Tottenham vs Liverpool LIVE!
Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the Premier League with a dominant but chaotic 6-3 win at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday thanks to doubles from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah.
Diaz met Trent Alexander-Arnold’s beautiful cross with a diving header to open the scoring before Alexis Mac Allister nodded home from close range to double Liverpool’s lead, but James Maddison pulled one back four minutes before half-time.
Dominik Szoboszlai scored in added time and Salah netted twice in seven second-half minutes, before Dejan Kulusevski’s volley was followed by Dominic Solanke’s 83rd-minute goal to set up a frantic finish until Diaz made it 6-3 two minutes later.
Liverpool are top with 39 points from 16 games, four points above second-placed Chelsea who have played a game more. Spurs remain 11th, with 23 points from 17 games.
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GOAL! Salah gets in on the act
GOAL! Salah doubles up in a rout
GOAL! Maddison pulls one back
GOAL! Mac Allister has Reds cruising
GOAL! Diaz heads home the opener
Full-time!
18:24 , Alex Young
96min: A true festive treat in north London!
No one stopping Liverpool this season.
18:19 , Alex Young
91min: Five minutes added on.
18:18 , Alex Young
89min: Both teams playing like they want another.
GOAL!
18:14
85min: Diaz fires low on the angle and it’s SIX for Liverpool!
GOAL!
18:11 , Alex Young
83min: Solanke pulls another back! What a ridiculous game of football.
18:11 , Alex Young
82min: Werner is on for Son.
Dan Kilpatrick at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
18:08 , Alex Young
It’s a fifth game in a row with a goal for Kulusevski. It’s not the story but he is developing into a really consistent goalscorer.
The atmosphere has fallen a little flat but Spurs are still pushing forward, so there’s every chance of more goals in the final 10 minutes.
18:06 , Alex Young
77min: Diaz goes close with a lob after being sent over the top from Salah, but finds the roof of the net.
GOAL!
18:01 , Alex Young
72min: Kulusevski volleys home from inside the area. A cracker of a goal, but barely a celebration.
17:59 , Alex Young
70min: Liverpool play for Spurs to play around them for now, ready to pounce on the counter.
17:56 , Alex Young
68min: Gakpo and Mac Allister are off, Jota and Jones on.
17:52 , Alex Young
63min: A stunning save from Forster denies Alexander-Arnold from range.
Spurs are desperate for the final whistle, but still half an hour to play.
GOAL!
17:49 , Alex Young
61min: Salah slots home again and this is getting ugly for Spurs now.
Dan Kilpatrick at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
17:48 , Alex Young
Spurs have not lost any of their previous seven defeats this season by more than a goal but that’s surely set to change this afternoon.
Liverpool are in the mood and Spurs’ makeshift back four is really wobbling. Postecoglou will want his side to keep trying to score but there is a danger the scoreline could get ugly.
17:46 , Alex Young
58min: Bergvall and Johnson are on, Sarr and Maddison make way.
17:45 , Alex Young
57min: It should be five as Szoboszlai runs through, rounds Forster but finds the side netting.
GOAL!
17:43 , Alex Young
54min: That’ll do it!
Liverpool are lining up to finish off Spurs, with Salah on hand at the back post after a sublime counterattack.
This team is something else.
Dan Kilpatrick at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
17:41 , Alex Young
I think it’s fair to say that Spurs haven’t got many breaks from referee Sam Barrott this afternoon.
In the first half, Alexander-Arnold carelessly bundled over Maddison on the edge of the box, before Son was impeded by a grounded Szoboszlai from getting to the ball in a great position, and they have already been on the wrong end of a couple of tight calls since the interval.
Liverpool fans, of course, will remember last season’s VAR controversy in this fixture.
17:40 , Alex Young
52min: Salah tries to stand up Spence, but the full-back wins this round.
17:39 , Alex Young
50min: Solanke turns Van Dijk on the edge of the area but his shot is weak and straight at Alisson.
17:36 , Alex Young
48min: Salah tries to find the run of Gakpo into the area, but puts a little too much on it.
Second half!
17:34 , Alex Young
46min: Back underway. No changes.
17:32 , Alex Young
This second half almost feels like damage limitation for Spurs now. They can’t concede four at home again.
Dan Kilpatrick at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
17:28 , Alex Young
You wonder if Spurs could have sat back to see out the half at 2-1, with the momentum in their favour, but that’s not the Postecoglou way of course.
17:21 , Alex Young
Spurs second-best throughout, and tiring, with Liverpool able to step up through the gears with ease.
The best team in the country, by a distance.
Half-time!
17:18 , Alex Young
48min: There’s the whistle!
GOAL!
17:17 , Alex Young
46min: Spurs cannot hold on until half-time! Salah feeds in Szoboszlai, who ghosts in behind Gray to slot home.
Dan Kilpatrick at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
17:15 , Alex Young
It’s an excellent finish from Maddison, going between two Liverpool defenders to disguise his strike from Alisson.
I don’t think Liverpool can have any complaints about Kulusevski’s press on Mac Allister. It was just a poor touch from the Argentine, which allowed Spurs to turnover the ball.
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17:14 , Alex Young
42min: A little bit of hope for Spurs, who have offered very little.
GOAL!
17:13 , Alex Young
41min: Out of nothing, Spurs pull one back! Maddison bends one home from the edge of the area.
Mac Allister is claming a foul in the build-up, but there’s nothing in it.
Dan Kilpatrick at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
17:11 , Alex Young
Spurs have looked like a side missing both starting centre-backs and the goalkeeper today. A floaty cross caused mayhem and Mac Allister had a simple finish with his head
This now feels like a massive uphill climb for a jaded Spurs against the league leaders but never take anything for granted with Postecoglou’s side.
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17:10 , Alex Young
39min: Son gets his first sight of goal, collecting the ball in the area on the turn but shoots wildly wide.
GOAL!
17:07 , Alex Young
36min: A long way back from Spurs now!
Mac Allister beats Forster in the area to head home after the Spurs defence fail to deal with a cross.
17:06 , Alex Young
35min: Fantastic ball by Sarr sends Maddison scampering towards the penalty area, but Gomez is there is tackle the midfielder immediately.
Smart defending.
Dan Kilpatrick at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
17:03 , Alex Young
Spurs haven’t matched the intensity of their recent first halves against Manchester City, Chelsea and Man United so far, and are clinging on a bit against a really slick Liverpool side.
As Postecoglou has emphasised, a lot of these players have played too much football recently and it looks like it so far this afternoon.
17:02 , Alex Young
31min: First booking of the game goes to Gakpo for a wild lunge on Bissouma.
17:00 , Alex Young
29min: It’s floated in, headed clear by Dragusin but the ball immediately comes back in and Spurs take one, two, three attempts to clear.
16:59 , Alex Young
28min: Spurs fans singing songs about Postecoglou as Liverpool line up a free kcik from deep.
16:58 , Alex Young
27min: Dragusin almost finds Maddison’s run through the defence, but a little too much spice on the ball.
16:57 , Alex Young
26min: Diaz carves open a space for another pop, but this time Forster is right behind it for a smart save to his right.
Dan Kilpatrick at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
16:56 , Alex Young
Perhaps Sarr or Dragusin should have got tighter to Diaz there but I’m not sure how much Spurs could have done about that goal.
Just a phenonemal cross from Alexander-Arnold and a great striker’s finish by Diaz. Liverpool ahead and they deserve it on the balance of play.
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GOAL!
16:53 , Alex Young
23min: It was coming! Alexander-Arnold puts a delicious cross right on Diaz’s head to nod home unmarked.
16:52 , Alex Young
20min: Huge boos around the ground as Son is tripped by Szoboszlai but the referee isn’t interested and then Liverpool go up the other end and almost score.
Looked a bit soft.
CROSSBAR!
16:49 , Alex Young
19min: Salah is getting closer! He holds off Spence and Gray to beat Forster from close range, but not the woodwork.
16:48 , Alex Young
18min: Salah gets two bits of the cherry, both times hitting Spence inside the area.
16:47 , Alex Young
16min: As I type that, Sarr tries his luck from 30 yards which bobbles wide.
16:46 , Alex Young
15min: Diaz does well to get rid of Porro, cut inside and find Gakpo to blaze over.
Liverpool are making these half-chances, Spurs are not at the moment.
16:44 , Alex Young
13min: Alexander-Arnold is seeing plenty of the ball down the right, as expected. Liverpool looking for him time and again.
16:41 , Alex Young
10min: First shot on goal and it falls to Salah on the stretch to fling a leg at Alexander-Arnold’s smart, looping cross.
Forster makes himself big and saves.
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