Champions Liverpool booked their return ticket to Wembley and the Carabao Cup final against Newcastle United with a 4-0 win and 4-1 aggregate victory over a toothless Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield on Thursday.

The overwhelming favourites overturned a 1-0 first-leg deficit against the injury-depleted visitors when Cody Gakpo fired home with his right foot from Mohamed Salah's cross in the 34th minute.

Salah added his name to the scoresheet in the 51st minute when he slotted home from the penalty spot after Spurs goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky had brought down Darwin Núñez, Dominik Szoboszlai added a third and Virgil van Dijk completed the rout with a header.

"I think the stadium helped a lot. We knew we had to come back," Gakpo told Sky Sports.

"We went out there and tried to bring as much chances as possible. With the quality we have, we know we are going to get chances. It was a great win."

The final will be Liverpool's 15th League Cup appearance, but the first in English football for Dutch coach Arne Slot, who replaced Jürgen Klopp at the end of last season.

It also kept record 10-time League Cup winners Liverpool on course for a fourth trophy this season.

Tottenham's embarrassing record continues: they have not won silverware since beating Chelsea in the 2008 League Cup final and had beaten Liverpool just once in 27 previous meetings at Anfield, dating back to 1999.