Liverpool head coach Arne Slot hailed his team’s display as they beat the Blues 4-1 at Anfield as “almost a perfect performance”.

The Premier League leaders dominated from the off and were 3-0 in front at half-time, adding a fourth after the break with Jacob Greaves pulling one back for Town with a header from debutant sub Julio Enciso’s corner in the final minute.

Slot felt the opening goal coming in the 11th minute, via Dominik Szoboszlai was key to making it such a comfortable afternoon for the Reds, who are now unbeaten in 18 in the Premier League.

“Yeah, that’s mostly because we scored an early goal,” he said. “It’s been a few times now that we played a home game that we conceded a goal in the start of the game, but I think today is the way you want to start the game: we were aggressive, dominant.

“For 85 minutes they have hardly been in our half, I think. It is a counter-attack threat with the wingers they have and with [Liam] Delap but we managed to control that so, so, so well because of the amount of work we have put in.

“In the end, we are all a bit disappointed with conceding [from] a corner – the first one this season – but for 85 minutes it was almost a perfect performance, against a team that goes to such a low block. That’s not always easy then, but the way we did it for 85 minutes was really good.”

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Whos_blue added 10:13 - Jan 26 That's a fair assessment. Complete domination in all areas but we scored a goal (many others won't) and have come away relatively intact. Much bigger fish to fry.
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bobble added 10:48 - Jan 26 Still thinking pool will chuck the lead away 5 games from the end....
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Westy added 11:39 - Jan 26 Liverpool are Premiership Champions elect. To go to Anfield and lose by 3 goals is not a disgrace. Granted, Liverpool made substitutions when the game was won and always looked like they had something else in the locker but Forest lost 5-0 to Bournmouth. Glad we got a goal and at least the travelling fans had something to celebrate, albeit consolation. Wolves and Southampton lost yesterday with Leicester away at Tottenham today. It's basically a race between the bottom four to finish seventeenth and avoid relegation. I honestly believe we will be the most improved team in the second half of the season of the bottom four.

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johnwarksshorts added 12:33 - Jan 26 What a great manager. Hope they go on and win the prem. Not many teams can live with that performance.
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algarvefan added 14:09 - Jan 26 For me Liverpool are such a great footballing team and a great club, a proper community outfit too. Something for Town to aspire to. Yesterday was no disgrace and I think the goal at the end of the game will have lifted us a little too. Onwards and hopefully upwards, whatever happens I'm still proud to be a Town fan, we still have much respect in many grounds for our football and our fans.

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Gforce added 17:20 - Jan 26 They should dominate from start to finish, when their squad cost the best part of a billion quid. Bring back the 70s and 80s,when it was an even playing field.
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aas1010 added 18:14 - Jan 26 Klopp did most off that work , slot just walked in and did a bit off work
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