This was definitely worth the wait for Liverpool. And now Arne Slot will hope his new-look team have finally achieved lift-off this season.

Having been delayed by four hours before jetting out to Germany for this Champions League clash, Slot’s side delivered their best performance of a fitful campaign with a thumping victory at Eintracht Frankfurt.

It ensured Liverpool avoided the ignominy of becoming the first Reds side since 1953 to lose five consecutive matches following a miserable month.

More importantly for Slot, though, was this was a victory in which several of his big-money summer signings proved influential.

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Hugo Ekitike, a £79million arrival, netted a sixth goal of the season against his former club, while £116m man Florian Wirtz was outstanding in an unaccustomed right-wing position in which he provided two assists.

Frankfurt, free-scoring in the Bundesliga but defensively suspect, were ultimately exactly the opponent Liverpool needed to bolster confidence after so many recent narrow setbacks.

That said, the German outfit did thump Galatasaray 5-1 in their...