Liverpool achieved a convincing and impressive 6:3 victory at Tottenham in a match from the 17th round of the English Premier League, with Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah scoring two goals each. The Reds from "Anfield" already have 39 points, 4 more than 2nd-placed Chelsea, and they are also one game less, BTA reported.
The hosts from Tottenham, who at the end of the first and at the beginning of the second half looked completely helpless, are in 11th place with 23 points. This is the highest-scoring meeting in the history of the two teams since the creation of the Premier League.
Luis Diaz opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, after heading in Trent Alexander-Arnold's cross, and Alexis McAllister doubled the lead in the 36th. Tottenham hit back in the 41st minute, through James Maddison, who received the ball taken away by Dejan Kulusevski in a one-on-one with Virgil van Dijk. But the joy of the Londoners lasted only four minutes, after Hungarian attacking midfielder Dominik Szoboszla was brought into a clean sheet by Salah on a counterattack.
Within 7 minutes at the start of the second half, the team led by Dutch manager Arne Slot practically decided the outcome of the match, after Salah scored twice to make the score 5:1. By the 70th minute, Spurs looked like they were in a knockdown, they could have scored more goals, but in the 72nd and 83rd minutes they reduced their deficit. Kulusevski scored for 2:5 very beautifully with a shot to the post, and Solanke - who passed to him, scored himself for 3:5.
The final 3:6 was shaped by Luis Diaz with his second goal of the match, after he broke in from the left and after a pass from Salah sent the ball past the diving goalkeeper Fraser Forster. With today's two goals, Salah already has 15 goals and came out on top in the list of scorers, with Erling Haaland from Manchester City behind with 13. The next 18th round of the English Premier League will be played on December 26th - so-called Boxing Day or the first day after Christmas.