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By Phil McNultyChief football writer at Anfield
Last updated on 5 minutes ago.From the section Premier League
Harvey Elliot scored his third Premier League goal of the season as Liverpool beat TottenhamTottenham's dramatic decline continued as their hopes of reaching the Premier League's top four faded even further after they were well beaten by Liverpool at Anfield.
Aston Villa's defeat at Brighton left the door open for Spurs to make a late push for next season's Champions League but even a late comeback could not prevent a fourth successive defeat as Liverpool found form once more after their own recent slump.
Mohamed Salah put his touchline bust-up with manager Jurgen Klopp at West Ham behind him to open the scoring with a far-post header from Cody Gakpo's cross after 16 minutes, Andy Robertson adding the second right on half-time when Spurs keeper Guglielmo Vicario could only push out the Egyptian's shot.
Spurs lost discipline and Vicario had to separate team-mates Cristian Romero and Emerson Royal as they went off at half-time, with matters not improving for Ange Postecoglou's side as they were over-run after the break by a rampant Liverpool.
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Gakpo headed the third from Harvey Elliott's delivery five minutes after the interval, the latter getting on the scoresheet himself in the 59th minute with a glorious curling finish from 20 yards into the top corner.
Liverpool then inexplicably switched off to allow substitute Richarlison and Heung-Min Son to give Spurs unlikely hope but it was too late and they remain seven points behind fourth-placed Aston Villa with a game in hand.
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Liverpool
Squad number1Player nameAlisson
Squad number66Player nameAlexander-Arnold- Squad number78Player nameQuansah
Squad number4Player namevan Dijk
Squad number26Player nameRobertson- Squad number19Player nameElliott
- Squad number3Player nameEndo
- Squad number10Player nameMac Allister
Squad number11Player nameMohamed Salah- Squad number18Player nameGakpo
- Squad number7Player nameDíaz
Squad number2Player nameGomez- Squad number8Player nameSzoboszlai
- Squad number9Player nameNúñez
- Squad number38Player nameGravenberch
- Squad number43Player nameBajcetic
Tottenham Hotspur
- Squad number13Player nameVicario
- Squad number23Player namePorro
- Squad number17Player nameRomero
- Squad number37Player namevan de Ven
- Squad number12Player nameEmerson Royal
- Squad number8Player nameBissouma
- Squad number29Player nameSarr
- Squad number30Player nameBentancur
- Squad number21Player nameKulusevski
Squad number7Player nameSon Heung-min- Squad number22Player nameJohnson
- Squad number4Player nameSkipp
- Squad number9Player nameRicharlison
- Squad number10Player nameMaddison
- Squad number18Player nameLo Celso
Line-ups
Liverpool
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Alisson
- 66Alexander-ArnoldBooked at 90mins
- 78Quansah
- 4van Dijk
- 26RobertsonSubstituted forGomezat 64'minutes
- 19ElliottSubstituted forSzoboszlaiat 83'minutes
- 3EndoSubstituted forBajceticat 65'minutes
- 10Mac AllisterSubstituted forGravenberchat 75'minutes
- 11Salah
- 18Gakpo
- 7DíazSubstituted forNúñezat 75'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Gomez
- 5Konaté
- 8Szoboszlai
- 9Núñez
- 17Jones
- 38Gravenberch
- 43Bajcetic
- 62Kelleher
- 84Bradley
Tottenham
Formation 4-3-3
- 13Vicario
- 23Porro
- 17Romero
- 37van de VenBooked at 47mins
- 12Emerson RoyalBooked at 57minsSubstituted forSkippat 61'minutes
- 8BissoumaBooked at 63mins
- 29SarrBooked at 44minsSubstituted forLo Celsoat 75'minutes
- 30BentancurSubstituted forRicharlisonat 61'minutes
- 21KulusevskiSubstituted forMaddisonat 61'minutes
- 7Son Heung-min
- 22Johnson
Substitutes
- 4Skipp
- 5Højbjerg
- 6Dragusin
- 9Richarlison
- 10Maddison
- 11Gil
- 18Lo Celso
- 40Austin
- 59Moore
Live Text
Match ends, Liverpool 4, Tottenham Hotspur 2.
Second Half ends, Liverpool 4, Tottenham Hotspur 2.
Attempt saved. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool).
Foul by Pedro Porro (Tottenham Hotspur).
Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Dominik Szoboszlai.
Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool).
Offside, Liverpool. Darwin Núñez is caught offside.
Hand ball by Darwin Núñez (Liverpool).
Attempt blocked. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Oliver Skipp.
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt blocked. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Attempt missed. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Micky van de Ven.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
