ANFIELD — The Carabao Cup is not a competition that has inspired many songs at Anfield. Here, the currency of their silverware is measured in European Cups and league championships.
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Read MoreNewcastle, nearing 70 years without a domestic trophy, would have preferred Tottenham to have clung on the one-goal advantage they held after the first leg in London. They would have backed themselves to overcome a patched-up Spurs side, fumbling for form. This slick relentless red machine represents another degree of difficulty entirely.
Now, without their two first-choice centre-halves and facing perhaps the best side in Europe, it was imperative that Tottenham either scored first or held out long enough for Liverpool to start panicking.
That was an equation that always appeared beyond Tottenham and they lasted until five minutes after the interval when Antonin Kinsky brought down Darwin Nunez as he ran onto Mohamed Salah’s pass. Salah himself did the rest from the penalty spot.
As the cameras panned to the figure of the Tottenham chairman, Daniel Levy, slumped in his seat, the Kop began singing: “London Bridge is falling down, poor old Tottenham.”
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Read MoreFacing Liverpool without 10 first-team players was no place for Angeball, even from Ange Postecoglou, who wisely decided that his “non-negotiable” attacking tactics were suddenly negotiable.
Mathys Tel, brought on loan from Bayern Munich, began on the bench but was brought on when Richarlison broke down in the first half. His Everton connections meant the Brazilian was given some fairly vile abuse as he limped off. Both will have easier games.
How many more games Postecoglou gets is open to question. As he stood stock still by the touchline, Anfield taunted the Tottenham head coach that he would be “sacked in the morning”. With Levy, someone, sometime usually is.
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