English Premier League

FT Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Tottenham Hotspur WLDWW 2
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Liverpool DLWWD 3
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TOT112
LIV123
Anfield · 44,577 att.

Match Report

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Mario Balotelli clinches late Liverpool win over Tottenham

Liverpool's Mario Balotelli picked the perfect time to score his first Premier League goal for the club as he stole the headlines from the battle between England strikers present and, potentially, future.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
13
6
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
3
50.6
Possession
49.4
14
SHOTS
16
5
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
307
Accurate Passes
315
411
Passes
406
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
11
Crosses
11
0.2
Cross %
0.2
49
Long Balls
72
15
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
4
20
Effective Tackles
12
24
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
21
22
Clearances
21

Head to Head

LIV leads series 4-1

Lineups

LIV · 3-4-2-1

  1. 22Simon MignoletG
  2. 37Martin SkrtelCD
  3. 17Mamadou SakhoCD-L
  4. 23Emre CanCD-R
  5. 8Steven GerrardCM-L
  6. 14Jordan HendersonCM-R
  7. 18Alberto MorenoLM
  8. 33Jordon IbeRM
  9. 15Daniel SturridgeF
  10. 10Philippe CoutinhoCF-L
  11. 50Lazar MarkovicCF-R

TOT · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  3. 15Eric DierCD-R
  4. 3Danny RoseLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 19Mousa DembéléAM
  7. 38Ryan MasonLM
  8. 42Nabil BentalebRM
  9. 18Harry KaneF
  10. 23Christian EriksenAM-L
  11. 11Erik LamelaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Liverpool 1, Tottenham Hotspur 0. Lazar Markovic (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel Sturridge.
  2. 24' Ryan Mason (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 26' Goal! Liverpool 1, Tottenham Hotspur 1. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Erik Lamela.
  4. 28' Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 40' Martin Skrtel (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45'+1' Mamadou Sakho (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 53' Goal! Liverpool 2, Tottenham Hotspur 1. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  8. 60' Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 61' Goal! Liverpool 2, Tottenham Hotspur 2. Mousa Dembélé (Tottenham Hotspur) with an attempt from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Kane with a cross following a set piece situation.
  10. 63' Mousa Dembélé (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 68' Substitution, Liverpool. Dejan Lovren replaces Steven Gerrard because of an injury.
  12. 69' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Paulinho replaces Ryan Mason.
  13. 73' Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 74' Substitution, Liverpool. Mario Balotelli replaces Daniel Sturridge.
  15. 79' Substitution, Liverpool. Adam Lallana replaces Lazar Markovic.
  16. 81' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Nacer Chadli replaces Christian Eriksen.
  17. 83' Goal! Liverpool 3, Tottenham Hotspur 2. Mario Balotelli (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Adam Lallana.
  18. 85' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Roberto Soldado replaces Mousa Dembélé.
  19. 88' Paulinho (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 90'+3' Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card.

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