Tottenham host Liverpool in the final Premier League fixtures before Christmas. The two sides clash in Sunday’s late kick off at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium with both in search of three points.
Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs have come under pressure in recent weeks with the manager being accused of stubbornly sticking to the same gameplan when things are going wrong. Defeats to Bournemouth and Chelsea sent Tottenham into the bottom half of the table before a confidence-building 5-0 victory over Southampton, and a 4-3 Carabao Cup win against Man Utd, gave the team some momentum.
Liverpool meanwhile continue to impress under Arne Slot though there have been a couple of stumbles. Back-to-back draws against Newcastle and Fulham have allowed their rivals to close the gap in the league table and Slot will want his team to get back to winning ways with a strong performance in London today.
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Tottenham 1-5 Liverpool
Alexander-Arnold sees the space open up and tries the speculative curled effort from distance, forcing a decent save from Forster. From the corner, Liverpool come close to a sixth as the cross is headed down but Forster just about gets there.
GOAL! Tottenham 1-5 Liverpool
GOAL! It’s getting embarrassing. So simple too, as Gakpo just threads a diagonal pass to Szoboszlai, whose touch takes him into the box. He looks up and cuts it back for Salah, who simply slips past Forster for the fifth.
Tottenham 1-4 Liverpool
Spurs make two changes, bringing on Lucas Bergvall and Brennan Johnson for Pape Sarr and James Maddison.
‘This could get embarassing for Spurs’
“This could get embarrassing for Spurs. Dominik Szoboszlai, who has been outstanding, almost added a fifth goal. Spurs are too open, too easy to unlock.
“Tottenham’s defensive issues are all too apparent and only partly explained by the absence of Vicario, Romero and Van de Ven. They can’t defend crosses or track midfield runners. Surely even a team as unpredictable as them can’t come back from this.
“It was notable that the often restrained Slot really celebrated Liverpool’s third goal – that, it seemed, made the game safe – but not the fourth, as he felt it was won by then.”
Tottenham 1-4 Liverpool
Another great chance for the away side as Szoboszlai latches on to the through ball, pokes it past Forster and then can only find the side-netting at a tight angle.
GOAL! Tottenham 1-4 Liverpool
GOAL! It’s four!
Mac Allister makes the challenge near his box and it sparks a counter. They pour numbers forward, with Gakpo and Diaz combining as the latter sends in the through ball with the one-two.
The Dutchman slides a pass across the goal and it isn’t converted at first ask, but it rebounds back to Salah and he fires in from a few yards out for the fourth.
Tottenham 1-3 Liverpool
Solanke almost manages to get a shot away under pressure from van Dijk, but it bounces off to Alisson and the danger is averted.
Tottenham 1-3 Liverpool
Half a chance for the visitors to start with, as Salah narrolwy misses latching onto a cross at the far post.
KICK-OFF! Tottenham 1-3 Liverpool
The visitors get the second half started.
HT: Tottenham 1-3 Liverpool
The main thing you can take from that half was just how dominant this Liverpool side can be, and why they are still overwhelming title favourites.
The Reds completely dominated most of that half, and have scored three good goals – they look certain to be taking three points home tonight.