-up defence with caller £20.8m signing Kevin Danso making his debut astatine centre fractional and it volition not beryllium a crippled helium volition privation to remember. Nor indebtedness signing Mathys Tel either arsenic helium made his debut arsenic a substitute.

Tottenham were overwhelmed and Salah and Co volition instrumentality immoderate stopping. Slot has worked miracles since taking complaint and they are conscionable truthful accordant and supra everyone other successful the Premier League and astir apt Europe. Virgil van Dijk was arguably fortunate to get distant with an elbow connected Richarlison but, aft that controversy, this was each Liverpool. It was excessively easy. Just look astatine the scoreline.

Liverpool were up aft 34 minutes. Yves Bissouma mislaid possession, Salah enactment implicit a transverse from the right, Nunez missed it and past Cody Gakpo fired successful from adjacent range. Tottenham’s slender archetypal limb pb was wiped out. The crippled was past turned connected its caput aft 51 minutes. Salah played the shot implicit the top, Nunez nipped successful earlier Kinsky and the Spurs keeper duly wiped him out. Salah smashed the punishment into the apical corner.

Dominik Szoboszlai made it 3-0 connected the night. Conor Bradley played the shot into his way and the Liverpool midfielder strode done to occurrence location to headdress a superb idiosyncratic display. Tottenham had the temerity to deed the woodwork done Son Heung-min earlier Liverpool got a fourth. Alexis Mac Allister enactment implicit a country and determination was the majestic van Dijk to emergence supra everyone to people and implicit the rout.

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