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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KICK-OFF! Tottenham 1-3 Liverpool
The visitors get the second half started.
HT: Tottenham 1-3 Liverpool
The main thing you can take from that half was just how dominant this Liverpool side can be, and why they are still overwhelming title favourites.
The Reds completely dominated most of that half, and have scored three good goals - they look certain to be taking three points home tonight.
HT: Tottenham 1-3 Liverpool
HALF-TIME! Tottenham 1-3 Liverpool
The referee brings the half to an end and it’s another dominant Liverpool performance, with the away side heading into the break with a two-goal cushion.
GOAL! Tottenham 1-3 Liverpool
46 mins
GOAL! The lead is back to two!
That could be that. Szoboszlai heads on the ball forward and Salah latches onto it before surging towards the box and playing a reverse pass to the overlapping Hungarian. He’s one-v-one and he takes the shot early, slipping it past Forster for 3-1.
Tottenham 1-2 Liverpool
45 mins
There’ll be minutes of added time here. You get the feeling both sides would take this at this point, ahead of a reset at the break.
Tottenham 1-2 Liverpool
43 mins
Diaz is briefly clean through before seeing his shot blocked, but he was offside anyway.
GOAL! Tottenham 1-2 Liverpool
41 mins
GOAL! Spurs have one back!
Kulusevski takes the ball off Mac Allister near the edge of the box and Maddison picks it up, using van Dijk’s body to bend it around the defender and out of range of Alisson.
Tottenham 0-2 Liverpool
39 mins
Groans around the stadium as Son is offside once more when Spurs were in a promising position. A good line from the Liverpool defence though.
GOAL! Tottenham 0-2 Liverpool
36 mins
GOAL! The lead is two.
Liverpool recycle possession before Gomez’s ball to Szoboszlai breaks the lines. He sweeps it wide to the left, where Gakpo lays it off to Robertson. The Scot dinks in a cushioned cross that loops up off Szoboszlai and Spence, and Mac Allister is running in to nod the ball into the back of the net.
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