Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool, 2025-26 English Premier League
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Isak and Ekitike lead Liverpool past nine-man Tottenham
Second-half goals by Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike helped Arne Slot's Liverpool to a third consecutive victory with a dramatic 2-1 win over nine-man Tottenham.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Offside, Liverpool. Milos Kerkez is caught offside.
- 4': Delay in match because of an injury Hugo Ekitiké (Liverpool).
- 5': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 5': Attempt blocked. Randal Kolo Muani (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Archie Gray.
- 12': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 12': Foul by Mohammed Kudus (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 13': Attempt saved. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham Hotspur). Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross.
- 13': Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 13': Foul by Pedro Porro (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 15': Attempt missed. Randal Kolo Muani (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pedro Porro with a cross.
- 17': Attempt missed. Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Randal Kolo Muani with a headed pass.
- 19': Conor Bradley (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Foul by Djed Spence (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 22': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Djed Spence.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Mohammed Kudus (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Xavi Simons.
- 27': Attempt saved. Randal Kolo Muani (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Alisson Becker (Liverpool). Assisted by Djed Spence with a headed pass.
- 28': Foul by Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 28': Hugo Ekitiké (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Foul by Xavi Simons (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 30': Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': VAR Decision: Card upgraded Xavi Simons (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 33': Xavi Simons (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the red card.
- 34': Foul by Randal Kolo Muani (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 34': Milos Kerkez (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 35': Foul by Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool).
- 35': Randal Kolo Muani (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Attempt saved. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham Hotspur). Assisted by Ryan Gravenberch.
- 39': Offside, Liverpool. Hugo Ekitiké is caught offside.
- 40': Conor Bradley (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Foul by Lucas Bergvall (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 40': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Mohammed Kudus.
- 42': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Cristian Romero.
- 43': Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Mohammed Kudus is caught offside.
- 45': Delay in match because of an injury Conor Bradley (Liverpool).
- 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 45'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45'+5': Attempt blocked. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Curtis Jones.
- 45'+5': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Cristian Romero.
- 45'+6': Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hugo Ekitiké.
- 45'+6': Foul by Curtis Jones (Liverpool).
- 45'+6': Lucas Bergvall (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+6': First Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 0, Liverpool 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Tottenham Hotspur 0, Liverpool 0.
- 45': Substitution, Liverpool. Alexander Isak replaces Conor Bradley because of an injury.
- 48': Attempt blocked. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 54': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Mohammed Kudus.
- 56': Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 0, Liverpool 1. Alexander Isak (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 57': Delay in match because of an injury Alexander Isak (Liverpool).
- 58': Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Brennan Johnson replaces Mohammed Kudus.
- 60': Substitution, Liverpool. Jeremie Frimpong replaces Alexander Isak because of an injury.
- 60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 64': Attempt blocked. Randal Kolo Muani (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodrigo Bentancur.
- 64': Attempt saved. Djed Spence (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Alisson Becker (Liverpool). Assisted by Lucas Bergvall.
- 66': Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 0, Liverpool 2. Hugo Ekitiké (Liverpool) header from very close range to the top right corner.
- 66': Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card.
- 71': Offside, Liverpool. Hugo Ekitiké is caught offside.
- 71': Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Wilson Odobert replaces Lucas Bergvall.
- 71': Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. João Palhinha replaces Archie Gray.
- 73': Attempt missed. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Gravenberch.
- 73': Offside, Liverpool. Florian Wirtz is caught offside.
- 74': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Micky van de Ven.
- 76': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool).
- 76': Randal Kolo Muani (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 80': Offside, Liverpool. Jeremie Frimpong is caught offside.
- 80': Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Richarlison replaces Randal Kolo Muani.
- 81': Foul by Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool).
- 81': Richarlison (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 82': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
- 83': Attempt missed. Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pedro Porro with a cross following a corner.
- 83': Attempt blocked. Brennan Johnson (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Richarlison.
- 83': Attempt blocked. João Palhinha (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 83': Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 1, Liverpool 2. Richarlison (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
- 83': Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
- 85': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 85': Foul by Micky van de Ven (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 85': Micky van de Ven (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 86': Attempt blocked. Richarlison (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Brennan Johnson.
- 86': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Curtis Jones.
- 88': Djed Spence (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 88': Foul by Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool).
- 89': Delay in match because of an injury Jeremie Frimpong (Liverpool).
- 90': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 90': Substitution, Liverpool. Federico Chiesa replaces Jeremie Frimpong because of an injury.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 9 minutes of added time.
- 90'+2': Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+2': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool).
- 90'+3': Second yellow card to Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 90'+4': Attempt saved. Pedro Porro (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Alisson Becker (Liverpool).
- 90'+4': Foul by Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 90'+4': Milos Kerkez (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+6': Attempt blocked. João Palhinha (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Micky van de Ven.
- 90'+6': Attempt missed. Pedro Porro (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Micky van de Ven.
- 90'+7': Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).
- 90'+7': Pedro Porro (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+7': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+9': Substitution, Liverpool. Andy Robertson replaces Hugo Ekitiké.
- 90'+10': Substitution, Liverpool. Trey Nyoni replaces Florian Wirtz.
- 90'+10': Offside, Liverpool. Trey Nyoni is caught offside.
- 90'+11': Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, Liverpool 2.
- 90'+11': Richarlison (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card.
- 0': Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, Liverpool 2.
Statistics
 LIV |
TOT |
|
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Fouls | 9 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 2 |
| 6 | Offsides | 1 |
| 6 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
| 4 | Saves | 2 |
| 65.1 | Possession | 34.9 |
| 8 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 542 | Accurate Passes | 246 |
| 614 | Passes | 322 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 23 | Crosses | 20 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 45 | Long Balls | 53 |
| 23 | Accurate Long Balls | 17 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 7 |
| 4 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 4 | Tackles | 11 |
| 1.0 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 7 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 22 | Effective Clearances | 33 |
| 22 | Clearances | 33 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 61,138
Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 61,138
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 17 | +21 | 39 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 17 | +25 | 37 |
| 3 | Aston Villa | 17 | +9 | 36 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 17 | +12 | 29 |
Line-Ups
Tottenham Hotspur (4-2-2-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Guglielmo Vicario (GK) |
| 37 | Micky van de Ven  |
| 17 | Cristian Romero |
| 24 | Djed Spence |
| 23 | Pedro Porro |
| 14 | Archie Gray |
| 30 | Rodrigo Bentancur |
| 39 | Randal Kolo Muani |
| 7 | Xavi Simons  |
| 15 | Lucas Bergvall |
| 20 | Mohammed Kudus |
Liverpool (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alisson Becker (GK) |
| 4 | Virgil van Dijk |
| 5 | Ibrahima Konaté |
| 6 | Milos Kerkez |
| 12 | Conor Bradley |
| 10 | Alexis Mac Allister |
| 17 | Curtis Jones |
| 38 | Ryan Gravenberch |
| 22 | Hugo Ekitike |
| 7 | Florian Wirtz |
| 8 | Dominik Szoboszlai |
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