Slot now has a Liverpool star who’s playing like the “Firmino of old”

While Chelsea stumbled to a goalless draw away at Everton on Sunday, Liverpool turned on the model on their travels to Tottenham Hotspur to increase their lead on the high of the Premier League to 4 factors.

The ultimate scoreline would swing 6-3 in favour of Arne Slot’s entertainers, as Ange Postecoglou’s depleted Spurs aspect wilted all through to permit the Reds alternative after alternative to make the victory much more emphatic.

It positively wasn’t a recreation for the defenders in North London, with the hosts exhibiting off their firepower in spurts, while Liverpool seemed like scoring each single time they ventured ahead within the hectic affair.

Standout Liverpool attackers

Mohamed Salah’s unbelievable season exhibits no indicators of stopping because the Egyptian magician picked up a shocking two targets and two assists within the high-octane win.

Everybody related to Slot’s table-toppers can be praying that the spellbinding Liverpool winger stays put previous his contract expiring this coming summer time, because the 32-year-old managed to terrorise the hosts all afternoon lengthy with the likes of Djed Spence for Spurs merely greatly surprised by his devastating high quality.

Away from the continued brilliance of the Liverpool quantity 11, Dominik Szoboszlai additionally obtained in on the act with a objective and help of his personal making, while Trent Alexander-Arnold shone when pushing ahead from defence with a shocking 4 key passes collected from his 94 touches of the ball.

Spurs being so open – which had seen them leak 4 to Chelsea at dwelling earlier within the month and three in opposition to Man United a number of days in the past – actually performed into the palms of the away aspect, with Luis Diaz utilizing the competition as a solution to considerably enhance his confidence after some unmemorable particular person shows of late.

He obtained Slot’s males up and operating when his header beat Fraser Forster, with Gary Neville even stating as a commentator for the sport that Diaz performed like “Roberto Firmino of previous” from the centre-forward position, dropping into deep areas and roaming freely within the centre of the pitch

Diaz’s efficiency in numbers

Now enjoying back-to-back Premier League matches as a central ahead, after solely actually being utilised as a winger beforehand at Anfield, Slot might nicely have struck gold on moulding the electrical Colombian into extra of a false 9 profile of gamers based mostly on this 8/10 spectacular exhibiting, because it was judged by the Liverpool Echo.

The Liverpool quantity seven will hope he can go down as a terrific like Firmino when his profession in England is examined down the road, with Diaz already as much as 35 targets for the Reds from 121 clashes after notching up this brace versus Spurs.

Nearly all of these had come from that acquainted left wing spot, however with 5 strikes from 5 now in that new striker place, Slot can be silly to not persist with Diaz right here as he now goals to copy Firmino’s goalscoring heroics up high.

The Brazilian would bow out from his celebrated time at Anfield with 90 targets amassed from the centre-forward spot, together with his capability to complete off probabilities in a blink of an eye fixed paying homage to Diaz at Spurs, who was in the proper place on the proper time to energy dwelling Alexander-Arnold’s inviting cross.

Subsequently, Slot will hope he has discovered a everlasting striker he can depend on away from holding his fingers crossed for the enigmatic Darwin Nunez to come back good.

In spite of everything, the ex-Porto star would continually pepper Forster with seven photographs registered from simply 47 touches of the ball, together with his header on the day amazingly his first objective in league motion because the center of September. Additionally precisely finishing 88% of his passes, it is secure to say it was a wonderful day on the workplace.

Now, Slot will pray a purple patch of kind is coming for his new possibility up high, as Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s Leicester Metropolis start to concern a pasting is on the playing cards on Boxing Day.