Tottenham Hotspur were thrashed 6-3 by Liverpool in front of their own fans on Sunday afternoon in a delightfully chaotic match.
Arne Slot was full of praise for him Tottenham His counterpart Ange Postecoglou before Sunday's match. “It's a pleasure to watch them,” the Liverpool coach said. It looked like fun playing against Tottenham.
Trent Alexander-Arnold's pass for the visitors' opener was a thing of beauty, as he raced from the middle of Spurs' half straight to the head of Luis Diaz to set up the ball. Liverpool They took the lead in the 23rd minute. A cross from Andy Robertson shortly after was not cleared properly, bouncing off for Alexis McAllister to slot home.
James Maddison took advantage of a high turnover to halve the deficit with a goal against the run of play in the 41st minute. However, Liverpool restored their two-goal lead before half-time, with Dominik Szoboszlai finishing the move he had started.
If there was any doubt about the final result, Liverpool sealed the three points with a powerful counter-attack in the first ten minutes of the second half. Despite Archie Gray's best efforts, Mohamed Salah He was on hand to score the fourth goal.
Only five minutes had passed before Salah scored at the sharp end of another sharp turn, adding Liverpool's fifth goal after an hour in a usually entertaining game to make it 5-1.
But Tottenham will not give up. The hosts continued to push forward, leaving themselves exposed on the counter-attack, but they laid the foundation for Dejan Kulusevski and then Dominik Solanke to beat Alisson, cutting the score to 5-3.
Diaz started this celebratory goal fest and will end it. Diaz overcame the purely virtual defensive setup by the 85th minute and slotted the ball in from the far corner.
The nine-goal thriller leaves Liverpool four points behind Chelsea at the top of the Premier League while Tottenham languish in the bottom half of the table.
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player |
classification |
|---|---|
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Goalkeeper: Fraser Forster |
3.8/10 |
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lord: Pedro Porro |
5.0/10 |
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Capacity building: Radu Dragocin |
4.5/10 |
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Capacity building: Archie Gray |
5.1/10 |
|
pound: Spence's grandfather |
5.6/10 |
|
poison: The Pope walked |
5.3/10 |
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poison: Yves Bissouma |
5.1/10 |
|
I be: James Madison |
7.7/10 |
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Ru: Diane Kulusevski |
7.9/10 |
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street: Dominic Solanke |
8.1/10 |
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Left wing: Son Heung-min |
6.3/10 |
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sub: Lukas Bergvall (58' for Sarr) |
6.2/10 |
|
sub: Brennan Johnson (58' for Madison) |
6.9/10 |
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sub: Timo Werner (82' for son) |
nothing |
Subs not used: Brandon Austin (goalkeeper), Alfie Dorrington, Destiny Udoji, Callum Oluseyi, Sergio Reguilon, Will Lancashire.
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player |
classification |
|---|---|
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Goalkeeper: Alison |
5.9/10 |
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lord: Trent Alexander Arnold |
8.1/10 |
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Capacity building: Joe Gomez |
6.6/10 |
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Capacity building: Virgil van Dijk |
7.5/10 |
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pound: Andy Robertson |
6.9/10 |
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poison: Ryan Gravenberch |
6.4/10 |
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poison: Alexis McAllister |
7.7/10 |
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I be: Dominik Szoboszlai |
8.7/10 |
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Ru: Mohamed Salah |
9.5/10 |
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street: Luis Diaz |
9.1/10 |
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Left wing: Cody Steele |
6.6/10 |
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sub: Curtis Jones (68' for McAllister) |
6.0/10 |
|
sub: Diogo Jota (68' for Jacopo) |
6.3/10 |
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sub: Harvey Elliott (87' for) |
nothing |
|
sub: Darwin Nunez (87' for Diaz) |
nothing |
Subs not used: Caoimhin Kelleher (goalkeeper), Jarrell Quansah, Kostas Tsimikas, Trey Nyonyi and Wataru Endo.
