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Perhaps the most impressive aspect from a Liverpool perspective was the fact they virtually put this game to bed in the first half. That has been a rarity this season.
Though they did make it hard from themselves, losing the ball carelessly on a number of occasions, there can be few complaints when you score five in a game.
Liverpool were far from brilliant - but Arne Slot's men were clinical and, for the first time this season, they scored three goals in the first half of a league game.
Before this game, you had to go back to 13 December for the last time Liverpool scored a goal before the 41st minute in a league game at Anfield.
But they were 2-0 up after 24 minutes on Saturday - and ended up scoring five in a Premier League match for the first time since they beat Tottenham in April to clinch the title last season.
Four of the five goals involved some kind of deflection, but they all count the same.
In terms of goals from set-pieces (excluding penalties), Liverpool were joint-bottom between the start of the season and 31 December.
But in 2026 they are leading the league - with eight set-piece goals so far this year.
Slot will also have been encouraged to see Joe Gomez start at right-back and the return of Jeremie Frimpong from injury, but Mohamed Salah remains without a league goal in his past 10 games.