Liverpool go marching on within the Premier League, after a thumping 4-1 thrashing at house to the struggling Ipswich City. A dominant first-half efficiency from Arne Slot’s facet set them on track for victory, they usually solidified that within the second half, choosing up one other three factors after a commanding show.
Dominil Szoboszlai opened the scoring early on for the Reds, choosing up the ball in the proper half-space after a wise go between the traces from Ibrahima Konate. The Hungarian midfielder shifted the ball on his left foot earlier than firing house into the right-hand nook from exterior of the world, to offer his facet the lead.
It’s going to come as no shock that Liverpool‘s second got here from the boot of Mohamed Salah. He now has an outrageous 40 objectives and assists in all competitions this season, together with his newest coming from a cross by Cody Gakpo. Salah acquired on the tip of the go on the again put up, took a contact and fired house.
Gakpo acquired himself on the scoresheet twice, scoring Liverpool’s third simply earlier than halftime after which including a fourth simply previous the hour mark. A late objective from Jacob Greaves, assisted by new signing Julio Enciso, got here too late for Ipswich.
It was an excellent efficiency from the Reds, led fantastically by Gakpo.
Gakpo’s efficiency vs. Ipswich
Earlier than the sport towards Ipswich at Anfield, Gakpo had 12 objectives and 4 assists in 31 video games in all competitions for Liverpool. He can now add two objectives and an help to that tally after a stellar efficiency.
His first objective was pretty easy, a tap-in after the ball was parried away by Tractor Boys goalkeeper Christian Walton. His second confirmed nice centre-forward intuition, getting on the tip of a Trent Alexander-Arnold cross and heading house to double his private tally.
His spectacular displaying earned Gakpo a 9/10 ranking from Liverpool World journalist Will Rooney. The journalist described him as ‘rampant’ towards Kieran McKenna’s facet, explaining he was met with a standing ovation upon being substituted.
The Dutchman’s stats from the sport, courtesy of Sofascore, highlighted precisely why the Liverpool followers had been on their toes for his efficiency.
He accomplished 88% of his passes, created one likelihood and accomplished two out of three dribbles. It was an excellent displaying, apart from his two objectives and help.
Pretty much as good as Gakpo performed towards Ipswich, the identical can’t be mentioned for Luis Diaz, who struggled at Anfield on Saturday afternoon.
Diaz’s stats vs. Ipswich
It was a tricky day on the workplace for Colombian attacker Diaz. Tasked with main the road towards McKenna’s facet, the Liverpool quantity seven didn’t actually have a lot of an impression on proceedings, regardless of enjoying as a centre-forward.
He obtained a ranking of simply 6/10 from Rooney, who defined that he was ‘pretty quiet for a lot of the primary half’. Though he defined Diaz did enhance after half-time, he merely ‘couldn’t impression issues as he’d have favored’.
The stats present that he was pretty quiet towards the East Anglian outfit although his facet managed to place 4 previous their opponents. Diaz had 46 touches and gained simply 5 out of 15 duels. He misplaced possession 14 instances and didn’t have a shot.
Diaz stats vs. Ipswich | |
|---|---|
Stat | Quantity |
Touches | 46 |
Move accuracy | 81% |
Passes accomplished | 26/32 |
Dribbles accomplished | 4/8 |
Duels gained | 5/15 |
Variety of instances possession misplaced | 14 |
Photographs | 0 |
Stats from Sofascore | |
With Liverpool supposedly concentrating on a transfer for Borussia Dortmund winger Jamie Gittens, in keeping with Christian Falk, may time be working out for Diaz after performances like this?
They’re reportedly contemplating a transfer for the Englishman in the summertime, however possibly Slot will resolve to rush proceedings up and attempt to get a deal completed this month. Equally, the addition of a brand new centre-forward to oust Diaz from his false 9 berth may be on the agenda, with an improve in that position nonetheless seemingly wanted.
Regardless, it was a disappointing efficiency from the Colombian on a day when the remainder of his facet, notably Gakpo, carried out so properly.
Slot, in the meantime, shall be particularly proud of the Dutchman’s double, because the Reds look to take care of this momentum within the Champions League on Wednesday.
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