Liverpool vs Tottenham LIVE: Result and reaction from Premier League clash as Jota scores late winner
Liverpool 4-3 Tottenham: Diogo Jota’s late goal earns dramatic victory for Jurgen Klopp’s side
What a game. Tottenham once more displayed the fortitude that saw them comeback against Manchester United in their last outing but this time it wasn’t enough.
From the outset things looked bad for Ryan Mason’s side as Liverpool scored twice in the opening five minutes as Curtis Jones and the returning Luis Diaz fired home from close range. A shocking tackle from Cristian Romero then set up Mo Salah to score from the penalty spot and Spurs were trailing by three after quarter of an hour.
It took them another 20 minutes to grow into the game but the ended the half in fine fashion with Harry Kane volleying home Son Heung-min’s cross to pull one back and send the visitors into the break with some belief. The second half saw Spurs utilise the counter-attack effectively but it was a long ball that fed Son into the penalty area where he slotted a low effort past Alisson.
But the game was decided from the bench. Richarlison came on for Spurs and found the equaliser in stoppage time only for Diogo Jota to pounce on Lucas Moura’s loose backpass to win the game just over a minute later.
Relive the action from Anfield as Liverpool and Tottenham clashed in the Premier League:
Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham
60 mins: Liverpool’s methodology for this second half has been to try and maintain possession but when they’ve lost the ball, Spurs are so quick to counter-attack.
It’s a little scrappy from the home side.
Mo Salah tries to nip around Ivan Perisic but the Spurs man manages to hold him off and the ball runs away from the Liverpool playmaker just as he arrived at the box.
Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham
57 mins: And again!
This time Harry Kane flicks a pass into the box and Cristian Romero has stayed up the pitch. He meets the ball on the volley and dinks it over to the far corner where the ball bounces away off the upright!
Spurs have hit the post twice inside a couple of minutes.
Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham
54 mins: Off the post! Tottenham come closest to scoring in the second half as Dejan Kulusevski brings the ball into the final third. He sends the ball across to Son Heung-min who darts inside of Ibrahima Konate then shoots from the edge of the box.
Alisson leaps to his left but can’t get there and the ball rattles into the woodwork!
Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham
51 mins: Cody Gakpo drives down the right wing with the ball and is yanked back by Son Heung-min. Gakpo shakes him off and continues the run before winning a throw in.
The referee allowed Liverpool to play on but then retrospectively books Son for the foul.
Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham
48 mins: This is better from Tottenham. They seem more compact at the back and with Harry Kane dropping deeper have someone to link and hold up the ball as they transition into attack.
There’s more goals in this game for sure.
Second half: Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham
Liverpool get the match back underway at Anfield. The hosts still have a big lead and should be able to see this match out with some control and composure.
Spurs will want to pick up where they ended the first half.
HT Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham
Mo Salah has now scored 184 goals in his 300 appearances for Liverpool, leapfrogging Robbie Fowler (183 in 369 games) into sixth in the club’s all-time top scorers.
HT Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham
Spurs have conceded a league-high 13 goals in the opening 15 minutes of Premier League matches this season, while only three teams have ever conceded more in this period in a single campaign: Wolves in 11-12 (16), Ipswich in 94-95 (15) and Sheff Utd in 93-94 (14).
Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham
Trent Alexander-Arnold has assisted a goal in five consecutive Premier League appearances for the second time in his career (previously in August 2019), and is the only player in the competition’s history to have done so twice.
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