Robertson, who has played an underlapping role for Slot, overlapped Cody Gakpo (and sometimes stayed deeper when Gakpo played wide), while Alexander-Arnold put up 10 crosses — his most for almost a year, since 13 against Newcastle United on New Year’s Day.

When you concede three you haven’t had a perfect game, but Arne Slot was mostly thrilled at how his Liverpool side took the game to Spurs on Sunday.

The 6-3 demolition of Tottenham Hotspur in North London on Sunday gave Liverpool a four-point cushion at the top of the Premier League. When he took over at Anf