Salah, Robertson, Gakpo & Elliott score as Liverpool beat Tottenham in thriller
Spurs rally late on through Richarlison & Son but top-four hopes suffer big blow
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Liverpool 4-2 Tottenham
Dion Dublin
Former Man Utd striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
I actually can't believe what I've seen there. It is Mo Salah from three yards out with an empty net. I think he's waiting for the contact or the Spurs players to clear it.
Liverpool 4-2 Tottenham
This is a BONKERS game!
Mohamed Salah looks certain to score in front of The Kop but puts it wide from almost point blank range.
The smile has gone from Jurgen Klopp's face.
Liverpool 4-2 Tottenham
Dion Dublin
Former Man Utd striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
Tottenham are staging a comeback, that is because they are playing the ball forward, moving it quickly. Maddison is getting it wide. Lovely lay-on from Richarlison to Son. Liverpool need to keep hold of this. Spurs are coming on strong no. I think this will stand.
Liverpool 4-2 Tottenham
A change in the atmosphere at Anfield. Liverpool were coasting.
Another Spurs goal will make things VERY interesting.
Son Heung-min
Oh, hello!
Having scored a few minutes earlier, Richarlison tees-up Son Heung-min for the Tottenham captain to sweep past Alisson.
We've still got another 12 minutes plus stoppages left.
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Spurs' league position is somewhat inflated by the fact that Manchester United, Newcastle and Chelsea have all underperformed. Expect they will all improve next season - Spurs could find themselves 8th.
Gal, Norwich.
Liverpool 4-1 Tottenham
John Murray
Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live
Given the reception he has received from the home fans, Richarlison will have absolutely loved that goal, despite no wild celebrations.
Liverpool 4-1 Tottenham
One clean sheet in the past 15 Premier League games for Liverpool now.
There is still work needed on this Liverpool team.
Liverpool 4-1 Tottenham
Dion Dublin
Former Man Utd striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
It's Gomez who switches off at left-back. The ball gets played inside him by Bissouma and Johnson crosses it. Richarlison gets across his defender and it is a tap-in. It's the first time Liverpool have switched off in defence, or at all.
Richarlison
An Anfield goal for the former Everton man!
Substitute Richarlison tucks home after Brennan Johnson's pass.
Surely just a consolation?
Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham
Dion Dublin
Former Man Utd striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
When you play the way Spurs do with all of that energy, when you squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, with all of that energy, your concentration just goes. They look all over the place at the moment.
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I wouldn't be so surprised if Spurs don’t win another league game this season. That will be the most Spursy thing ever.
Ben
Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham
Dion Dublin
Former Man Utd striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
It might as well be Monday, the flag was that late. It's shocking. The thing that gets me is that one day, someone will get hurt from a late flag and that is not what we want to see.
Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham
Son Heung-min has been lively since Liverpool's fourth goal.
He thinks he is in on goal but Alisson saves before the flag goes up.
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I’ve said it a few times and maybe that goal will go some way to backing it up. When Salah leaves, Elliot will take over that position. Just got to sort the other two forwards out now.
Jay
Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham
There have been some fine individual Liverpool performances.
Cody Gakpo = one goal + one assist.
Harvey Elliott = one goal + one assist.
Mohamed Salah = one goal + one assist.
And there's still another 20 minutes or so left on the clock.
Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham
Now Liverpool are making changes. Stefan Bajcetic is one of those coming on.
The Kop rises to welcome back the injury-hit player.
Joe Gomez is also on.
Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham
Gary Neville
Former Manchester United defender on Sky Sports
A big smile from Harvey Elliott and his manager. He just looks like one of those players that's popular with everyone and he's certainly popular with everyone at this ground now.
A gorgeously curled strike. What a goal! He brings a positivity to everything that he does.
Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham
Tottenham have sent on Richarlison, Oliver Skipp and James Maddison.
One of Maddison's first touches is a shot which sails over the bar.
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Spurs will get battered by Liverpool then turn into Brazil against Man City, beat us and hand their arch rivals a league title #Spursy
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 88 | 28 | 60 | 83 |
| |
| 35 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 87 | 33 | 54 | 82 |
| |
| 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 81 | 38 | 43 | 78 |
| |
| 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 73 | 53 | 20 | 67 |
| |
| 35 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 69 | 58 | 11 | 60 |
| |
| 35 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 78 | 56 | 22 | 56 |
| |
| 35 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 70 | 59 | 11 | 54 |
| |
| 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 52 | 51 | 1 | 54 |
| |
| 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 56 | 70 | -14 | 49 |
| |
| 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 52 | 63 | -11 | 48 |
| |
| 35 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 53 | 57 | -4 | 47 |
| |
| 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 60 | -11 | 46 |
| |
| 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 51 | 55 | -4 | 44 |
| |
| 35 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 57 | -12 | 40 |
| |
| 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 49 | -11 | 37 |
| |
| 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 52 | 60 | -8 | 36 |
| |
| 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 45 | 63 | -18 | 29 |
| |
| 36 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 49 | 78 | -29 | 26 |
| |
| 36 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 39 | 74 | -35 | 24 |
| |
| 36 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 35 | 100 | -65 | 16 |
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Manager: Jürgen Klopp
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Ange Postecoglou
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Jürgen Klopp
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Ange Postecoglou
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
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Liverpool have lost just one of their last 29 home Premier League matches against Tottenham Hotspur (W19 D9), a 2-0 defeat in May 2011.
Tottenham Hotspur are looking to complete their first league double over Liverpool since the 2010-11 season, beating two different Reds managers that season (Roy Hodgson and Kenny Dalglish). Their last league double over the Reds beating the same manager twice was in Dalglish’s first spell in 1986-87.
Liverpool (3) v Tottenham (3) has provided six 90th-minute winners in the Premier League, the most of any fixture in the competition’s history. Indeed, both of the last two league meetings between the two sides have been won courtesy of a 90th-minute winner for the home team.
Liverpool have conceded the opening goal in 16 Premier League games this season; not since 2004-05 under Rafael Benítez (20) have they done so more in a single campaign. Indeed, the Reds have conceded the opener in four of their last five matches at Anfield in the competition – as many as their previous 22 beforehand.
This will be Liverpool’s 18th Sunday Premier League game this season, only playing more in a single campaign in 2012-13 (20). They’ve won nine of their 17 so far this term (D6 L2), only winning more in 2013-14 (11/15) and 2018-19 (10/13).
Liverpool have lost their last two home games in all competitions, as many as in their previous 57 combined. They’ve failed to score in both defeats, last losing three in a row without reply at Anfield in March 2021.
Tottenham haven’t lost any of their last six away Premier League games on a Sunday (W2 D4), with their last such defeat coming at Anfield against Liverpool in April 2023. Four of their five such games this term have been draws, but they did win their last such match at Aston Villa in March (4-0).
Liverpool have kept just one clean sheet in their last 14 Premier League matches, including none in their last eight since beating Nottingham Forest 1-0 in March. The Reds last went longer without a shutout within a single season in the league from October to December 2004 (9).
Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp lost his first Premier League meeting with Spurs’ Ange Postecoglou earlier this season. The only manager to win consecutive Premier League games against Klopp is Brendan Rodgers with Leicester in 2021, while the last manager to beat him in his first two top-flight meetings was Louis van Gaal in 2009-10 with Bayern Munich when he was Borussia Dortmund manager.
Tottenham’s Son Heung-min has scored in each of his last four Premier League appearances against Liverpool, putting Spurs 1-0 up in the reverse fixture in September. The only player to score in five consecutive Premier League games against the Reds is Jamie Vardy (between 2016 and 2017)
