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February 7 – A commanding efficiency from Liverpool noticed them cruise to a 4-0 victory over Spurs at Anfield on Thursday, securing their spot within the EFL Cup ultimate at Wembley the place they may face Newcastle United March 16 as they appear to retain the cup they received final season.
For Liverpool’s head coach, Arne Slot, this marks his first shot at silverware, following a powerful debut season in English soccer that has seen him lose simply three aggressive matches.
Then again, for Ange Postecoglou, this defeat comes as a painful setback. Regardless of a promising win over Brentford within the Premier League on Sunday, the loss to Liverpool provides one other powerful low to his tenure.
“I assume that Liverpool deserved the victory,” mentioned Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou after the complete time whistle. “They had been the much better group – we weren’t in a position to get a grip of the sport.
“We allowed them to get into the sport and we weren’t as aggressive as we wanted to be. We didn’t get the sport began off in the appropriate footing.
“It was very tough for us to wrestle that management again.”
While the problems at Spurs proceed to thicken, Liverpool continued to impress. There was a sure diploma of expectation that Liverpool would undo Spurs’ 1-0 benefit heading into the Anfield leg, however what we witnessed was a bodily and tactical dismantling.
With out lots of his star gamers because of damage, as he has achieved for a lot of the season, Postecoglou had no reply for Liverpool’s assault, comprised of in-form Cody Gakpo, the ultra-reliable Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez, who completely ran his socks off.
In truth, Spurs had been unable to land a single shot on the right track, with Reds teen Conor Bradley notably spectacular within the absence of Trent Alexander-Arnold on the appropriate hand aspect.
Liverpool will now look to the ultimate at Wembley on the sixteenth of March. Lately, the Reds have had a powerful document on the house of English soccer, with a 100% win charge of their final three visits – choosing up two EFL cups and an FA Cup within the course of underneath former coach Jurgen Klopp.
“It’s all the time good to play a ultimate,” Liverpool boss Arne Slot mentioned.
“We are available in each day, we attempt to enhance the group. The gamers attempt so arduous to enhance themselves, however in the long run it’s about reaching finals and profitable issues.”
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