Tottenham vs Liverpool LIVE: Result and reaction as teams play out nine-goal thriller in London
Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool: Arne Slot’s men extend lead over Chelsea and top the table at Christmas
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool earned a thrilling 6-3 win over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday to ensure they head into Christmas top of the Premier League table.
Arne Slot’s side dominated from the start of a frantic encounter in the capital, with Luis Diaz opening the scoring from a brilliant Trent Alexander-Arnold cross, and they doubled the lead before long as Alexis Mac Allister headed home.
James Maddison grabbed one back to give Spurs brief hope, but Dominik Szoboszlai quickly poked home to put the visitors 3-1 up at the break.
And the second half started in much the same way, with Mo Salah netting twice in quick succession to put the game out of reach of the hosts. Despite late goals from Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke, it was the Reds who had the last laugh too, with Diaz getting his second late on to put the gloss on a fantastic performance for the league leaders.
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Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool
90 mins
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
87 mins
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
85 mins
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
83 mins
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
80 mins
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
78 mins
A yellow card for Bergvall as he clips Jota. The game is petering out a little now.
Tottenham 2-5 Liverpool
75 mins
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.”
GOAL! Tottenham 2-5 Liverpool
72 mins
GOAL! Spurs reduce the deficit.
It’s superb goal too, with Son shipping it to Kulusevski in a central area, before the Swede gives it to Solanke. The striker cuts back into the space and chips a lovely through ball just past van Dijk, and Kulusevski smashes the volley past Alisson.
5-2.
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