Mohamed Salah scored twice in eight minutes and set up two more goals as Liverpool beat Tottenham to move four points clear at the top of the Premier League and leave Spurs in the bottom half.
Luis Diaz and Alexis Mac Allister scored with first-half headers before Dominik Szoboszlai fired home Salah’s pass just before half-time, restoring the visitors’ two-goal lead after James Maddison responded just right. outside the surface.
Salah, who had shot against the crossbar with the score goalless, then scored twice from close range before Dejan Kulusevski volleyed for a Spurs side who have taken one point from their last four home league matches .
It’s six o’clock in Liverpool! 😲
This game 🤯 pic.twitter.com/SNmOUAWqCN
– Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) December 22, 2024
Dominic Solanke’s finish gave the home striker a third goal in three games, only for Diaz to tap in Salah’s ball to cap off an extravagant and entertaining game.
Liverpool will top the table at Christmas for the first time since 2020/21, although the 2019/20 season is the only occasion in the last seven where they have held this position and won the title.
Liverpool respond immediately! 😮
Dominik Szoboszlai makes THREE! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/B97uLfifRg
– Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) December 22, 2024
Tottenham vs Liverpool
One of Liverpool’s 24 goal attempts would have sounded the alarm for Tottenham fans after 18 minutes, when Salah hit the woodwork in a dominant start for Arne Slot’s side.
Diaz then scored his sixth goal of the season courtesy of an exquisite pass from Trent Alexander-Arnold, sparking another menacing display that condemned Spurs to an embarrassment of the kind they have suffered only once before.
James Maddison at distance to put Spurs back in the match! 🎯 pic.twitter.com/IpGKFn7yJS
– Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) December 22, 2024
Tottenham last conceded six at home in the Premier League in a 6-1 defeat to Chelsea in December 1997, but porous performances became familiar for them under Postecoglou.
Alexis Mac Allister doubles the bet for Liverpool! 👊🔥 pic.twitter.com/ahZgfrGOSs
– Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) December 22, 2024
Tottenham concede more goals
Manchester United scored three times while threatening a comeback in their Carabao Cup defeat at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Thursday, 11 days after Chelsea’s 4-3 league victory.
Spurs’ defensive frailties appear unsustainable and their tally of two more goals than second-placed Liverpool and Chelsea is little consolation after results like this.
Come for Luis DÃaz’s superb header, stay for this Trent Alexander-Arnold cross 💥
A brilliant goal from Liverpool 🔴 pic.twitter.com/22IjQhI8kN
– Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) December 22, 2024
They are eight points behind fourth-placed Nottingham Forest and nine above the relegation zone ahead of their trip to the City Ground on Thursday (3 p.m. GMT).
Liverpool are in action at 8 p.m. the same day, hosting fourth-place Leicester City, who lost 3-0 at home to third-place Wolves on Sunday.
