Liverpool put their four-match winless streak in the Premier League behind them on Monday night with a thumping 6-1 victory over Leeds United.
The Reds headed to Elland Road on the back of two draws and two defeats to take on a Whites side in a desperate fight for survival. And it remained goalless until the 35th minute when Cody Gakpo opening the scoring. Mohamed Salah doubled the lead before the first half was out and while Luis Sinisterra pulled a goal back at the start of the second period, any hopes of a home comeback were dashed when Diogo Jota ended his drought.
Jota and Salah would go on to score again before Darwin Nunez made it six in the 90th minute.
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And here is what the national media thought of the terrific performance from Jurgen Klopp's side, along with our own Paul Gorst.
Louise Taylor of the Guardian wrote:
"As Liverpool finally found a cure for the travel sickness which has undermined their season, Mohamed Salah looked simply unplayable and Trent Alexander-Arnold seemed the solution to most of England’s problems.
"Medicines can rarely have proved as dramatically effective as the balm provided by a generous Leeds defence and papier-mache home central midfield as the outstanding Salah and Diogo Jota scored two goals apiece to leave Jürgen Klopp’s side glimpsing European horizons once more.
"Admittedly they remain eighth in the Premier League, nine points behind fourth-placed Newcastle, but at least Liverpool now harbour the sort of hope fast draining from a Leeds team currently leaking goals at a frightening rate."
Mike McGrath of the Telegraph wrote:
"Jurgen Klopp may have ruled out signing a Ferrari this summer but here was a reminder of the high-powered engines he already has in his garage. His Liverpool team motored to a first victory in more than a month to even offer a glimmer of hope they could qualify for Europe.
"Last week Klopp compared wanting Jude Bellingham to a child asking for a sports car as a Christmas present, given his price. After five games without a victory it may not have been what supporters wanted to hear, given the gap to the top of the Premier League. In his Telegraph Sport column, Jamie Carragher pointed out how important it was to get recruitment right this summer.
"But performances like this and the second half against Arsenal, clawing back a point against the Premier League leaders, is what Klopp’s team is capable of. The seven goals against Manchester United and six at Elland Road are the markers for his players, the standards they need to maintain."
Phil Dawkes of BBC Sport wrote:
"Mohamed Salah and Diogo Jota both scored twice as Liverpool claimed a first league win in five games by inflicting a second successive home hammering on Leeds United, who remain mired deep in the relegation battle.
"The Reds had not won since putting seven unanswered goals past Manchester United at the start of March but after a slow start they ruthlessly dismantled Javi Gracia's hapless side.
"Trent Alexander-Arnold used an arm to control the ball but neither the referee or VAR felt it worthy of penalising before he drove forward to set up Cody Gakpo for the opener.
"Salah doubled his side's lead soon after, firing in from an angle to put the visitors in control.
"Leeds were given hope after the break when Luis Sinisterra dispossessed ponderous Ibrahima Konate and cleverly chipped the ball beyond Alisson."
Ian Ladyman of the Daily Mail wrote:
"Leeds resembled a Sunday League outfit in the second half as Liverpool eased through them at will. No shape, no organisation, no method, no discipline. Apart from all that they were decent, as they say. By full-time goalkeeper Ilan Meslier looked on the verge of tears and little wonder.
"Liverpool were impressively clinical. There was a return to form for Diogo Jota, who scored his first two goals in a year, and a return to the field after months out injured for Luis Diaz. Trent Alexander-Arnold, meanwhile, was superb in that false midfield role he has recently been asked to play. Some of the 24-year-old’s passing was lovely to watch.
Liverpool remain eighth which still looks odd. Jurgen Klopp’s team have scored nine against Bournemouth, seven against Rangers and Manchester United and now six against Leeds. But they sit outside of the European places and their season is largely over. Make sense of that if you can.
Paul Gorst of the Liverpool ECHO wrote:
"If a rest is as good as a change, Liverpool made sure their eight-day break helped transform the away-day fortunes here at Leeds.
"The Reds' entire campaign has been undercut by their performances on the road and just 13 points from 15 games prior to Monday night is the primary reason they have little left to play for in the closing weeks.
"All too often a brittle, confidence-shot team has wilted when outside the cosy confines of Anfield but this was a big step in the right direction here. Rather than allow Elland Road to build up the sort of cauldron-like atmosphere that Liverpool no longer relish, they instead handled this tricky assignment with the sort of professionalism of a bygone season under Jurgen Klopp.
"They are unlikely to come against teams as poor as Leeds every week but this was impressive in its own right and for all the problems that have engulfed Klopp's side, this was further evidence that they can still devastate when the wind is in their sails. File this alongside Bournemouth and Manchester United at home and Rangers and Ajax away in the Champions League.
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