Liverpool (4) 4-0 (1) Tottenham Hotspur – Carabao Cup result as Reds thrash Spurs to move into final

Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk scored the goals as Liverpool walloped an insipid Spurs 4-0 at Anfield, easily overturning the one-goal first-leg deficit.

Liverpool immediately seized control of the game, Spurs allowing them the run of midfield. Though they did not create many chances early on, it was inevitable that the pressure would eventually tell and on 34 minutes, Gakpo finished smartly after good work from Salah, Jones and Darwin Nunez.

The notion of a Spurs' improvement was dispelled as soon as the second half started, Liverpool again assuming control with no opposition.

They went ahead in the tie on 51 minutes when Salah creamed home a penalty after Antonin Kinsky bought down Nunez, and made it safe 15 minutes from time when Szoboszlai rounded off a fine move.

Arne Slot's side even added a gratuitous fourth on 80 minutes when Van Dijk headed home from a corner.

So Liverpool go through to meet Newcastle at Wembley - a match in which they will face precisely the kind of physical examination Spurs shied away from in Merseyside. Where they go from here is less obvious.

Ange Postecoglou spoke to Sky Sports after the full-time whistle, and said Liverpool were full value for the heavy victory.

"Ultimately Liverpool fully deserved the victory tonight. They were the better team. We just weren't able to get a grip in any part of the game defensively or with the ball. They were too good for us.

"We allowed them to get into the game, we weren't aggressive as we needed to be. Again, we didn't start the game off on the right foot, it allowed them to get comfortable. Once they got comfortable, it was difficult for us to get some control back."

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Speaking to Sky Sports, he says Liverpool are in good flow, they need to take it game-by-game because they want to win as much silverware as possible.

"I think the stadium helped a lot. We knew we had to come back. We went out there and tried to bring as much chances as possible. With the quality we have, we know we are going to get chances. It was a great win.

"They [fans] helped us a lot and it gives us extra energy. We are very happy with these fans.

"We are on the right track, but we have to take it game-by-game. Today it was a good job done - we are in one final, but we have a lot to play for.

"We are in a good flow at the moment, but we have to keep going. You know how football goes and it's about consistency. We have to keep the momentum."

Newcastle have goals in them and will get after it. As for Spurs, I can't get over how weak they were tonight. At no point did they threaten to do anything.

Liverpool move into the final of the Carabao Cup and will play Newcastle. Spurs do not and will not.

Spurs, man.

Liverpool v Newcastle, then. Now there is a team that will ask physical questions of the league leaders. They'll be desperate to win and will play like it.

Spurs have't run in behind, hit switches, got close, or done any of the things that force an opponent to extend. Liverpool have played this match at their own tempo and not looked discomfitted at any point.

That if they have the kind of possession Spurs allowed them, it's almost impossible for them not to score at least twice. They won't have prepared for a match to be this easy – physically, they've not been tested at all.

Quansah replaces Van Dijk. He's had harder evenings.

They've played like it too, and this might yet get worse. Liverpool win a free-kick, Szboszlai curls it in, and Jota is unusually tentative in heading wide.

Moore for Davies. "Go on lad, it's your big chance. Make yourself a hero, mate."

Off go Salah and Gakpo, on come Diaz and Elliott.

GOAL! LIVERPOOL (4) 4-0 (1) TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (VAN DIJK) A corner swung in by Mac Allister, Van Dijk saunters away from his man, then flicks a header across goal and in. This has been a capitulation, I'm afraid.

They win a corner down the left.

He bursts through midfield, then outside Konate having tossed a lollipop, before a rising shot that clips the face of the bar! He absolutely caught that.

GOAL! LIVERPOOL (3) 3-0 (1) TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (SZOBOSZLAI) This is so slick, but so easy. Mac Allister carries, a swish forward finds Bradley, his first-time pass finds Szoboszlai on the burst, and the finish, slid past Kinsky, is gentle but emphatic. Liverpool are going to play Newcastle at Wembley!

The ball coming infield to Gravenberch. Out of tiredness or disrespect, Spurs allow him to shoot ... and he sweeps a fine outswinger onto the base of the far post.

Is absolutely incredible. Obviously it helped that they had Jurgen Klopp, but still, he's gone and they're at a point where they've always got good options off the bench.