Tottenham vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction today
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One of those matches that was bursting at the seams, but where everyone felt they could have had a bit more.
It was also one of the games of the season, that may go some way to deciding the season. There is now the daylight of three points between Liverpool and Manchester City, although there was very little clarity to the decisions that dictated this pulsating 2-2 draw between Jurgen Klopp’s team and Tottenham Hotspur.
That will give rise to more rounds of debate over who exactly benefits from what, although that no longer just applies to arguments about circuit-breakers or Covid-enforced spells without games here. There was also the officiating, particularly after the England captain wasn’t sent off but the Scottish captain was.
The oddity will be that both sides can claim justice was done and that they were the victims of injustice.
At the very least, supporters also got the brilliant match that it felt like the game deserved, especially amid a spell when there are renewed arguments over whether the sport should be suspended for a time.
Follow all the reaction fromTottenham vs Liverpool below:
Tottenham 1 - 0 Liverpool
23 mins: Mo Salah has been kept quiet despite the back and forth nature of this game. He gets the ball on the right wing now and takes on Sessegnon before flicking a cross into the box. Mane is the target but Ben Davies heads it away.
Liverpool come again but feed the ball in from the left this time. Mane shifts onto his right foot and shoots drawing Lloris into a save.
Tottenham 1 - 0 Liverpool
20 mins: Ouch! Harry Kane is shown a yellow card for a lunging tackle on Andy Robertson. He slides in with his studs up and whacks Robertson on the shin. There’s a VAR check for a potential red card against the Tottenham goalscorer but nothing further comes of it.
Tottenham 1 - 0 Liverpool
Tottenham 1 - 0 Liverpool
17 mins: Liverpool almost respond immediately as Alexander-Arnold floats a cross into the middle of the box that Mane just isn’t able to bring under control.
At the other end of the pitch Spurs break on the counter with Kane driving the ball forward. He feeds it across to Son who sends his effort wide of the left-hand post!
GOAL! Tottenham 1 - 0 Liverpool (Kane, 13’)⚽️
13 mins: This time he scores! This is a lovely goal from Tottenham. Tanguy Ndombele is given the ball in the middle of the pitch and spots Kane’s run into the box. He threads a perfect pass in between Robertson and Konate to gives Kane a shot at goal. He rolls the effort back across the area, beats Alisson and sends it hom off the inside of the far post!
Tottenham 0 - 0 Liverpool
12 mins: Chance! Great defending from Liverpool denies Spurs the opening goal. Emerson Royal gets free on the right wing and receives the ball. He hits a low pass in towards the near post where Harry Kane collects the ball. He spins towards goal and shoots but out of nowhere Ibrahima Konate slides across and makes the block!
Tottenham 0 - 0 Liverpool
9 mins: Nice work from Naby Keita. Spurs go forward and give the ball to Son Heung-min. He tries to weave into space along the front edge of the box but gets tackled by Keita before he can shoot.
Liverpool then come forward and Robertson swings a cross in from the left. It falls for Alexander-Arnold who turns towards goal and fires a left-footed shot from range forcing Lloris into a sharp save low to his left!
Tottenham 0 - 0 Liverpool
6 mins: Almost. Tyler Morton - on his first Premier League start for Liverpool - whips a fine pass over to the right side where Mo Salah has made a run in behind Ben Davies. Salah can’t bring the ball down though and it skips wide of the penalty area. He tries to recover the ball but Hugo Lloris beats him to him and boots it clear for Spurs.
Tottenham 0 - 0 Liverpool
3 mins: Eric Dier sends a long diagonal ball over the Liverpool defence. Ryan Sessegnon gets in behind Alexander-Arnold and tries to pick out Harry Kane in the box. Kane is wide open but the Liverpool right-back gets back in time to block the cross out for a Tottenham corner.
Tottenham 0 - 0 Liverpool
Kick off: Both teams take the knee before Tottenham get the match underway. It’s the last Premier League game before Christmas so who’s going to come out on top?
Liverpool win an early throw in as Spurs send the ball out of play on their right side.
Chance! Sadio Mane switches the play out to Trent Alexander-Arnold on the inside right. He chips a pass into the box and finds Andy Robertson who has a free header but sends it wide of goal!
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