Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham (4-1 agg): Carabao Cup semi-final, second leg

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That’s all for tonight. Thanks for your company and emails – goodnight.

Liverpool fully deserved the victory, they were the far better team. We weren’t able to get a grip on the game, defensively or with the ball. They were too good for us.

We allowed them to get into the game. We didn’t start the game off on the right foot and we weren’t as aggressive as we needed to be. We allowed them to get comfortable and once that happened it was very difficult for us to wrest control back.

We needed to be braver with and without the ball. It’s easier said than done at a place like this against a very good Liverpool team.

I’m disappointed we didn’t give a better account of ourselves. The players are the same – we had a great opportunity and unfortunately we didn’t grab it.

There’s still plenty to play for. We’ve got a big game at Villa on Sunday and that’s where our focus goes.

David Hytner’s report

On Sky Sports, the former Spurs players Jamie Redknapp and Michael Dawson are nailing Spurs – who didn’t have a shot on target – for going down without a fight. I’m not sure, I thought they were just overwhelmed by a fantastic, relentless opponent. They could have played better in possession, certainly, but that’s not the same as a lack of fight.

Cody Gakpo’s reaction

We know with the quality we have we’ll get big chances and hopefully score. It was a very good performance from the whole team and a great win.

The crowd helped us a lot – they give us extra energy again and again.

We’re on the right track but we have to take it game by game, step by step. We’re in one final and we still have a lot to play for. We need to stay calm and focussed.

We’re in a good flow. It’s about consistency; we have to keep the momentum.

Liverpool will meet Newcastle at Wembley on 16 March after a crushing victory at Anfield. They were far too good for an injury-hit Spurs and, though it took a while for the goals to come, there was a feeling of inevitability when they did. Cody Gakpo, Mo Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk got the goals; there could have been more.

90+1 min Son, 20 yards out, curls a decent effort onto the roof of the net. Kelleher probably had it covered.

90 min Three minutes of added time.

88 min Liverpool v Newcastle will be a cracking final. They drew 3-3 recently in the Premier League and meet at Anfield three weeks before Wembley. The famous 1974 FA Cup final is their only previous meeting at Wembley (I think).

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87 min: Liverpool substitution Jarell Quansah replaces the mighty Virgil van Dijk.

86 min Szoboszlai’s free-kick is headed wide by Jota, who should probably have done better.

84 min Jota’s shot deflects into the side netting at the near post. Spurs look out on their feet.

83 min On reflection, it was naive to expect a Spurs side missing at least five and arguably seven of their strongest XI to live with the best team in Europe.

82 min: Spurs substitution Mikey Moore for Ben Davies.

82 min: Double substitution Harvey Elliott and Luis Diaz replace Mo Salah and Cody Gakpo.

And that’s Blockbusters. Virgil van Dijk, who headed the winner in last year’s final, nods Mac Allister’s booming corner into the net to put the seal on a devastating Liverpool performance.

van Dijk scores from a corner to make it four! Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

Yipee! Photograph: Carl Recine/Getty Images

79 min After another smooth Liverpool move, Robertson’s shot from the edge of the area deflects over the bar off Porro. In their penetration but also their patience, Liverpool have been fantastic tonight.

78 min: Son hits the bar! Out of nothing, an explosive reminder of Son Heung-min’s threat. He runs onto a long ball down the left, cuts inside, beats Konate with a stepover and rams a left-foot shot from a tight angle that thumps the crossbar almost before Kelleher can move.

Mac Allister moved past his man on the halfway line and played a nice angled pass to Bradley, who moade a superb off-tbe-ball run from full-back into the centre. He moved it first time through to Szoboszlai, who took a touch and simply passed the ball into the far corner. Like a knife through butter.

Dominik Szoboszlai seals victory with a beautiful team goal!

Dominik Szoboszlai finishes a great move to make it three! Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

Dominik Szoboszlai jumps for joy. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

74 min: Gravenberch hits the post! Liverpool work the ball back and forth, 25 yards from goal, before Gravenberch takes a touch and whips an excellent shot that beats the diving Kinsky and bounces off the outside of the left-hand post.

73 min Liverpool have had eight shots on target to Spurs’ none. Son in particular has been sadly ineffective; there’s a good case for bringing on Mikey Moore in his place.

72 min: Double substitution for Liverpool Diogo Jota and Alexis Mac Allister replace Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones.

71 min An awkward cross from Gray is flapped over the bar by Kelleher.

70 min Robertson’s corner is headed over at the near post by Konate, under a lot of pressure from Bentancur.

68 min Spence has looked quite good since moving to the right wing. He cuts inside Robertson, then moves back outside and sprays a shot over the bar from a tight angle.

66 min Spurs had a decent little spell straight after Salah’s goal but Liverpool are back in control now. Even so, they won’t feel truly comfortable unless they make it 3-1 on aggregate.

65 min By the way Kinsky did get something on the ball before bringing down Nunez for the penalty. But it’s usually the case in the modern game that a very slight touch isn’t enough to invalidate the trip that follows. Whether that’s just, I haven’t a clue. Nunez would have got to the ball, albeit probably not in a goalscoring position, had he not been tripped.

63 min: Gakpo hits the post! Liverpool take control again. The ball is worked from right to left towards Gakpo, who smashes a left-foot shot from a very tight angle. Kinsky gets enough on it to push it onto the outside of the far post and away.

61 min Bradley nutmegs Bentancur and hammers a cutback that is poked into the side netting by Nunez. Again, a tough chance.

61 min Gakpo’s chipped cross is headed straight at Kinsky by Szoboszlai, 12 yards out. A tough chance.

59 min Spurs are having more of the ball now, partly with Liverpool’s consent. Bentancur shoots high and wide from distance.

58 min In fact Gray has gone to left-back, with Spence moving to right wing and Kulusevski to No10. Big Ange isn’t going to die wondering.

57 min: Double substitution for Spurs Lucas Bergvall and Pedro Porro replace Yves Bissouma and Pape Sarr. I guess Archie Gray will move into midfield.

56 min “Go Kuroda taking Machida Zelvia to their first-ever promotion to the J1 League in his debut season two years ago with some robust long ball in-the-mixer stuff,” says Paul Griffin. “They call him the Japanese John Beck, according to sources in my head. Absolutely fuming that you missed this.”

It’s even more impressive because he took over from the actual John Beck.

55 min Tel makes a good run down the inside-right channel and smashes a cross that deflects behind off Konate. Kulusevski’s inswinger doesn’t beat Nunez at the near post.

54 min “Shout out to Dave Mackay winning the title at Derby in 1974-75 after taking over from Mr Clough?” says Tom Hopkins. “Another insider in a sense, but taking over in rather more chaotic circumstances.”

53 min Spurs know they have to play now, but it will be hard to find any attacking rhythm after defending solidly for almost an hour.

Mo Salah scores emphatically, curling the ball into the top-left corner. “I think that’s what you call unstoppable!!” says Alan Smith on Sky. Kinsky went the wrong way but it didn’t matter; that was almost the perfect penalty.