Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 16 December 2020
Result
Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League · Wednesday 16 December 2020, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report
Liverpool won against Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 16 December 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.
Mohamed Salah opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Mohamed Salah (26') and Roberto Firmino (90'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Heung-min Son (33').
Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 25 points from 12 and Tottenham Hotspur 1st on 25 points from 12. Liverpool went on to finish that season 3rd with 69 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 7th with 62.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Hugo Lloris of Tottenham Hotspur (8.5), ahead of Roberto Firmino (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Liverpool wins, 4 draws and 1 for Tottenham Hotspur.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Mohamed Salah
- 33'Goal · Heung-min Son
- 48'Yellow card · Giovani Lo Celso
- 54'Yellow card · Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg
- 90'Goal · Roberto Firmino
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Gareth Bale
- James Milner
- Erik Lamela
- Arthur Melo
- Thiago Alcântara
- Xherdan Shaqiri
- Konstantinos Tsimikas
- Japhet Tanganga
- Virgil van Dijk
- Joël Matip
- Joe Gomez
- Diogo Jota
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Rhys Williams, Fabinho, Andrew Robertson, Curtis Jones, Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)
Hugo Lloris, Serge Aurier, Toby Alderweireld, Eric Dier, Ben Davies, Moussa Sissoko, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Giovani Lo Celso, Steven Bergwijn, Harry Kane, Heung-min Son