Liverpool are headed for Wembley once more. Arne Slot's side emphatically dispatched Tottenham at Anfield on Thursday night to set up a Carabao Cup final meeting with Newcastle United as they look to defend the trophy they won in such dramatic circumstances last season.

Goals from Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk saw the Reds easily overcome a 1-0 deficit from the first leg to ease themselves into what will be Slot's first final at the helm.

And the performance impressed the watching national media at Anfield. Here's what they had to say about the latest victory for Slot's men.

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Paul Joyce, writing in The Times, was in awe of the Liverpool 'juggernaut' as they overcame Tottenham with ease.

He writes: "Afterwards, Postecoglou lamented that the side sitting 14th in the Premier League did not reach their “levels” and there is always a temptation to trash the losers and correlate an inability to create chances with a lack of fortitude.

"But, seriously, imagine playing against this Liverpool team.

"In the 93rd minute, with many of the disappointed Tottenham supporters having long since headed for the exits, Dominik Szoboszlai was chasing back when he might have taken a breather.

"It was a moment that summed up the machine Slot has created, a juggernaut in which everyone plays their part without the slightest threat of an ego getting in the way."

The Telegraph's Chris Bascombe believes Slot's impact at Liverpool this season may actually have been overlooked, with complaints about the fixture list misguided.

He writes: "And yet not for the first time, for all the praise, there are likely to be caveats. This was, of course, ‘only Spurs’ – a team whose injury list will be used as mitigation for those who will say while Liverpool were good, the quality of the opponent must be duly considered.

"This has been a theme of Liverpool’s campaign. There are some who will have you believe it was mid-November before they played anyone half-decent. So be it, Slot might think. The hints of Liverpool being seriously underrated may be more help than hindrance as his side calmly and efficiently keep winning.

"The truest assessment is Liverpool are getting better, stronger, fitter and more dominant. The periods of control are more sustained, opponents barely landing a jab."

In The Guardian, Andy Hunter argues that Arne Slot may have had a more difficult challenge than Ange Postecoglou after taking over from Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool.

He writes: "In many ways Slot faced a more ominous challenge than Postecoglou at the start of this campaign, although the talent he inherited from Jürgen Klopp tipped the scales back in his favour. New to the Premier League and taking over a giant of a club in mourning for a legend’s shock departure, the Liverpool head coach had to convince a dressing room of world-class players – along with a nervous public – that he was the man to realise their ambitions.

"The continued pursuit of four trophies and 29 wins from 37 matches in all competitions presents a convincing argument. Of course the job and the victories are not easy. Slot just makes it look that way."

He added: "The options at Slot’s disposal, typified by the quality of Alexander-Arnold’s replacement, may also be the envy of his Premier League rivals. But it is Slot’s use and improvement of them that has elevated Liverpool this season. A Wembley debut awaits."

Former ECHO journalist Beth Lindop, writing for ESPN, argued that Cody Gakpo was the Liverpool poster boy as the Reds proved to be up for the cup at Anfield.

She writes: "Slot had commented pre-match about his excitement for his first knockout tie at Anfield, and Liverpool delivered both on and off the pitch, with Gakpo's opener sending the home support into a fist-pumping, scarf-swirling frenzy. The Netherlands international finished with aplomb past goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky after connecting with Salah's dangerous cross into the box.

"In many ways, Gakpo is the perfect poster boy for Liverpool's success this term, having progressed from an out-of-form utility player in Jurgen Klopp's final season to one of Slot's most trusted lieutenants, with 16 goals so far in all competitions this season. An understated character off the pitch, Gakpo is rarely one to grab the headlines, but he is a vital cog in a team whose greatest strength is their unity and willingness to fight for each other."

The Daily Mail's Ian Ladyman believes Liverpool's performance was as close to perfect as can be.

He writes: "This was supposed to be a cup semi-final in the balance, a meeting of minds and styles, a contest. But it was not remotely that. It was an evisceration of white by red. It was a dismantling, a disrobing, a humbling. It was four but it could have been six or seven.

"Tottenham were simply never in it – their hopes of a season-saving cup final torn from them without mercy – as Liverpool produced a performance that was almost without defect.

"Maybe it was perfect. Is there such a thing in sport? Perhaps not. But this was as good as it needed to be and perhaps almost as good as it ever can be on an occasion as important as this.

"Liverpool didn’t just reach the first cup final of the Slot era, they did so in classical Anfield style. Four goals, 26 shots, ten of them on target. Tottenham? They didn’t work Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimihn Kelleher all night."

And finally, writing in his match verdict, the ECHO's very own Paul Gorst says that Slot has a new Liverpool anthem to savour after guiding the Reds to their first final.

He writes: "Arne Slot has been introduced to all manner of Liverpool anthems that tap into the club's rich history since his Anfield arrival last summer. But as the final whistle sounded to confirm his team's passage to the Carabao Cup final here against Tottenham, the head coach was given a fresh one to savour.

"And while the Reds boss might have needed the meaning behind terrance hymns such as Scouser Tommy and A Liverbird Upon My Chest explained to him at one stage or another, there was no need to spell out this latest ditty as the League Cup holders saw off Spurs with a convincing 4-0 win to book their place in next month's showpiece once more

"Liverpool, as the Kop made known, are heading to "Wembley! Wembley!" And for Slot, it will be the first time as a coach, player or supporter that he steps out at English football’s national stadium. One for the Reds boss to tick off then."