Liverpool go marching on within the Premier League, after a thumping 4-1 thrashing at dwelling to the struggling Ipswich City. A dominant first-half efficiency from Arne Slot’s aspect set them heading in the right direction for victory, and so they 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 correct 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 dwelling into the right-hand nook from exterior of the realm, to offer his aspect 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 bought on the tip of the go on the again submit, took a contact and fired dwelling.
Gakpo bought 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 purpose 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 in opposition to 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 purpose 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 dwelling to double his private tally.
His spectacular exhibiting earned Gakpo a 9/10 ranking from Liverpool World journalist Will Rooney. The journalist described him as ‘rampant’ in opposition to Kieran McKenna’s aspect, 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 ft for his efficiency.
He accomplished 88% of his passes, created one likelihood and accomplished two out of three dribbles. It was an excellent exhibiting, except for his two objectives and help.
Nearly as good as Gakpo performed in opposition to Ipswich, the identical can’t be stated for Luis Diaz, who struggled at Anfield on Saturday afternoon.
Diaz’s stats vs. Ipswich
It was a troublesome day on the workplace for Colombian attacker Diaz. Tasked with main the road in opposition to McKenna’s aspect, the Liverpool quantity seven didn’t actually have a lot of an influence on proceedings, regardless of taking part in as a centre-forward.
He acquired 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 influence issues as he’d have preferred’.
The stats present that he was pretty quiet in opposition to the East Anglian outfit although his aspect 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 did not have a shot.
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Diaz stats vs. Ipswich |
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Stat |
Quantity |
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Touches |
46 |
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Go accuracy |
81% |
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Passes accomplished |
26/32 |
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Dribbles accomplished |
4/8 |
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Duels gained |
5/15 |
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Variety of instances possession misplaced |
14 |
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Photographs |
0 |
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Stats from Sofascore |
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With Liverpool supposedly concentrating on a transfer for Borussia Dortmund winger Jamie Gittens, in keeping with Christian Falk, may time be operating out for Diaz after performances like this?
They’re reportedly contemplating a transfer for the Englishman in the summertime, however perhaps Slot will determine to rush proceedings up and attempt to get a deal achieved this month. Equally, the addition of a brand new centre-forward to oust Diaz from his false 9 berth is also 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 aspect, significantly Gakpo, carried out so properly.
Slot, in the meantime, can be particularly pleased with the Dutchman’s double, because the Reds look to take care of this momentum within the Champions League on Wednesday.
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