Arne Slot enjoyed his first Christmas No.1 - and it is hard to see him not finishing the season at the top of the charts.

It ended up being one of the craziest, madcap and most unforgettable games you are ever likely to see but it also showed why will surely be crowned champions. They humiliated and embarrassed Spurs with their ruthless, sensational and relentless attacking play amid another feast of goals at the Hotspur Stadium.

“Are you not entertained, mate?” Ange Postecoglou asked in midweek after their goal feast against . Well, no-one could deny that Tottenham do provide great entertainment but that is partly down to their kamikaze defending which allows opponents to run riot.

Liverpool are so clearly the best and most consistent team in the Premier League and, even though they conceded three, they could have scored ten. scored twice, provided two assists and there were also brilliant displays by Luis Diaz and Dominik Szoboszlai who were also on the scoresheet.

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Slot has done an incredible job in his first season in English football, making Liverpool so good to watch and they have strengthened their position at the top going into . As for Tottenham, they are in serious danger of becoming a laughing stock. This was Sunday League stuff, a throwback to kids football when it was end-to-end and no-one cared about defending or tactical discipline.

They are great fun to watch but you also cannot take them seriously. They are marooned in 11th place having lost more games than they have won - and it is no wonder. Postecoglou seems to have given up on defending entirely. Yes, they have a huge injury list and they have not been helped by having to turn to stand-in keeper Fraser Forster who looks a bag of nerves and his distribution is shockingly bad.

Tottenham fans deserve huge credit for sticking with the team, for not making the stadium toxic even when Liverpool were threatening to run away with the game but they will never win anything playing like this. You cannot give up on defending because you have injuries.

Not when you had Forster playing his first pass out from the back straight to Salah inside three minutes only for the Liverpool star to crash his shot into the side netting. Salah had five big chances - including crashing a shot against the bar - before Liverpool opened the scoring after 18 minutes. ’s sensational cross was headed in by Diaz.

Liverpool were 2-0 up after 36 minutes when Andy Robertson’s cross was flicked on by Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister sneaked in to head in. Tottenham gave themselves hope after 41 minutes when Dejan Kulusevski tackled Mac Allister and had time to pick his spot and make it 2-1.

But it was 3-1 even before half time. Alexander-Arnold’s ball forward released a Liverpool counter-attack before Salah and Szoboszlai combined and the latter slotted home. It was a free-for-all in the second half. Diaz, and Szoboszlai were involved before Salah got another amid a goalline scramble. Szoboszlai played in Salah to make it 5-1.

This was in danger of becoming truly embarrassing. Tottenham then regained some pride as Dom Solanke played in Kulusevski to volley home and make the scoreline more respectable. Tottenham then made it 3-5. Substitute Brennan Johnson’s flick set up Solanke to score from close range. They couldn’t, could they? No, of course.

Salah’s pass set up Diaz and his cross-shot flew into the net for his second goal, Liverpool’s sixth and that killed off the game once and for all.

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