Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk were on target for the Reds, who will face Newcastle at Wembley on 16 March for the first silverware of the English season.

The Reds defender is out of contract at the end of the season, and there have been strong links with him and Real Madrid after Los Blancos had a bid rejected for him in the January transfer window.

Marcus Rashford's loan move from Manchester United to Aston Villa was one of the headline acts of the January transfer window ...