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Mohamed Salah scored two goals in eight minutes and set up two more goals as Liverpool thrashed Tottenham to move four points clear at the top of the Premier League and leave Spurs in the bottom half.
Luis Díaz and Alexis Mac Allister scored first-half headers before Dominik Szoboszlai fired in from Salah’s pass on the stroke of half-time, restoring the visitors’ two-goal lead after James Maddison had responded from outside the area.
Salah, who had hit the crossbar with the score goalless, then scored twice from close range before Dejan Kulusevski volleyed for a Spurs team that has taken one point from its last four home league games.
It’s six o’clock for Liverpool! 😲
This game 🤯 pic.twitter.com/SNmOUAWqCN
– Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) December 22, 2024
Dominic Solanke’s strike gave the home striker a third goal in three games, only for Diaz to latch on to a ball from Salah to cap an extravagantly entertaining match.
Liverpool will top the table at Christmas for the first time since 2020/21, although the 2019/20 season is the only time in the last seven in which they have been in that position and won the title.
Liverpool respond immediately! 😮
Dominik Szoboszlai adds THREE! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/B97uLfifRg
– Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) December 22, 2024
Tottenham-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 from Arne Slot’s players.
Diaz then scored his sixth goal of the season thanks to an exquisite pass from Trent Alexander-Arnold, setting in motion another menacing display that sent Spurs into an embarrassment the likes of which they had only suffered once before.
James Maddison from distance to get Spurs back into the game! 🎯 pic.twitter.com/IpGKFn7yJS
– Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) December 22, 2024
The last time Tottenham conceded six goals at home in the Premier League was a 6-1 defeat to Chelsea in December 1997, but porous performances have become a regular occurrence for them under Postecoglou.
Alexis Mac Allister doubles Liverpool’s lead! 👊🔥 pic.twitter.com/ahZgfrGOSs
– Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) December 22, 2024
Tottenham concede more goals
Manchester United scored three goals as they threatened to overturn their Carabao Cup defeat at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Thursday, 11 days after Chelsea won 4-3 there in the league.
Spurs’ defensive weaknesses seem unsustainable and their tally of two more goals than Liverpool and second-placed Chelsea is little consolation after results like this.
Come for Luis Díaz’s magnificent header, stay for that 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 (15:00 GMT).
Liverpool go into action at 8pm on the same day and host fourth-bottom Leicester City, who lost 3-0 at home to third-bottom Wolves on Sunday.
