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Tottenham came into the second leg clash at Anfield with a 1-0 lead on aggregate, but after goals from Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk, Arne Slot’s men reigned supreme.
Liverpool will now move onto the Carabao Cup final against Newcastle United, while Tottenham’s hopes of winning silverware have taken a major hit.
With pressure mounting on the Australian manager, Postecoglou cut a forlorn figure in his post-match press conference, explaining Spurs were unable to deliver his game plan.
“Ultimately Liverpool fully deserved the victory tonight, they were the far better team,” Postecoglou said.
“We just weren’t able to get a grip of 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.
“I just think we didn’t start the game off in the right footing, we allowed them to get comfortable and when they did get comfortable it was hard to swing the game back.”
Postecoglou also explained his desperately wanted his team to stay in the first to start the second half.
Instead, Spurs gave away a 51st minute penalty before folding to close out the game with two more goals conceded.
“No, look, obviously we didn’t have a great first half, we were very much in the game,” he said.
“We knew in the sort of first 15 or 20 minutes we needed to be very solid in terms of our decision …
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