Liverpool 5-1 Tottenham: Player ratings as Brennan Johnson, Archie Gray struggle | OneFootball

Tottenham took an early lead but Liverpool came back strongly to win the Premier League in style. There was not much fight from Tottenham in response, as Spurs fell 5-1 at Anfield. Here are the player ratings:

GK Guglielmo Vicario

Struggled with corners and with distribution, which has been a feature this season. Lack of movement in front of him did not help with distribution but several times this put us in trouble. Difficult to single Vicario out for the goals but did not look in command of his area at all. Certainly he will finish the season as number 1, but questions do need to be asked for next season following recent form. Rating: 4

RB Djed Spence

Unusually static game for Djed Spence. He got caught out early on with a few diagonal balls and that set the tone. Stood still for the 5th goal, although there were several others doing exactly the same. Summed up a performance lacking energy with a tame effort which seemed to take an age to roll wide at 5-1 down. Rating: 3

LB Destiny Udogie

Like Spence, he got caught early on with a few diagonal balls. Looked positive going forward at times, but struggled defensively. Too easily beaten by Salah cutting inside for the 4th goal, and misplaced a pass for the 5th goal. Passing out from the back was inaccurate throughout. Rating: 4

CB Kevin Danso

Defenders are not helped by our tactics at all. Kevin Danso was not particularly poor today but looked nowhere near the quality needed to repel Liverpool's attack. Has been promising for Spurs this season at times, so difficult to say whether it was the quality of the opposition, the Europa game ahead, or just a poor game. Rating: 4

CB Ben Davies

Ben Davies was lucky to get away with some poor clearances even before we started shipping goals. Similar to Danso, offered only passive resistance to Liverpool attacks. Rating: 4

CM: James Maddison

Did seem industrious and busy. Put in two great deliveries for Solanke, one of which resulted in a goal and the other a save. From then on, he was largely ineffective. Maddison has great ability and does always look to create. Today though, he was part of a midfield that was simply overwhelmed. Rating: 5

CM: Lucas Bergvall

Not his best game and completely overrun by the opposition. At least, still showed his usual composure on the ball and the ability to glide away from opponents at times. Very weak header from a corner to give away a goal though. Bergvall was under a bit of pressure but seemed to turn away from the ball, and could barely have headed it into a worse area. Rating: 5

CM: Archie Gray

Has been asked to do a lot this season. Looked assured in the midfield early on but faded very quickly after Liverpool took control. Off the ball, he struggled. Caught out with the through ball for Liverpool’s first goal, and weak with the challenge for the second goal, albeit after a terrible pass from Tel. Rating: 4

RW: Brennan Johnson

Has struggled for form for a while. Took a long time to get into the game. Far too often when he does have the ball on the wing, Johnson just rolls it into the box regardless of the situation. Just before half time, he spun away from Robertson and put in a good cross which nearly resulted in a goal for Tel or Solanke. With 10 mins to go, he did the same despite no one being in a position to receive it. Much more situational awareness is needed. Rating: 4

CF: Dominic Solanke

Perfect header for the goal. We don’t score many from corners. Was under pressure but showed strength to score against his former club. Had another chance from the Johnson cross that took an unlucky deflection away from him. Aside from that, lots of the usual effort but not much threat. Rating: 6

LW: Mathys Tel

Tel was bright early on, showing some of that quickness of thought. Drove at defenders when he had the ball. Didn’t produce but, like Maddison, still at least gives the feeling he is capable of something. However, Tel played a terrible pass for Liverpool's second goal. It was very high-risk and a ball inside in that situation was always likely to get punished. That type of pass is a feature of our style under Ange and it has cost us all season. It did again here. It will be one reason Tottenham are likely to look elsewhere for a manager next season. Rating: 5

Substitutions: Richarlison, Oddobert, Kulusevski, Sarr.

By this point, the game was well away from us and minds seemed on Thursday and Europa, so I'm abstaining on a rating here. Oddobert did go in for a fierce challenge to stamp out a Premier League trophy balloon that blew onto the pitch. Sadly, this was one of our strongest tackles of the day. Rating: N/A