Sunday marks the 12-month anniversary of Jürgen Klopp announcing he was standing down as Liverpool manager. The handover, it is safe to say, could not have gone better. Arne Slot’s Premier League leaders maintained their title pursuit with a comfortable stroll against Ipswich, whose only consolation was that a second heavy defeat in succession could have been worse.
Dominik Szoboszlai, Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo, with two, were on the scoresheet as Liverpool racked up a 16th win in 22 league games under Slot. Liverpool continued their title challenge while rarely meeting one worthy of the description from Ipswich. Kieran McKenna accentuated the positives, as a manager must in a relegation fight, but his encouragement at the visitors’ strong finish underlined how much they had been outclassed. Ipswich’s strong finish could be measured in minutes, with the game long gone.
