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The late scoring secured Liverpool three important points in the top game at Anfield.
LIVERPOOL-TOTTENHAM 2-1
He was scheduled for a real battle at Anfield on Wednesday night. League leaders Tottenham visited second-placed Liverpool in what turned into an intense and fast-paced showdown.
Mohamed Salah sent the home team to the lead, before Heung-min Son tied for Tottenham out of nowhere a few minutes later. Klopp’s team was completely dominant in terms of play before the break, but failed to outsmart the experienced Hugo Lloris more than once.
Just before the end, Roberto Firmino stabbed the ball into goal with a beautiful header from a corner. Thus, he secured three very important points for Jürgen Klopp’s men.
Liverpool take the victory over the league leadership Tottenham.
– We were so close to victory. We had the fight under control. You can imagine how we feel about a loss here. Very good performance, of course there were some mistakes, but very good. A very unfair result, Mourinho said in the post-match interview.
Television cameras captured a dispute between the two coaches at the end of the match. Mourinho was asked about this.
– I said the best team lost. He did not agree. That is your opinion. And by the way, if I had behaved like him on the bench, I would not have had the opportunity to continue being there. They had fired me in a minute.
– Did it seem like he acted a little Klopp? asked the reporter.
– It was extravagant. What if he had caught the signal from the fourth official? I say that for some reason I am different. If I had done what he did, I would have gotten in trouble, Mourinho replied, referring to Klopp’s behavior on the sidelines.
– They had two great occasions in which they did not score, but apart from that we controlled the game. There are three highly deserved points, says the Liverpool manager in the post-match interview.
Salah arranged Liverpool’s management
Firmino also got the first scoring opportunity of the match at eleven minutes. But Andy Robertson cleared a tremendous header from Hugo Lloris with his fists to corner, after a great cross from the left wing.
In the intervening 20 minutes, Robertson again took advantage of Liverpool’s opportunity. The low post was perfectly beaten off the foot of Mohamed Salah, but the Egyptian’s shot went straight to Lloris.
Salah was counted a few minutes later. Toby Alderweireld fired a shot through the foot, on a high arc before landing on the crossbar behind an out-played Tottenham goalkeeper.
Curtis Jones had a chance a minute later. The 14 meter shot didn’t have enough pressure on him and he was saved without major problems.
At times Tottenham were pushed back, but José Mourinho sometimes looked a bit uncomfortable on the visiting team’s bench.
– There has been a total overtaking. They can barely borrow the ball, TV 2 expert Nils Johan Semb said of Tottenham in the 33 minutes that had elapsed.
Seconds later, the ball was in goal and the expert made statements almost ashamed. Giovani Lo Celso found Heung-min Son with a pass to the back room. The South Korean marginally misled Liverpool’s offside line before placing the tie.
During the break, TV 2 expert Erik Thorstvedt summed up what happened in the first 45 minutes. As Son’s score rolled across the screen, the former Tottenham goalkeeper drew some surprising figures.
– This is the first time they have been in the Liverpool box. In the only shot they had in the first half (Son scored). Tottenham had 75 passes in the team in the first half, it is the fewest that a José Mourinho team has had since 2012, when he was Real Madrid coach in a game against Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona, Thorstvedt explained.
At the time, Real Madrid had only 54 passes in a 2-1 win over Barcelona, according to Opta.
Great possibilities both ways
After the break, the guests took possession of the game in a completely different way than they started. Steven Bergwijn tried to take the lead when a ball that entered from the right side left Eduardo Alonso completely free to score.
A few minutes later, Harry Kane fired from long range. With an emergency call, Alisson managed to keep the ball away from behind.
Bergwijn had the opportunity to change things. Alone with Alisson, the Dutchman jabbed the post. Television cameras quickly found a frustrated Mourinho on the guest bench.
– You don’t have a bigger chance, said Semb.
At the next corner, Kane also seized a golden opportunity when he headed the ball to the ground and went over the crossbar.
Sadio Mane had a great opportunity to put the home team ahead with just over a quarter of an hour to play. The Senegalese hit the ball off the crossbar of s
The slanted hold and unique margins ensured Lloris didn’t have to pull the second ball of the night out of the net.
Kane responded with a great opportunity ten minutes before the end.
Just before the end, Firmino secured Liverpool’s victory with his header.
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