Trent Alexander-Arnold shone in Liverpool’s 4-0 win at residence to Accrington Stanley, with Federico Chiesa additionally catching the attention with a purpose off the bench – eventually!
The Reds eased into the FA Cup fourth spherical on Saturday lunchtime, getting the higher of their League Two opponents.
Diogo Jota tapped residence to open the scoring for Liverpool earlier than Alexander-Arnold brilliantly fired his aspect right into a 2-0 lead earlier than half-time.
Substitute pair Jayden Danns and Chiesa accomplished the scoring on a routine afternoon for the Reds.
Right here we evaluate our participant scores with these of the Liverpool Echo, GOAL, FotMob and TIA’s readers.
Alexander-Arnold (8.1) was Liverpool’s greatest participant at Anfield, bouncing again emphatically after a poor outing at Anfield final time round.
The 26-year-old scored one of many Reds’ greatest targets of the season within the first half, together with his all-round efficiency standing out as followers sang his identify in appreciation.
This Is Anfield‘s Joanna Durkan gave Alexander-Arnold the Man of the Match award, describing him because the “key cog within the recycling of possession.”
Harry Sherlock of GOAL mentioned that the Reds’ vice-captain was “wonderful” towards Accrington, including that they “can’t afford to lose him, absolutely?”
Chiesa (7.6) loved his most optimistic outing but for Liverpool, ending brilliantly to attain his first purpose for the membership.
The Italian produced a “much-needed energetic cameo” based on the Echo‘s Ian Doyle, with FotMob noting that he had extra pictures than any participant (six) in simply 45 minutes and missed two massive possibilities – the joint-most alongside Darwin Nunez.
Kostas Tsimikas (7.5) could have gone underneath the radar, however he nonetheless bought the third-highest score at Anfield.
Andy Robertson will likely be feeling the stress to maintain his place and Durkan felt that the Greek “successfully mixed defence and assault” in his second successive 90-minute outing.
It was one other irritating day for Nunez (5.8), nonetheless, with the striker lacking massive possibilities and getting the bottom rating.
Liverpool’s subsequent recreation is a big one as they head to third-place Nottingham Forest within the Premier League on Tuesday night. It’s a should win.
Liverpool 4-0 Accrington Stanley
