Jamie Redknapp said it best: “I can't remember a team in my life with less fight than Spurs did today.”
Yes indeed, Tottenham was brutally exhausted by an unbridled Liverpool in the semi-final humiliation on Thursday evening the Carabao Cup.
Spurs gave a shock 1-0 lead of the first stage and were never really in the draw at Anfield.
And when Cody Gakpo stabbed the opener of the Reds home to level the score on aggregated, everyone just seemed to know that writing was on the wall.
Mohamed Salah converted a penalty early in the second half to take the total lead, before Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk brought the score 4-0 to create salt in the seepy wound of Spurs.
Liverpool was best on their sparkling: winning the ball back on the high press, Pinging Pinpoint -Passen and breaking with a frightening pace. They sometimes made spurs look non-league.
Arne Slot inherited a team that many believed that it would struggle to crack the top four.
Nevertheless, the Reds won the 36-team Champions League group, are six points clearly at the top of the Premier League with a match in hand, are in the Carabao Cup final and prepare for their FA Cup fourth round with Plymouth.
But for almost Liverpool in the night, my goodness Tottenham allowed them to look like 2010-11 Barcelona with a dash of heavy metal gegenpress.
Spurs looked like a team without tactics, no structure, no idea …
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When Ange Postecoglou took over from Tottenham, he was quickly implementing his own style and loved the first success.
The Australian boss had a plan and would not turn his back on immediate success.
However, Spurs was everywhere against Liverpool in Anfield – literally.
Ange listed his XI in his usual 4-3-3, with a considerable amount of width with two full backs and two wing players.
Nevertheless, the average positions of all 11 players were desperately central.
Son Heung-Min was the widest player in the night-geading just left of the center circle.
But 'full-backs' Djed Spence and Archie Gray ultimately played astonishingly central central.
That was partly caused by playing spence – as Redknapp said it – “14 different positions” in the night.
But Gray is a central midfielder who is constantly played out of position due to injuries. Credit to the 18 -year -old for his adaptability, versatility … and general skills!
Son was also the player who stiffly ventured forward … On average, a break over half the line.
Of course, Liverpool does not allow teams to breathe and are rarely outdated, while their counter -striking speed and bravery can lead to a lack of shape.
But the average position card ensures embarrassing reading.
And then there is the Mathys Tel -problem …
The signing of the January from Bayern Munich, 19, has not scored no goal this season.
Yet there was a lot of demand for the striker, in which Spurs against Manchester United and Arsenal fought for his signing.
Spurs fans were worried about paying £ 10 million for a loan agreement of three and a half months, but Postecoglou claimed Adamant that the French teenage would be in the club for years.
Tel climbed out of the couch in the first half after an injury – yes another traces of injury – to Richarlison.
Van Tel was expected to lead the line, as the Brazilian had done centrally.
And yet, according to his heat map and touch, most of the night spent the left-hand back position … and a small piece on the right wing.
All in all, Tel-the Center-Forward Ange had so desperate desirable one touch of the ball in the box, in a non-ZO-Dangled position wide on the right and it hardly came to the middle of the field.
Again, Liverpool's stellar game led to what counter-op-de-wall things from Tottenham-as proven by their “unforgivable” effort of Nulschoten on Doel.
But chasing the game, with a cup final on the line, after almost three decades without a trophy, with millions of people looking …
Just give up apparently? It is unforgivable … and in the coming days it will certainly lead to a big debrief in North Londs.
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