Tottenham vs Liverpool LIVE: Score and updates as groups play out nine-goal thriller in London
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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 3-6 Liverpool
Okay so, it has sort of petered out now. Both sides look understandably tired too.
Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool
It’s still fairly frantic all things considered, with both sides looking like they want another. There’ll be another five minutes of added time.
Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool
Johnson tests Alisson with a low shot from within the box, but the Brazilian is equal to it.
Both teams have made subs in the last few minutes, with Timo Werner coming on for Son and Salah and Diaz making way for Elliott and Nunez for Liverpool.
GOAL! Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool
GOAL! What on Earth?
6-3 now, as van Dijk cuts the pass out and starts the counter. It comes to Diaz on the left, and he ships it on to Jota, who squares it to Szoboszlai. He works one more pass on to Salah, who sees Diaz making the diagonal run and slips it behind the defence. The Colombian is forced to hit it at an angle, but he squeezes a low finish into the opposite corner.
GOAL! Tottenham 3-5 Liverpool
GOAL! Hope for the home side?
Bergvall clips a cross to Johnson at the far post, and it lands in the path of Solanke, who simply has to direct it past Alisson from point-blank range.
Tottenham 2-5 Liverpool
Alexander-Arnold sees his cross deflected and Forster does well to palm it away for a corner. Nothing comes from the set-piece, though Szoboszlai does get two chances.
Tottenham 2-5 Liverpool
A yellow card for Bergvall as he clips Jota. The game is petering out a little now.
Tottenham 2-5 Liverpool
CLOSE! More great play from Liverpool, as they move it to Jota on halfway and he spots Diaz, playing him clean through with a lovely chipped ball. Diaz has caught Forster off his line, and he loops a decent attempt goalwards, but it lands on top of the goal.
‘Another seven-goal thriller’
“Another seven-goal thriller at the Lane. Spurs scored four of them on Thursday. They have conceded five on Sunday.
“At least Dejan Kulusevski has scored their second, and the Swede had threatened it. He certainly hasn’t given up. And as attack is clearly Spurs’ best form of defence now, that seems just as well.”
