A great qualification, Arne Slott’s first final at Liverpool’s technical helm is a fact! “They “crushed” Tottenham 4-0 at Anfield, they “ran them over” from the first to the last minute, had four goals, two goals, two crosses (Postecoglou’s team also had one), and are deservedly in the League Cup final!
Fifth game in a row in the competition scored by Cody Huckpo, Nunes was excellent, four different scorers in the game for the Reds!
Liverpool have done it, Liverpool are in the League Cup final and will face Newcastle, with a view to winning their first trophy under Arne Slott!
To do that and get to Wembley, they knew they had to turn around their 1-0 first semi-final loss to Tottenham, be unstoppable and win that ticket. And not only did they do it, but they did it convincingly and with characteristic ease, as the final 4-0 score, combined with the two crosses, highlights!
But how did we get to this point? After a first 25 minutes without any particularly good moments, the home side turned up the heat and ran their opponents into the ground.
They had an important moment with Salah on 26′, with the ball finding Bishuma, Núñez’s header on 29′, the Uruguayan’s final effort and Soboslai’s goal that was disallowed! All this in the space of four minutes.
Another good moment followed with Salah on 32′, but 60 seconds later, the moment had come. The Egyptian found Huckpo and his 5th consecutive game scoring in the League Cup was a fact. Impeccable finishing, no room for reaction for Kinski.
Contrast that with the 44th minute play, when Salah fired a “cracking” shot, but the Tottenham keeper saved a corner.
At the start of the “second half”, Liverpool continued to be terribly pressing, threatened in the first phase of the half with Salah and eventually found a second goal with a penalty, which was won by Darwin Nunes.
The Uruguayan’s contribution to the game was excellent, he took the infringement, helped with the stopping action with headers he took and it was only a matter of time before Liverpool found a third goal with him on the pitch! However, Huckpo’s effort on 62 minutes was stopped by the post and from 70 minutes onwards, Arne Slott started making changes.
Tottenham tried to go forward timidly, Tel made his debut without looking like it and Liverpool started to find space, with Hrafenberg also having a cross in the 74th minute.
What didn’t happen then took place 120 seconds later, with Liverpool hiding the ball and Soboslay putting the ball into the net on 76 minutes.
“The qualification was “locked”, the game was “wiped out”, despite Sean’s cross in 78′ and Van Dijk’s 4-0 in 81′, and just like that, Liverpool celebrated another great result at Anfield, now ready to claim their first trophy under Arne Slott!
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