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Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool: Arne Slot’s men extend lead over Chelsea and top the table at Christmas
Liverpool FC 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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“I’m not sure what you mean by pressure. I’m not happy with where we are. I think people are judging me, they’re not throwing platitudes at me. That’s fair enough.
“I can only navigate us through a difficult period and get to a position where hopefully we have a healthier squad and improve our position on the table.
“If you’re saying 10th is not a good position and I should maybe be uncomfortable, that is for others to judge.”
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“It was very good, maybe it was our best performance away from home although I loved what I saw at Man Utd. Total dominance. That was a very good away game as well.
“I think we could have scored more goals today. You can’t score every chance, although I think Tottenham did!
“Mo and Lucho both had two goals, so stood out, but we wouldn’t do justice to Dom’s performance without mentioning him.
“He was an important part of our game plan and executed really well.”
Ruthless Liverpool exploit everlasting flaws in Ange Postecoglou’s chaotic Tottenham
Are you not entertained? After the seven-goal thriller came the excitement of nine goals. Tottenham found a way to go two better, but also significantly worse. The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has witnessed 16 goals in four days, Spurs have veered from winning 4-3 to losing 6-3. Angeball can veer from the brilliant to the ridiculous, but rarely quite to this extent. And in reply to Ange Postecoglou’s question on Thursday: it was hugely entertaining, but this time too much of the entertainment came at Tottenham’s expense.
Ruthless Liverpool exploit everlasting flaws in Ange Postecoglou’s chaotic Tottenham
Postecoglou: “It’s obviously a painful one"
Ange Postecoglou says that the result is “obviously a painful one for us”.
“Credit to Liverpool, they were too good for us. They’re in a great moment, great form, feeling confident. It was a bridge too far for us, We looked like we lacked energy which is understandable.”
On whether there are additional factors influencing performances: “I’m just going to stop answering these questions. If people can’t see the obvious I‘m not going to point it out. Make of it what you want, yes we’re conceding goals.
“If you want to discount the fact we’re missing a goalkeeper, two centre-backs and left-back and that hasn’t coincided with what we’re doing… I don’t know what to say anymore. I think people make up their mind in their own way. They either think what I’m doing is good or bad, and that’s fine.
“It’s fairly significant, if you took out Liverpool’s goalkeeper, two centre-backs and a left-back - or any team other than Liverpool, they’d find it tough going as well.”
FULL-TIME! Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool
Tottenham have conceded 31 goals in Premier League home games in 2024; their most in a single calendar year since 2007 (34).
FULL-TIME! Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool
A stat for fans:
In the last seven seasons when Liverpool have been top of the table at Christmas, they have only won the league once.
It’s difficult to see them not winning this one though.
Salah says there is no contract update
Speaking to Sky Sports after the match, Mo Salah says that Liverpool “were quite good up front but defensively we need to improve as a team.
“Conceding three goals is quite hard. It’s a good result, hopefully we just keep going.
“We expected that [a chaotic match], the way they play, they open the game, they enjoy their football, they’re physically tough and mentally we always have to be in the game.
“They don’t change much the way they play, it’s intense. City came here and struggled, other teams too. I’m happy we won because they play an intense game.
He added that becoming the first player ever to score 10 goals and provide 10 assists in the Premier League before Christmas is “something that makes me proud, I’ll keep working hard.”
On becoming Liverpool’s fourth all-time leading goalscorer: “It’s great to achieve that at such a big club, but the most important thing is that we won the game. Wherever I am going to end my career I am happy about it.”
He finishes by saying that there is no update on his contract situation.
FULL-TIME! Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool
That result means Liverpool head into Christmas with a four-point lead at the top of the table, and with a game in hand. The Reds have 39 points from 16 games, while Chelsea have 35 from 17.
Spurs head into the festive period in 11th, with 23 points. They are now eight points off top four.
‘Remarkable, ridiculous entertainment'
“Remarkable, ridiculous entertainment.
“Angeball in its flawed glory. And three points for Liverpool.
“Their best attacking display under Slot, though perhaps not their best defensive one. But Diaz, Salah, Szoboszlai and Alexander-Arnold were all very good.”
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