Tottenham player ratings vs Liverpool: Rodrigo Bentancur a passenger but Kevin Danso impresses on debut

Tottenham were thrashed 4-0 by Liverpool at Anfield in their Carabao Cup semi-final decider. Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, Liverpool levelled the tie through Cody Gakpo in a first half which saw Spurs lose Richarlison to a suspected muscle injury. Mohamed Salah put the hosts in front in the tie from the penalty spot after Antonin Kinsky caught Darwin Nunez and Dominik Szoboszlai made it 3-0 with a cool finish.

Virgil van Dijk headed home a corner late on to rub salt into Spurs’ wounds, as Liverpool set up a meeting with Newcastle at Wembley next month. Here’s how we rated the Spurs players…. Antonin Kinsky 4. Rashly raced off his line and fouled Nunez to concede a penalty for Liverpool’s second goal. Looked jittery under high balls but made a sharp stop to tip a Salah effort over the bar. Archie Gray 5.

Stretched at both right and left-back, and might have got tighter to Gakpo for the opening goal. Kevin Danso 7. Impressed on debut, getting his body in the way of a number of shots and looking to carry the ball out of defence where possible. Tired in the second half but on first viewing, he looks a smart signing. Ben Davies 5. Lost van Dijk in the build up to the fourth goal. Soldiered on after suffering a cut head early on but it was a rough night against Liverpool’s forwards and midfield runners.

Djed Spence 6. Stood up well to Salah at left-back before switching to right wing for the final 30 minutes, where he tried to beat his man whenever possible. Yves Bissouma 3. Repeatedly loose in possession, including ahead of Liverpool’s opening goal. Rodrigo Bentancur 3. Struggled to make any impact on the game against Liverpool’s all-action midfield and was largely a passenger. Pape Matar Sarr 4. Tracked Ryan Gravenberch closely but offered little in possession.

Dejan Kulusevski 4. Nowhere near his combative best in a tired-looking performance, full of loose touches. Heung-min Son 4. Struggled to make any inroads against the excellent Conor Bradley but did strike the bar in Spurs’ best chance, albeit at 3-0 down. Richarlison 6. It was hard not to feel sorry for him when he went down in first half stoppage-time clutching the back of his right leg, having suffered what appeared to be another muscle injury. Had been working hard up to then.

Mathys Tel (Richarlison 46’) 5. Struggled to make any impact on his Spurs debut and was easily outmuscled by Liverpool’s back two. Lucas Bergvall (Sarr 57’) 6. Added energy to a Spurs midfield which was consistently second best. Pedro Porro (Bissouma 57’) 5. Struggled to get into the game or keep a handle on the lively Gakpo. Mikey Moore (Davies 82’) 5. Barely got on the ball as Spurs faded. Not used: Austin, Reguilon, Cassanova, Olusesi, Ajayi.