Liverpool kept their push for Premier League glory on track with a 4-1 thrashing of Ipswich Town at Anfield on Saturday afternoon.
A Cody Gakpo brace and goals from Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah saw the Reds cruise to a win that keeps their lead at the summit at six points.
As for Ipswich, who scored a late consolation through Jacob Greaves, they remain level on waiver zone after conceding ten goals in their last two games.
How the game unfolded
Liverpool It signaled their goals inside the first 50 seconds as Gakpo cut inside to send a ferocious effort just over the bar from just outside the box.
And it took just another ten minutes for the Reds to take the lead, Szoboszlai picking up the ball on the edge of the box and flicking a header before curling a left-footed effort into the bottom corner.
Ipswich were given a brief reprieve from the relentless pressure when a break in the game was called for Wes Burns to receive treatment on a knee injury that eventually forced him out of the locker room.
But Liverpool soon picked up where they left off, with Gakpo sending in a cross at the back stick, where Salah controlled brilliantly before firing into the roof of the net.
The game was all but over before half-time when Szoboszlai's first-time effort from a threaded pass was tipped by Christian Walton into the path of Gakpo, who just slotted wide.
Kieran McKenna tried to change the flow of the game by switching from a back four to a back five at the break, but that switch only resulted in Ipswich camping inside their box and offering little at the break. As such, it was no surprise to see Liverpool extend their lead, Gakpo heading home a delicious Trent Alexander-Arnold cross from the right.
Ipswich's problems were almost compounded by Alexander-Arnold but he could only hit the bar with an effort from inside the box in the final 15 minutes.
The visitors finished with a goal of their own to celebrate, Greaves deflecting a Julio Enciso corner at the back post much to the delight of the traveling fans.
There is a popular theory regularly espoused on social media that Mohamed Salah is never the same player in the second half of a season. Those who subscribe to this half-baked idea were given plenty of ammunition by a rare three-match run for the Egyptian earlier this week.
Unfortunately, Salah has since made a mockery of any such suggestion, Putting Lille to the sword in midweek and then score really brilliantly in this one. This is bad news for Premier League Defenses who thought they might get an easier ride between now and May.
Arne Slott hasn't had the chance to do much business since being appointed as Liverpool manager, but he is certainly reaping the benefits of his predecessor's last summer transfer window at the top.
It was then that the midfield talents of Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch were brought to Anfield, and they showed here what a smart move it was. They did not just dominate Ipswich through individual greatness, but because they are a trio whose qualities will do perfectly.
If his side go on to win trophies this season, then Slott would do well to make a phone call to Jurgen Klopp to thank him for laying the foundations for success at home.
It was perhaps inevitable that, throughout the back-to-back games against Manchester City and Liverpool, Ipswich haven't had much to cheer about. But that is exactly what would be expected at the start of the season, and so these back-to-back defeats cannot be allowed to knock confidence too much.
The tractor boys are left with a chance to survive and have a game against other friends Southampton The arrival that seems completely important. As such, Kieran McKenna would do well to quickly pick up his players and remind them that games like this will not decide the success of the season.