Salah the star as Liverpool snap dreadful away run, win big at Tottenham

Mohamed Salah's first-half brace was the quality arsenic Jurgen Klopp's embattled Liverpool broadside racked up a 2-1 triumph astatine Tottenham successful Sunday's large Premier League clash.

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Salah was nicely acceptable up by teammate Darwin Nunez to people connected the volley aft 11 minutes, portion Spurs defender Eric Dier's mistake 5 minutes earlier half-time allowed the Liverpool guardant to scamper successful and spot beyond Hugo Lloris and treble the visitors' lead. Spurs were good connected apical aft the interval, forcing a drawstring of large saves from Alisson, but halved the Reds' pb with 20 minutes near arsenic substitute Dejan Kulusevski teed up Harry Kane for a casual finish. Yet the hosts were incapable to find an equalizer, with Alisson again coming up large successful the closing minutes to guarantee each 3 points went location with Liverpool.

The triumph pushes Liverpool to wrong 7 points of the apical 4 aft 13 games, portion Tottenham were incapable to vault Newcastle and stay stuck successful 4th place. Here are Mark Ogden's observations from a pulsating clash successful northbound London.

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Rapid reaction

1. Salah stars arsenic Liverpool extremity distant drought with large triumph astatine Tottenham

Salah scored his eighth extremity successful 8 games for Liverpool arsenic Klopp's squad yet secured their archetypal Premier League distant triumph of the play against Tottenham.

His 2 goals astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium were capable to assertion each 3 points, adjacent though a Kane onslaught successful the 2nd fractional inspired a precocious Spurs surge successful which they laid siege to Alisson's goal. The instauration of substitutes Matt Doherty and Kukusevski enabled Spurs to summation a foothold successful the game, but Antonio Conte's squad failed to people a 2nd to assertion a point, and they person present been beaten by top-six rivals Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool this season.

Having suffered back-to-back defeats against Nottingham Forest and Leeds, Liverpool's triumph was inactive not capable to instrumentality the 2019-20 champions into the European qualification positions with Klopp's broadside climbing to eighth, 7 points down fourth-placed Spurs. But aft ending their agelong hold for an distant win, Liverpool tin present caput into the World Cup shutdown having drawn a enactment nether their mediocre signifier connected the road.

Whether it is capable to propel them into a tally of signifier successful the 2nd fractional of the play that takes them into the apical 4 remains to beryllium seen, but this triumph showed that Liverpool are inactive susceptible of beating the apical teams erstwhile their prima players perform.

2. Nunez uncovering his feet, but inactive successful Salah's shadow

Nunez looked lively against Tottenham and Liverpool's £75 cardinal summertime signing from Benfica volition person gained assurance from the first-half assistance from which Salah opened the scoring. But the Uruguay guardant inactive looks incredibly earthy alongside seasoned performers specified arsenic Salah and Roberto Firmino. Perhaps that it is wherefore it is truthful hard to justice him connected aboriginal performances -- helium is being measured against Liverpool greats, aft each -- and besides the 1 that helium was signed to replace, Sadio Mane.

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Regardless, Nunez is showing capable successful games present to suggest helium volition yet warrant his transportation fee. It should besides beryllium remembered that Salah failed to marque it astatine Chelsea successful his archetypal stint successful England, portion Firmino took months to settee astatine Anfield aft arriving from Hoffenheim nether erstwhile brag Brendan Rodgers. Nunez is present being judged to higher standards than his predecessors due to the fact that of Liverpool's caller success, but helium has gait and a wide attacking instinct and knows wherever the extremity is.

Yes, helium tin beryllium frustrating, and against Spurs determination were excessively galore times erstwhile helium overran the shot oregon failed to marque a elemental pass. He besides missed a wide accidental to people erstwhile helium deed the crossbar successful the 82nd minute, but Nunez is simply a endowment and is making progress.

We whitethorn spot a different, much assured subordinate erstwhile helium returns from World Cup duty.

3. Sessegnon could beryllium a World Cup chaotic card

Gareth Southgate names England's World Cup squad connected Thursday, and injuries to defenders successful caller weeks person opened up the imaginable of a astonishment prime erstwhile the manager announces his 26 players for Qatar.

Ryan Sessegnon would person had virtually nary accidental of a World Cup call-up astatine the commencement of this season, but the Tottenham defender mightiness conscionable sneak onto the level owed to England having conscionable 1 acceptable left-back disposable successful Manchester United's Luke Shaw. Chelsea's Ben Chilwell has been ruled retired with a hamstring injury, and portion Southgate has utilized Arsenal's Bukayo Saka arsenic a left-sided wing-back successful the past, it would beryllium a hazard to question to the World Cup with conscionable 1 specializer astatine the position.

Against Liverpool, Sessegnon impressed arsenic a wing-back, giving Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold respective problems successful precocious positions. He is besides a earthy left-back, truthful helium could beryllium an enactment to screen for Shaw.

While the erstwhile Fulham subordinate has made 20 appearances for England U-21s, helium has yet to beryllium capped astatine elder level. He would not person banked connected being progressive successful Qatar, but circumstances mean helium whitethorn present beryllium knocking connected the door.

Player ratings

Tottenham Hotspur: Hugo Lloris 6; Emerson Royal 5, Eric Dier 5, Clement Lenglet 7, Ben Davies 6, Ryan Sessegnon 7; Rodrigo Betancur 6, Yves Bissouma 6, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg 6; Harry Kane 7, Ivan Perisic 6.
Subs: FW Dejan Kulusevski 7, DF Matt Doherty 7, FW Lucas Moura 6.

Liverpool: Alisson 7; Trent Alexander-Arnold 5, Ibrahima Konate 6, Virgil van Dijk 6, Andy Robertson 7; Harvey Elliott 6, Fabinho 6, Thiago 7; Roberto Firmino 6; Mohamed Salah 8, Darwin Nunez 7.
Subs: MF Curtis Jones 6, MF Jordan Henderson 6, DF Joe Gomez 6, MF Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 6.

Best and worst performers

BEST: Mohamed Salah, Liverpool

Salah is inactive the subordinate who makes it each hap for Liverpool, and helium scored 2 classy goals to enactment his squad successful power against Spurs.

WORST: Emerson Royal, Tottenham

A adjacent tally thing, with some Eric Dier and Trent Alexander-Arnold having atrocious days defensively, but Royal edged them some by being mediocre astatine the backmost and besides failing to instrumentality vantage of acres of abstraction down his broadside erstwhile going forward.

Highlights and notable moments

Liverpool are inactive desperately searching for signifier and coherence amid a hard docket and a ton of injuries, but the interplay of Nunez and Salah up beforehand should bode good arsenic a tactical enactment aft the World Cup, adjacent erstwhile different players similar Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz instrumentality to afloat fitness.

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As for Tottenham, injuries person wounded their onslaught arsenic well, though the instrumentality of Kulusevski is simply a large boost to their top-four chances, too.

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After the match: What the players and managers said

"I deliberation we were fortunate successful the archetypal half, we played rather bully and managed to people 2 goals. In the 2nd fractional we could've scored, but were unlucky. We did good to get the 3 points. It is ever a pugnacious opponent. I'm focused connected making a quality and managed to bash truthful today.

"We managed to onslaught backmost a fewer times successful the season, person played immoderate bully games." -- Liverpool guardant Mohamed Salah, to Sky Sports

Key stats (via ESPN Stats & Info)

- Mohamed Salah: 10 vocation goals vs. Tottenham successful each competitions, tied with Manchester United for his astir against immoderate team.

- Mohamed Salah: four-game scoring streak successful each competitions, his longest successful 2022.

- Tottenham has had 4 errors starring to a extremity successful the Premier League this play (including Liverpool's 2nd goal). No different squad successful PL has much than two.

Up next

Tottenham Hotspur: Conte's broadside person conscionable 2 games near earlier the World Cup break, with a midweek travel to Nottingham Forest successful the EFL Cup 3rd circular (Nov. 9) followed by a league day with Jesse Marsch and Leeds United (Nov. 12).

Liverpool: For Klopp, there's 1 much accidental to amended their league presumption with a Nov. 12 location day with Southampton, and arsenic a effect you tin expect a heavy rotated squad for their ain midweek EFL Cup game, a third-round clash with Derby County (Nov. 9) astatine Anfield.