The boys recently came off at the back of a crucial top of the table match against Tottenham Hotspurs as victors. Just barely 62 hours later, we have an early match on a Saturday, but the Reds in their groovy third kit kept the momentum up with a masterclass display of dominance.
In this show of relentless attacking, Liverpool came off with an all time away record win of 7-0 in the premier league and the first time the team won by a 7 goal margin. And in this game, 3 of the forwards found their hold and 2 of them finally broke the duck.
Liverpool
Takumi Minamino - 3", assisted by Sadio Mane
Sadio Mane - 36", assisted by Bobby Firmino
Bobby Firmino - 45", assisted by Andrew Robertson
Jordan Henderson - 50" assisted by Trent Alexander Arnold
Bobby Firmino - 59" assisted by Mohamed Salah
Mohamed Salah - 80" assisted by Joel Matip
Mohamed Salah - 84" assisted by Alex Oxlade Chamberlain
It was a massive team game, with a grand total of 9 different players contributing to goals that led to this massive route. And to be honest, it's not that we are just that good, Palace were simply awful which alone attributed to this humiliation.
PLAYER RATINGS
Alisson Becker - 7, had relatively little to do in goal apart from a couple of routines and that patch of time during the 1st half when Crystal Palace seemingly had the better spell of the game.
Trent Alexander Arnold - 9, assisted a goal for Henderson and later initiated with the corner that led to Matip and Salah's involvement in the 6th Goal.
Joel Matip - 8 Imperious and he himself had an assist following a corner from Alexander Arnold. Paired well with Fabinho once again. But really defensively there was nothing that he really needed to do as Palace simply gave up after Henderson's goal.
Fabinho - 8 Along with Matip, had really nothing much to do. However he nearly gifted a goal from Zaha to Ayew. He did get away with it though.
Robertson - 8. Launched an awesome counter attack, classic Liverpool style that led to him assisting for Firmino's 1st goal. As many assists as Kevin De Bruyne since the start of 18/19. And for crying out loud, he's only a left back!
Jordan Henderson - 10. A Captain's performance and really dictated the whole match in terms of his tempo. And oh my goodness, that goal was a thing of a beauty, again outside the 18 yard box. Always the one barking orders, like a true reflection of Jurgen Klopp himself. No one really gives Hendo the credit he actually deserves and to be honest, it took me a long time to warm up to Henderson's work rate. And since the start of 18/19 season, he has been putting good shifts in.
Gini Wijnaldum - 7. One of the quieter performers since most of the work was done by Henderson. Then again he had been playing so relentlessly for weeks straight, so 20 minutes before full time was given a needed break.
Naby Keita - 8. Nice to see him back in the squad and being the secondary engine with Henderson. Still finding his rhythm but according to stats he did win 100% of his tackles and duels in this game. Definitely needs more game time if he needs to get match fit again after being out for so long.
Takumi Minamino - 9. Started ahead of Salah and he was a constant menace and set up the Reds atmosphere with a VERY early goal. Happy for the guy, it is his first Premier League goal. Been excellent all game.
Bobby Firmino - 10. In red hot form, carrying on his momentum from the Tottenham game where he scored the injury time header, he was a monster again creating all sorts of problems for the Palace defense. 2 Goals and 1 assist is a good day in the office for him. If he hadn't been subbed he could have tried for a Hat Trick. But Bobby's not complaining, compared to...
Sadio Mane - 9. Yeah, this guy. I can understand he is always hungry, maybe abit too hungry. That explains why he was abit upset when he got subbed. However doesn't take away the gloss that he also put up a good show with 1 goal and 1 assist. And a timely manner to break his goal scoring draught thanks to stupid VAR calls.
SUBSTITUTES
Mohamed Salah - 9. Guy is just not stopping eh? He achieved the same amount of goal contributions as Firmino in a shorter amount of time, also a brace and 1 assist. And of all goals that he put in, 1 header from another header, and a 2nd beautiful curler in the same manner he did that against Chelsea a couple seasons ago. To be honest, Salah didn't need to come in, but ah well, some game time is also good for his confidence.
Alex Oxlade Chamberlain - 8. Another one to make his comeback from Injury. And even in his brief cameo, he notched an assist to Salah's jaw dropping goal.
Curtis Jones - 6 Came in place of Gini Wijnaldum, didn't really have anything to do except to allow Gini to have a break.
NEXT GAME:
West Bromwich Albion
Venue: Anfield
Time: 27th December 4.30pm GMT, 1230am SGT
This may be a tricky fixture as this is Sam Alladyce's first game as WBA's head coach. And Klopp knows all too well, and mentioned that any team with Big Sam will be a challenging match.
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