Liverpool's 6-3 triumph against Tottenham Hotspur proves that the nine are the astir implicit broadside successful the Premier League, and their rubric rivals should fearfulness them, according to Reds adept David Lynch.
Arne Slot's broadside got backmost to winning ways successful the apical formation erstwhile they triumphed distant from location against Spurs, extending their lead implicit second-placed Chelsea astatine the apical of the table to 4 points earlier Christmas contempt having played a crippled less.
While the Merseysiders conceded 3 times, Tottenham could person easy mislaid by a overmuch bigger borderline specified was the dominance of the Reds connected Sunday, with the likes of Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai having produced galore shots connected goal.
Lynch told Sports Mole that helium believes Liverpool's show was their champion of the season, saying: [Liverpool's showing was] arguably the champion and astir ascendant show they've enactment successful truthful acold this play - they conscionable wholly stood connected Tottenham's neck, truly controlled them, didn't look threatened astatine all.
"If you're immoderate of the rubric rivals and you tuned successful for that one, I don't adjacent deliberation you tin instrumentality the 3 goals conceded arsenic encouragement due to the fact that it was conscionable axenic complacency [from Liverpool]. It wasn't structural issues, they conscionable knew that they had the crippled won astatine that point.
"If you've watched that performance, if you're a rubric rival, you're disquieted due to the fact that that looks similar the astir implicit broadside successful the Premier League astatine the moment."
Everton managed to clasp Chelsea to a 0-0 gully connected Sunday, and portion Arsenal yet brushed Crystal Palace aside connected Saturday, the Gunners looked susceptible successful the archetypal fractional and could person conceded much than once.
Analysed: Liverpool's dominance against Spurs
Ange Postecoglou's Spurs had struggled defensively successful caller weeks, with goalkeeper Fraser Forster looking peculiarly retired of spot portion the team's first-choice centre-backs Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven were some unavailable connected Sunday owed to injury.
Luis Diaz and Dominik Szoboszlai took afloat vantage of Tottenham's weaknesses successful the backline, relentlessly pressing Radu Dragusin and Archie Gray, forcing the makeshift cardinal defenders to marque a fig of mistakes.
When asked astir Liverpool's champion performers against Spurs, Lynch was peculiarly glowing successful his reappraisal of Szoboszlai, telling Sports Mole: "It was hard to prime retired your Man of the Match [but] I thought it was Szoboszlai, I thought helium was fantastic. Covered truthful overmuch crushed - arsenic helium ever does - but the mode helium was knitting the play, helium was turning soiled possession into thing [more promising] each the time.
"His extremity typifies that - it's a spot of a hopeful flick guardant and helium gets connected the extremity of it, and past he's the antheral who bursts into the container and finishes it truly coolly. Gets an assistance arsenic well, and helium conscionable dominated Tottenham, ran each implicit them.
"These large games distant from location are conscionable tailor-made for him, with his quality to get each implicit the pitch. It's astir similar having an other antheral successful onslaught and defence astatine times, due to the fact that his vigor is truthful great. We're starting to spot that extremity merchandise from him arsenic well, which is truly invited due to the fact that we've known for a portion he's got that successful him."
Szoboszlai's strength without the shot has ne'er been successful question during his clip astatine Anfield, and though helium came nether scrutiny for his performances earlier this campaign, helium proved connected Sunday precisely wherefore Slot rates him truthful highly.
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Can Liverpool beryllium caught?
When Slot took complaint of the club, galore observers suggested that the Dutchman mightiness person understandably struggled fixed the occurrence erstwhile manager Jurgen Klopp had with the Reds, winning the Champions League and Premier League during his tenure.
However, Liverpool are archetypal successful some the Champions League and Premier League tables and person mislaid conscionable erstwhile successful their 25 matches nether the caller boss, winning 21 times.
The Reds person besides scored the associated astir goals and conceded the associated fewest successful the apical flight, and Lynch expressed his content to Sports Mole that Liverpool volition beryllium assured of winning the title, saying: "If you are watching that and you're a Chelsea instrumentality oregon an Arsenal fan, it's conscionable a interest due to the fact that you've got an full squad determination playing truly well.
"We're getting towards Christmas now, and this is wherever truly you effort and footwear connected and get the rubric won, and Liverpool person got a decent-looking fixture database coming up, truthful it's looking ominous for their rivals.
"City person fallen disconnected completely, but Liverpool person stepped into that void that's been near [and are] the lone squad who are performing astatine a 90-plus points level, which says a batch astir however bully they are."
Perhaps Liverpool could acquisition disruption aboriginal successful the play should idiosyncratic similar Trent Alexander-Arnold person his caput swayed towards Real Madrid, but based connected his show connected Sunday, the vice-captain appears to beryllium afloat committed to his boyhood club.
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