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FT: Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool - Diaz heads opener & Mac Allister adds second; Maddison pulls one back but Szoboszlai & Salah double put Reds in control. Kulusevski & Solanke respond. Diaz adds Liverpool sixth
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Tottenham 0-1 Liverpool
Gary Neville
Former Manchester United defender on Sky Sports
It's a red wave every time Liverpool go forward. Tottenham are living on the edge.
Image source, Getty ImagesTottenham 0-1 Liverpool
Clinton Morrison
Former Republic of Ireland striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
The Tottenham players are hiding. I shouldn't say that but Spence had the ball and not one player showed for him.
Tottenham 0-1 Liverpool
Liverpool have had 10 shots - one ever two and a half minutes.
Tottenham 0-1 Liverpool
The ball drops to Luis Diaz who smacks in a shot from just outside the box. Fraser Forster gets down low to save.
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Image source, Getty ImagesThe dictionary definition of 'it's been coming.'
Em
All I want for Christmas is for Trent Alexander-Arnold to sign a new contract! Oh and Salah. And Van Dijk. I’m not asking for much…
Paul B
Tottenham 0-1 Liverpool
Liverpool have avoided defeat in their last 38 matches when scoring first in the Premier League, since a 4-1 loss to Manchester City on 1 April 2023.
Tottenham 0-1 Liverpool
Tottenham wideman Dejan Kulusevski cuts in from the right and flashes a shot wide of the far post.
Tottenham 0-1 Liverpool
Clinton Morrison
Former Republic of Ireland striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
Image source, Getty ImagesThey can't deal with Trent. It's poor defending from Dragusin.
Tottenham 0-1 Liverpool
Gary Neville
Former Manchester United defender on Sky Sports
Luis Diaz glides into the box, but the cross is something else from Trent Alexander-Arnold.
That is precision, there is very few players in Premier League history who can land it on a sixpence with that accuracy and speed.
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Ten days until Trent Alexander-Arnold can discuss pre-contracts with other teams.
Luis Diaz
Image source, Getty ImagesLiverpool get the lead.
Trent Alexander-Arnold swings in another world-class right-wing cross, this one from deep and Luis Diaz throws himself onto it to nod home from six yards.
In the celebrate Diaz pretends to clean Alexander-Arnold's boots.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport football news reporter
Tottenham supporters are already anxious about this match.
You can sense, after a few early Liverpool chances, that these fans are fearing the worst against the league leaders and title favourites
There is a slightly tepid atmosphere early on in North London at a ground that is usually much louder.
It doesn't help that Mohamed Salah has had five shots in the first 18 minutes.
But they might get behind their anger at referee Sam Barrott, who didn't call a possible foul on Son Heung-min by Dominic Szoboszlai as Spurs were breaking.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
Son Heung-min tries to feed Dejan Kulusevski, who can't take it in his stride and Virgil van Dijk clears.
Now Son nutmegs Trent Alexander-Arnold but can't get it on the other side. I'm sure nutmeg purists will tell me that means it doesn't count as one.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
Mike Dean
Former Premier League referee on Sky Sports
From a referee's point of view Dominik Szoboszlai cannot get out of the way and it's a natural coming together.
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This game is being played at a pace that suits Liverpool. Why aren’t Spurs just taking the sting out of the game? Calm down. Classic Ange.
Tom
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
Tottenham fans are furious. Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai is on the ground and Son Heung-min trips over him. Weird one. Nothing given.
Image source, Getty ImagesTottenham 0-0 Liverpool
Mohamed Salah has attempted five shots so far. Nobody else has had more than one.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
Clinton Morrison
Former Republic of Ireland striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
Tottenham are so sloppy in midfield, they don't have someone who can get in possession and that's why they keep giving it away.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
It was Yves Bissouma who gave the ball away in the build-up to that chance.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
Gary Neville
Former Manchester United defender on Sky Sports
Image source, Getty ImagesSpurs give it away in a really bad area.
Brilliant from Mo Salah, he does well to get the shot away.
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 16 | 21 | 39 |
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| 2 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 35 |
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| 3 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 33 |
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| 4 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 31 |
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| 5 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 28 |
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| 6 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 28 |
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| 7 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 27 |
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| 8 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 26 |
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| 9 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 25 |
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| 10 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 25 |
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| 11 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 25 | 14 | 23 |
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| 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 23 |
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| 13 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 22 |
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| 14 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 30 | -8 | 20 |
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| 15 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 16 |
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| 16 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 16 |
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| 17 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 37 | -16 | 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 40 | -13 | 12 |
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| 19 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -16 | 12 |
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| 20 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 36 | -25 | 6 |
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Manager: Ange Postecoglou
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Arne Slot
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Ange Postecoglou
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Arne Slot
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
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Tottenham won this exact fixture 2-1 last season, last winning consecutive home league games against Liverpool between 2008 and 2012 (a run of five).
Liverpool have lost just two of their last 23 Premier League games against Tottenham (W15 D6) and have scored at least once in each of their last 17 against Spurs.
Tottenham won this exact fixture 2-1 last season thanks to a 90th minute Joel Matip own goal. Indeed, this fixture has seen more 90th minute winning goals than any other in Premier League history (6).
Tottenham have lost nine of their last 11 Premier League games against sides starting the day top of the table, with both exceptions coming away against Manchester City (2-2 in August 2019, 3-2 in February 2022). They’ve lost all five home games in this run.
Tottenham have kept just one clean sheet in their last 23 Premier League home games, a 4-0 win against Everton earlier this season. They’re winless in their last three at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (D1 L2), last having a longer run without a home win in November/December 2013 (4).
Spurs have scored more goals in the opening 15 minutes of games than any other side in the Premier League this season (9), with five of those coming in their last two games.
Having conceded just three goals in their first eight Premier League games this season, Liverpool have now conceded 10 in their last seven. Their last two games have been drawn 3-3 with Newcastle and 2-2 with Fulham, with the Reds last drawing three straight league games in the same season back in October 2015.
Victory for Liverpool will see them top of the Premier League table at Christmas for the first time since 2020-21. However, the Reds have only won the title in one of the last seven top-flight campaigns in which they’ve been top at Christmas, doing so in 2019-20.
Son Heung-min’s two assists against Southampton last time out took his total in the Premier League to 68 – the joint-most of any Tottenham player in the competition’s history (level with Darren Anderton).
Mohamed Salah has been involved in 22 of Liverpool’s 31 Premier League goals this season (71%), by far the highest share of any player for a side so far this term. He has 13 goals and nine assists, and could become the first player in Premier League history to reach double figures for both before Christmas in a single campaign.
