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.

Tottenham Hotspur’s defensive problems have aggravated over the past few months. Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven suffered injuries and then had fresh setbacks in Spurs’ chaotic 4-3 defeat to Chelsea following recoveries from their previous issues.

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