Premier League leaders were in their symptomatic devastating form on Boxing Day away from home, beating Leicester City 4-0 at King Power Stadium.
Roberto Firmino scored twice and Trent-Alexander Arnold also starred as Liverpool moved 13 points clear of second-placed Leicester City.
Firmino was perfectly placed to open the scoring on 31 minutes when he met Alexander-Arnold’s pinpoint cross from the left to send a header past goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.
A consummate away performance from the Reds saw them control the first-versus-second contest from the first whistle until last, with Jürgen Klopp’s only regret at half-time surely that his side had only scored once for all their dominance, through Roberto Firmino’s 31st-minute header.
A three-goal burst in the space of seven second-half minutes gave the scoreline a more accurate appearance, with James Milner’s penalty being added to by goals from Firmino and Trent Alexander-Arnold that rounded off brilliant moves in style.
After Joe Gomez had deflected Youri Tielemans’ shot wide soon after the restart, a sustained spell of Liverpool pressure led to Firmino side-footing wide after opening up his body to meet Robertson’s fine delivery.
Leicester threatened to grow into the game in the wake of that let-off, although another rapid Reds counter could have led to a second goal when Salah’s attempt was blocked.
That was the Egyptian’s final involvement as Klopp made a double change: Milner and Divock Origi on for Keita and Salah.
And Milner’s very first touch of the ball involved the vice-captain rolling in a penalty in ice-cool fashion after Caglar Soyuncu had handled Alexander-Arnold’s corner.
With that, Liverpool pressed their foot down on the accelerator as two team moves of jaw-dropping quality made it 4-0 by the 78th minute.
First, Firmino was on hand to place a finish into the top corner once he’d been found by yet another precise Alexander-Arnold ball in, before the right-back got in on the act himself by rifling Mane’s unselfish lay-off into Schmeichel’s far bottom corner.
Liverpool top the table with 52 points, while Leicester are on 39 points.
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