Two goals for Salah as the Reds extend their lead by crushing Tottenham - ORSOLTECH

Mohamed Salah scored twice in eight minutes and set up two more as Liverpool crushed Tottenham to move four points clear at the top of the Premier League and leave Tottenham in the bottom half.

Luis Diaz and Alexis McAllister scored first-half goals before Dominik Szoboszlai fired in from Salah's pass at the end of the first half, restoring the visitors' lead after James Maddison responded from outside the penalty area.

Salah, who hit the crossbar and the score was goalless, scored twice from close range before Dejan Kulusevski scored for a Spurs side who have taken one point from their last four home league matches.

Dominic Solanke's strike gave the home side a third goal in three matches, but Diaz took advantage of Salah's ball to conclude a very entertaining match.

Liverpool will be top of the table at Christmas for the first time since 2020/21, although the 2019/20 season is the only occasion in the last seven games when they have been in that position and proceeded to win the title.