Liverpool vs Tottenham LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Son and Richarlison hit back
Jurgen Klopp’s penultimate Anfield fixture saw Liverpool win with ease and almost end Tottenham’s top-four hopes
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool finally found some form in a 4-2 Premier League victory over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday in much-loved manager Juergen Klopp’s penultimate game at Anfield.
Strikes from Mohamed Salah, Andy Robertson, Cody Gakpo and Harvey Elliott pushed Klopp’s men within five points of leaders Arsenal in the table with two games remaining, and four points behind holders Manchester City, who have a game in hand over both.
Liverpool talisman Salah headed home his 18th league goal of the season in the 16th minute before Robertson doubled their lead with a tap-in just before halftime. Gakpo headed in Elliott’s cross in the 50th, then the midfielder bagged his own with a rocket from 20 yards out that curled into the top corner.
Richarlison and Son Heung-min pulled two back to make for a lively ending, but a comeback was not on the cards for Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs who are fifth in the table.
Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham
3 min: The ball bounces out to Yves Bissouma on the edge of the box, who blazes over the bar.
Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham
2 min: A bright start by Spurs, who win a corner, and then win a free-kick on the left side of the pitch inside the attacking third after Trent Alexander-Arnold’s little trip on Son Heung-min. Pedro Porro will deliver in James Maddison’s absense.
Kick-off! Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham
It’s a cracking atmosphere as they get under way. Spurs are quickly on the ball trying to make a fast start.
Liverpool v Tottenham
It is, unsurprisingly, a rousing rendition of You’ll Never Walk Alone in what is Jurgen Klopp’s penultimate Anfield fixture. On the pitch, Virgil van Dijk gives a final pep-talk to his teammates in a huddle.
Liverpool v Tottenham line-ups
A reminder of how the two teams line-up this afternoon at Anfield. James Maddison is again left out of the starting XI for Spurs as Ange Postecoglou searches for the right combination in midfield. Jurgen Klopp names a strong side as he looks for a positive finish to a disappointing final campaign.
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, van Dijk, Robertson, Elliott, Endo, Mac Allister, Salah, Gakpo, Diaz
Tottenham XI: Vicario, Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Emerson, Bissouma, Sarr, Bentancur, Kulusevski, Son, Johnson
Liverpool vs Tottenham: Latest Premier League updates
We should see goals today: Liverpool have kept one clean sheet in their last 14 in the Premier League, while Tottenham have only kept two clean sheets in their last 25.
Liverpool have conceded the opening goal in 16 Premier League games this season but Tottenham are usually slow starters. Since January, 80 per cent of their goals have been scored in the second half.
Liverpool vs Tottenham: Latest Premier League updates
Tottenham have not lost four Premier League games in a row in almost 20 years - when they lost six in a row at the start of the 2004/05 season.
Defeats to Newcastle, Arsenal and Chelsea means the pressure is on as Ange Postecoglou’s side travel to Anfield.
Spurs also lost three in a row earlier this season. Following that 4-1 defeat at Chelsea, they lost to Wolves and Aston Villa before drawing 3-3 against Man City.
Liverpool vs Tottenham: Latest Premier League updates
Son Heung-min has scored in each of his last four Premier League appearances against Liverpool.
He could match Jamie Vardy if he scores today, who is the only player in Premier League history to have scored in five consecutive Premier League matches against the Reds.
Son, meanwhile, is making his 300th Premier League game today and only Hugo Lloris and Harry Kane have made more for Spurs.
Premier League results
It’s full-time at the Amex Stadium and Stamford Bridge this afternoon, where both Brighton and Chelsea have earned home wins.
That’s a blow for Aston Villa as they chase Champions League football, although they still have a seven-point cushion from Tottenham having played two games more, and they will hope Liverpool can dent Spurs’ chase this afternoon.
As for West Ham, the writing may have been on the wall for David Moyes already but this result will only strengthen the view that he should move on at the end of the season.
Chelsea 5-0 West Ham United
Brighton and Hove Albion 1-0 Aston Villa
Liverpool vs Tottenham: Latest Premier League updates
Tottenham are trying to complete a league double over Liverpool for the first time since 2010/11.
That’s after Spurs handed Liverpool their first defeat of the season in highly controversial circumstances back in September, as Luis Diaz’s goal was incorrectly ruled offside by VAR and a last-minute Joel Matip own goal handed Ange Postecoglou’s side victory over the nine-men visitors.
Tottenham have won just once in their previous 29 visits to Anfield, which was a 2-0 win on the final day of the season in May 2011.
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