LIVERPOOL ended their five-game winless streak with a superb victory at Tottenham.
- Final score: Tottenham 1-3 Liverpool
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That’s all from us tonight as Liverpool registered three points for the first time since December 19 to move back into the Premier League top four.
Next up for the Reds is a tricky trip to in form West Ham United, before a home game against struggling Brighton.
Spurs meanwhile are four points adrift of the top four, but do have a game in hand on four of the five teams above them.
Brighton away is next up for Jose Mourinho’s side, before a mouthwatering clash with rivals Chelsea a week today.
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MATCH REPORT
Plenty to talk about from tonight’s clash.
Spurs thought they’d taken the lead early on through Son Heung-Min, only for VAR to rule the goal out for offside.
Liverpool then took the lead on the stroke of half time as Roberto Firmino tapped home from close range to end Liverpool’s run of 482 minutes without a goal in the league.
Trent-Alexander Arnold’s effort doubled Liverpool’s lead, but Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s wonder-strike pulled Spurs back into the game.
Liverpool thought they had gone 3-1 ahead through Salah, only for VAR to bring play back for a handball by Roberto Firmino on the halfway line.
Liverpool did then score a third, as Sadio Mane capitalised on a Joe Rodon error to put Liverpool 3-1 ahead.
After that Spurs didn’t show too many signs of getting back into the game, and Liverpool saw out the game to pick up their second win in nine league games.
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WORRYING SIGNS
Harry Kane went down twice in the first half with injuries to both ankles and had to come off at half time.
Spurs fans will be sweating over the fitness of their talisman who has been troubled with ankle injuries in the past.
Credit: Reuters
Credit: Reuters
JURGEN’S ANALYSIS
This is what Jurgen Klopp has to say at full time:
“It was a great game, super intense as I said before the game that it would be.
“We scored the goals in the right moments, scored wonderful goals, the right people scored the goals so all good apart from obviously Joel Matip had to go off.”
ON HARRY KANE
“He’s injured in both ankles and he says that to cope with one one pain [he] probably he could but he says with both [it’s] very painful and very sore, and getting big [in] both ankles in both feet.
“He couldn’t [play], he just couldn’t [play].
“He’s a guy with a good sacrifice spirit, he can fight against pain but [it] was difficult for him.”
JOSE’S THOUGHTS
This. iswhat Jose Mourinho has to say at full time:
“At half time we lost Harry.
“We lost that goal just before half time and in the first minute of the second half [we make] another mistake [and concede] another goal.
“Good reaction, 2-1.
“The team again fighting on the pitch and bringing Liverpool back, [but then make] one more mistake and [it’s] 3-1.
“[Then it’s] very difficult to fight against so many mistakes, so of course some of the guys are very disappointed because some of them had a very very positive performance.
“I would say a very good performance by some of them but we were punished by individual mistakes.”
AS IT STANDS
This is what tonight’s result means for the Premier League table.
Liverpool are back into the top four after picking up just a second win in nine league games.
Tottenham are now four points behind fourth placed Liverpool with one game in hand.
TRENT TALKS
These are the full time thoughts of Trent Alexander-Arnold:
“It’s what we needed.
“It’s what we deserved as well, I think we dominated most of the game.
“Obviously they had the early goal disallowed, [it] probably would have changed the way the game went on but we’ve come here with a game plan, we’ve executed it perfectly.
“[It was a] little bit tough when they scored but at the end of the day I think we deserve the three points and yeah we go away with them.”
WONDERKID
Trent Alexander-Arnold’s goal takes him to twenty-one goal involvements since the start of last season in the Premier League (5 goals and 16 assists).
That’s more than any other defender, and one more than his fullback partner Andy Robertson.
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FULL TIME WHISTLE
No exchanges between the managers at full time, unlike the last time the sides met at Anfield.
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SUPER SADIO
Sadio Mane’s goal tonight was his 70th Premier League goals for the Reds.
That takes him above Luis Suarez and into fifth on Liverpool’s all time Premier League scorers list.
FULL TIME STATS
The are the full time stats from the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.
Nothing between the teams in terms of possession, but Liverpool managed seven shots on target compared to just two for Spurs.
The Reds also had more than three times as many touches in the Spurs box than the home side had in theirs.
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A thoroughly entertaining game comes to an end.
The ball was in the back of the net six times in the ninety minutes, but both sides had a goal each ruled out by VAR.
Liverpool fans will hope the Reds have turned a corner after that performance, while Spurs fans will be disappointed with uncharacteristic defensive errors.
Reaction from both managers is coming up shortly.
PEEEEEEP!
THAT’S FULL TIME!
SPURS 1-3 LIVERPOOL!
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94. Into the final minute of the five added minutes.
It’s been a professional appearance from Liverpool by Jose Mourinho will be disappointed in the defending for all three Liverpool goals.
Since Harry Kane went off at half time Spurs have lost all their attacking threat.
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93. Nothing to report from the first three minutes of added time.
Both teams seem content to play the game as it is.
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90. Five minutes of added time are signalled by the fourth official.
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90. Good defending.
Son is nearly in for Spurs but Nat Phillips jumps to head the bouncing ball away from Son.
He knocks Son over as he does so and Spurs shout for a penalty, but Martin Atkinson waves play on.
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88. Liverpool substitution.
Roberto Firmino’s day is done, he’s the man making way for Divock Origi.
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87. Gareth Bale tries a long cross-field switch of play towards Doherty.
He gets it all wrong though and the ball skews off his foot and out for a goal kick.
Time is running out for the home side.
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85. Divock Origi is the next man to enter the action.
He’s going through his last minute preparations on the sideline.
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84. Chance!
Salah has to do better!
Jones plays the ball in to him behind Dier.
Salah then cuts inside onto his left foot from the right and can either shoot, play the ball to Mane or give it back to Jones.
He tries to back-heel it into. thepath of Jones but gives it straight to Eric Dier and Spurs survive.
THREE OF THE BEST
Sadio Mane celebrates scoring Liverpool’s third of the evening.
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Credit: AP:Associated Press
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81. Spurs substitution.
Gareth Bale in on, he’s replaced Steven Bergwijn.
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80. Liverpool play themselves into danger on the edge of their own box.
Wijnaldum plays it straight into the path of Hojbjerg who collects and crosses into the box.
There’s nobody there to get on the end of it and Spurs can’t capitalise.
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