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Match report
A pulsating 90 minutes of action on Saturday evening ultimately culminated in Tottenham Hotspur, somehow, getting the better of Liverpool.
This only came, though, owing to the latest of late own goals.
Visitors Liverpool finished out the day’s action in north London with just nine men on the pitch, after seeing both Curtis Jones and substitute Diogo Jota dismissed.
Not only that, but it was Spurs who opened the scoring in proceedings, upon Son Heung-min slotting home from a Richarlison pull-back.
“WONDERFUL Spurs move to carve Liverpool apart!” 😍
Son gives Tottenham the lead! ⚪ pic.twitter.com/WQ9NT3PSkB
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) September 30, 2023
Despite seeing what looked a completely legitimate goal of their own chalked off by VAR, though, Liverpool simply refused to lie down and accept defeat.
In turn, Cody Gakpo levelled things up on the stroke of the interval, courtesy of a fine finish on the spin:
CODY GAKPO EQUALISES FOR LIVERPOOL! 🔴
But at what cost…🤕 pic.twitter.com/CZYUNuIvDy
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) September 30, 2023
With just seconds remaining, however, disaster struck.
After Pedro Porro drilled a cross across the face of goal, Joel Matip got his attempted clearance all wrong, drilling beyond Alisson and into the top corner of his own net.
OH NO JOEL MATIP!! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/FkHP0wqIEU
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) September 30, 2023
Player ratings
Tottenham Hotspur FC
Guglielmo Vicario – 6
Pedro Porro – 8
Cristian Romero – 7.5
Micky Van de Ven – 6
Destiny Udogie – 7
Pape Matar Sarr – 6.5
Yves Bissouma – 7.5
Dejan Kulusevski – 5.5
James Maddison – 6.5
Richarlison – 7
Son Heung-min – 7
Substitutes: Manor Solomon – 6, Oliver Skipp – N/A, Ban Davies – N/A, Alejo Veliz – N/A, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg – N/A
Liverpool
Alisson – 8.5
Joe Gomez – 6.5
Joel Matip – 5
Virgil van Dijk – 7.5
Andrew Robertson – 7
Alexis Mac Allister – 5.5
Dominik Szoboszlai – 7
Curtis Jones – 4
Mohamed Salah – 5.5
Luis Diaz – 6
Cody Gakpo – 7.5
Substitutes: Diogo Jota – 4, Wataru Endo – 6, Ibrahima Konate – 5.5, Trent Alexander-Arnold – 5.5, Ryan Gravenberch – N/A
Fan reaction & stat roundup
Simon Hooper needs investigating.
— LFC Transfer Room (@LFCTransferRoom) September 30, 2023
Mo Salah gets booked after being adjudged to have fouled Bissouma. Never a foul. Absolutely corrupt refereeing here.
— This Is Anfield (@thisisanfield) September 30, 2023
VAR disallowed the goal and they didn’t even showed the line.
Corruption at its finest.. pic.twitter.com/WncHgd2Sxr
— Samuel (@SamueILFC) September 30, 2023
VAR 1: “Shall we draw the lines?”
VAR 2: “Do we have to?”
VAR 1: “Fair enough. Offside it is.” pic.twitter.com/5bX6aKyyko
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) September 30, 2023
Yes, that should not have been a red card for Curtis Jones after his foot slipped over the ball. Slow motion replays really mess up the entire perspective of this decision
Then they don’t even draw the lines for the Diaz goal they just ruled out for offside. Very dodgy behaviour pic.twitter.com/YPa6j1uLcC
— Has the Referee or VAR made a poor decision? (@PoorEPLreferees) September 30, 2023
Just watching that Jones red again and again and can’t believe he’s been sent off for trying to tackle the ball with the top of his foot….it’s the ball and physics that turns it in to the studs on ankle. No intent, completely accidental. That’s not a red
— Mark Goldbridge (@markgoldbridge) September 30, 2023
Salah has looked a level above any player I’ve seen so far this season. Bissouma and Porro have just done brilliantly to stop him in his tracks
— Tom Barclay (@TomBarclay_) September 30, 2023
Alisson with back-to-back world class saves 😱 pic.twitter.com/KGZTQfaiNy
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) September 30, 2023
I’m sorry but Alisson truly is the best goalkeeper in the world.
— LFC Transfer Room (@LFCTransferRoom) September 30, 2023
The 2nd yellow from Jota was stupid, but the 1st yellow was an absolute disgrace. He didn’t even touch the defender, he literally tripped.
— Samuel (@SamueILFC) September 30, 2023
No player had more touches inside the opposition box (6), made more ball recoveries (6), completed more take-ons (3) or created more chances (3) in the first half than Dejan Kulusevski.
He also won four of his five duels. 💪#TOTLIV pic.twitter.com/5Y6Gcc2EZu
— Squawka Live (@Squawka_Live) September 30, 2023
Son Heung-min has now scored 22 Premier League goals against the rest of the ‘Big Six’:
⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽ vs Arsenal
⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽ vs Liverpool
⚽⚽⚽⚽ vs Man Utd
⚽⚽⚽⚽ vs Man City
⚽⚽ vs ChelseaGoals in back-to-back games against Arsenal and Liverpool. #TOTLIV pic.twitter.com/BwgbtiU44N
— Squawka Live (@Squawka_Live) September 30, 2023
Only two sides have been reduced to 9-men in the Premier League in 2023:
◎ Wolves (vs Leeds)
◉ Liverpool (vs Tottenham)Diogo Jota joins Curtis Jones in the dressing room. 🛀#TOTLIV pic.twitter.com/u8BYg8aiLN
— Squawka Live (@Squawka_Live) September 30, 2023
3 – Liverpool have had three red cards in their last six Premier League games, which is as many as their previous 168 beforehand. Dismissed. pic.twitter.com/D2PQdN2gIF
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) September 30, 2023
This is where Spurs miss Perisic, who’s very good at digging out crosses against packed defences. Big onus on Maddison to unlock 9-man Liverpool now
— Dan Kilpatrick (@Dan_KP) September 30, 2023
this van dijk performance will not go unnoticed i’ll make sure of it
— lynn (@rubystrent) September 30, 2023
Liverpool topped the Premier League fair play table for five consecutive seasons under Jurgen Klopp. That they have received four red cards already this season says everything about how unfortunate they’ve been in terms of decisions.
— David Lynch (@dmlynchlfc) September 30, 2023
Simon Hooper should NEVER officiate a game after this.
— Samuel (@SamueILFC) September 30, 2023
Keep your head up Joel Matip. You didn’t deserve this. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/XA75phKZf5
— Samuel (@SamueILFC) September 30, 2023
Spurs getting unbelievably lucky again… Liverpool did so well against an awful refereeing display. Didn’t deserve that. Still, Liverpool more of a threat than Spurs this season. A better result if you can bear the smug for a week or so.
— LE GROVE (@LeGrove) September 30, 2023
No one should hate on Matip for that.
This Liverpool team are the real deal.
That is the worst luck I’ve seen in 40 years of following this club in a single game.
Spurs actually didn’t deserve it.
— GaGs (@GagsTandon) September 30, 2023
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