It was a must-win game for both sides. Tottenham head into the match 5th in the division but only two points separated them and 8th place Brighton, who have two games in hand.
Liverpool, meanwhile, are chasing a Europa League spot and beating Spurs would have gone a long way to helping them achieve that.
And when all was said and done at Anfield, Liverpool came away with the win.
Liverpool opened the scoring after just three minutes vs Spurs. Trent Alexander-Anrold whipped in a cross, which Curtis Jones slotted past Forster.
Liverpool ahead INSIDE three minutes! 😱
That Trent assist 🤤 pic.twitter.com/Aa1HGIAsgh
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) April 30, 2023
Tottenham’s nightmare run continued as Luis Diaz – starting for the first time since October – made it 2-0 after five minutes.
Eight minutes later, Cristian Romero fouled Cody Gakpo to give away a penalty, which Mohamed Salah scored.
Perisic sent Van Dijk for a hot dog 👀😵💫 pic.twitter.com/0cKiMdJYyr
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) April 30, 2023
Spurs had a much brighter start to the second 45 and forced Alisson into some good stops. But as the game wore on, Tottenham faded and looked unlikely to find a second goal.
However, Heung-min Son made an excellent run to get on the end of Romero through ball before slotting past Alisson.
Richarlison then came off the bench and scored in the 92nd minute to equalise for the away outfit. Spurs could not hold out for a draw, though, as Diogo Jota scored in the 94th minute to put Liverpool back in front and win the game.
📰 Table Of Contents
Player ratings
Liverpool
- GK: Alisson (6.5)
- RB: Trent Alexander-Arnold (7.5)
- CB: Ibrahima Konate (6.5)
- CB: Virgil van Dijk (7)
- LB: Andy Robertson (6.5)
- CDM: Fabinho (6.5)
- CM: Harvey Elliott (6.5)
- CM: Curtis Jones (7.5)
- RW: Mohamed Salah (7.5)
- ST: Cody Gakpo (7)
- LW: Luis Diaz (7.5)
Substitutes
- Jordan Henderson (5)
- Diogo Jota (5)
- Darwin Nunez (4)
- James Milner (N/A)
Tottenham Hotspur FC
- GK: Fraser Forster (4.5)
- CB: Cristian Romero (6)
- CB: Eric Dier (5)
- CB: Ben Davies (5)
- RWB: Pedro Porro (6)
- CM: Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (6)
- CM: Oliver Skipp (6.5)
- LWB: Ivan Perisic (7)
- RW: Dejan Kulusevski (6)
- ST: Harry Kane (7.5)
- LW: Heung-min Son (7.5)
Substitutes
- Pape Sarr (4)
- Richarlison (6)
- Lucas Moura (N/A)
- Arnaut Danjuma (N/A)
Match reaction
Spurs board readying themselves for Monday morning 😂#LIVTOT pic.twitter.com/nnUqpsI9u8
— Rory Talks Football (@Rory_Talks_Ball) April 30, 2023
Another @ericdier fuck up!!!! Pathetic excuse for a “professional footballer”
— James Astley (@jay11284xxx) April 30, 2023
Spurs will be setting up a direct debit to their fans at this rate
— Sam Lee (@SamLee) April 30, 2023
Spurs need to sell the club 😭😭
— Ball Talk (@Ba11Talk) April 30, 2023
Spurs in serious Deep sh!t 😂😂
— IMO PUNTER🤴🏽🇨🇦 (@ImoPunter) April 30, 2023
Spurs fans getting flashbacks rn pic.twitter.com/T1O3txjrjj
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) April 30, 2023
Trent Alexander-Arnold has now registered 6 assists in his last 5 games:
🅰️ vs. Arsenal
🅰️🅰️ vs. Leeds
🅰️ vs. Forest
🅰️ vs. West Ham
🅰️ vs. TottenhamIn sparkling form. ✨ pic.twitter.com/8IcJkfVSzv
— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) April 30, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: Footage of Tottenham players earlier this week training for today’s game.#LIVTOT pic.twitter.com/UusxtbN1ag
— FreeBets.com (@FreeBetsDotCom) April 30, 2023
You’re not fit to wear the shirt @SpursOfficial
— The Spurs Web (@thespursweb) April 30, 2023
3-0!!!! In 15 mins. Tell you what once we sign these top midfielders this summer we will show the Arsenal fans how to fight for the title next season. Klopp will take us back to the top.
— Moby (@Mobyhaque1) April 30, 2023
Me convincing myself why I should keep watching spurs pic.twitter.com/ZCMSTm1YVM
— Harbiodun Jr (@HarbiodunJr) April 30, 2023
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