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OPPONENTS | Liverpool at Anfield |
COMPETITION | Premier League |
DATE | Sunday 31st March 2019 |
PREVIEW |
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PREDICTION | Liverpool 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1 |
Premier League | Kick off 15:00 |
Liverpool
2 (1) |
Tottenham Hotspur 1 (0) |
Goal-scorers
Firmino 15m 22s |
Moura 69m 18s |
Crowd : 53,332 | Weather : Mild |
Referee : Martin Atkinson (South Yorkshire) | Assistant Referees : Mr. Stephen Child; Mr. Lee Betts |
Fourth Official : Stuart Attwell | |
Spurs kicked off and played towards the Kop end in the first half. | |
Game time : - 90 + 5 minutes. |
Cards | |
None
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Moura (foul on Salah) 80
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Liverpool : | kit | Tottenham Hotspur : | kit |
13
ALLISON
66 Trent
ALEXANDER-ARNOLD
5
Georginio WIJNALDUM
10 Sadio MANE
Unused subs: |
1
Hugo LLORIS (c)
2
Kieran TRIPPIER
17
Moussa SISSOKO
27
Lucas MOURA
10 Harry KANE
Unused subs: |
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Manager : Jurgen Klopp | Manager : Mauricio Pochettino | ||
Sponsor : Standard Chartered | Shirt sponsor : AIA | ||
Kit Supplier : New Balance | Kit Supplier : Nike | ||
Match report A late, late error from Hugo Lloris handed the points to Liverpool in a second half that saw Tottenham take the game to the home side and make them look less than average. Having gifted the home side two goals, Spurs did not have enough attacking endeavour of accuracy to force Allison into much meaningful action and the need to create good openings and work the keeper is costing us at the moment. Early on, both keepers had dodgy moment. Allison spilled a through ball by Kane aimed at Dele, but Alexander-Arnold was there to clear into touch. Lloris cleared the ball straight to a red shirt and thankfully, Salah decided to shoot and well over too. Matip slipped over leaving Christian Eriksen to slip a pass into the box for Lucas Moura, but Alexander-Arnold got a foot in for a corner. Spurs were working the ball well through midfield, but the final pass lacked a bit of precision, so when a pass reached Moura in the box, he had to take a touch before shooting and he was closed down. With their first effort on goal, Liverpool went ahead. Lloris kicked out to a red head 40 yards out on our left. It was switched to the Spurs right and Robertson was in a lot of space, allowing him to put a cross into the centre of the penalty area, where Firmino had got away from Sanchez to have a free header which he stuck past Hugo to the keeper’s left from six yards out. Spurs were a little
unsettled by the goal and the home full backs pushed on to try and
create for Liverpool, with Mane putting a shot wide from the edge of
the box and then Sanchez making a perfectly timed tackle on Salah in
the box, as he lined up a shot on goal. Tottenham were treating the
ball like a hot potato, as they played in tight situations, but a
forward ball by Danny Rose almost unpicked the Reds’ defence with
Allison coming for it, but it was outside the box. As Dele was
running in, Milner went for it and the keeper couldn’t handle it,
with the ball hitting him on the head and then fortunately dropping
behind him in the box to allow him to pick it up as he was facing
that way. After half-time, Spurs
started a little more lively, building on the good end to the first.
However, sleeping at a short corner routine, Milner’s cross provided
a header for van Dijk at the far post, but he put it over. Firmino
did the same, before the Brazilian wanted a foul by Sanchez when he
failed to control the long ball through that had bounced over
Davinson’s head. Spurs suddenly launched an attack that saw Rose’s
ball in from wide on the left reach Kane and he swept a shot across
Allison like the one he scored with at the same end a couple of
years ago, but the keeper pushed it out to about 12 yards out, where
Eriksen had to rush his shot that was blocked for a corner by
Robertson. When nothing came from the corner, Salah broke through
the middle and Alderweireld managed to block his shot (when a pass
to Mane might have been the better option) and then Henderson’s
follow-up was blocked too. Tottenham’s delivery in from wide
was poor and the men in the middle were left with little to feed
off. Pochettino had switched to a back three with Vertonghen moving
to left of the three, while Rose went into midfield. This provided a
bit more pressure on Liverpool a bit further up the pitch. In the 75th minute,
Alexander-Arnold mis-hit a cross that Hugo had to fingertip over the
bar and three minutes later, a corner dropped in the six-yard box
for Firmino, but it hit him rather than him getting a contact on it,
with Lloris pouncing on the ball in front of the line. A free-kick
to Liverpool in the next minute, some 25 yards out, was taken by
Origi and it came off Kane in the wall as it broke and deflected
just wide. Corner followed corner, but the last one went too long
and off for a goal-kick. Maybe someone will stop them, but if they have this much luck left in their last few games, there isn't much anyone can do. However, there is still a long way to go and a long way to go for Spurs, who must improve on their poor record against the other sides in the top six. Sparky Marky |
Match
facts This was
Harry Kane's 250th Spurs appearance. |
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What you thought | |
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Other scores during this week : | ||||
Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | Southampton | 1 | Saturday |
Burnley | 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | Saturday |
Crystal Palace | 2 | Huddersfield Town | 0 | Saturday |
Fulham | 0 | Manchester City | 2 | Saturday |
Leicester City | 2 | Bournemouth | 0 | Saturday |
Manchester United | 2 | Watford | 1 | Saturday |
West Ham United London | 0 | Everton | 2 | Saturday |
Cardiff City | 1 | Chelsea | 2 | Sunday |
Arsenal | 2 | Newcastle United | 0 | Monday |
League Table 2018-19 | |||||||||
P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD | ||
1 | Liverpool | 32 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 72 | 19 | 79 | +53 |
2 | Manchester City | 31 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 81 | 21 | 77 | +60 |
3 | Arsenal | 31 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 65 | 39 | 63 | +26 |
4 | TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR | 31 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 58 | 34 | 61 | +24 |
5 | Manchester United | 31 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 60 | 41 | 61 | +19 |
6 | Chelsea | 31 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 34 | 60 | +18 |
7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 44 | 0 |
8 | Leicester City | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 43 | 44 | -1 |
9 | Everton | 31 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 42 | 43 | +3 |
10 | Watford | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 46 | 43 | -3 |
11 | West Ham United London | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 48 | 42 | -7 |
12 | Bournemouth | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 43 | 58 | 38 | -15 |
13 | Crystal Palace | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 41 | 36 | -3 |
14 | Newcastle United | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 42 | 35 | -11 |
15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 43 | 33 | -11 |
16 | Southampton | 31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 50 | 33 | -15 |
17 | Burnley | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 37 | 59 | 33 | -22 |
18 | Cardiff City | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 28 | 59 | 28 | -31 |
19 | Fulham | 32 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 29 | 72 | 17 | -43 |
20 | Huddersfield Town | 32 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 59 | 14 | -41 |
Position before match :
3rd
Position after match : 3rd
Position after the weekend : 4th