Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 November 2008

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Liverpool

Premier League · Saturday 1 November 2008, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Liverpool: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Liverpool 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 November 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Dirk Kuyt opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from an own goal by Jamie Carragher (69') and Roman Pavlyuchenko (90'). Liverpool scored through Dirk Kuyt (3').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 20th on 6 points from 10 and Liverpool 2nd on 26 points from 10. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 8th with 51 points, and Liverpool 2nd with 86.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Tottenham Hotspur win, 5 draws and 4 for Liverpool.

Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read D-W-L-L-L and Liverpool's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Dirk KuytLiverpool · 0-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Steven GerrardLiverpool
  • 67'Yellow card · Jamie CarragherLiverpool
  • 69'Own goal · Jamie CarragherTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Ledley KingTottenham Hotspur
  • 90'Goal · Roman PavlyuchenkoTottenham Hotspur · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 1, draws 5, Liverpool 4.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)

Heurelho Gomes, Vedran Ćorluka, Ledley King, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Didier Zokora, Daniel Bentley, Tom Huddlestone, Luka Modrić, Darren Bent, Jamie O'Hara, Jonathan Woodgate

Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)

Pepe Reina, Andrea Dossena, Daniel Agger, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Albert Riera, Dirk Kuyt, R. Keane, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso