Tottenham Hotspur dealt a major blow to Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool in their quest for the Premier League title as they held them to a 1-1 draw at Anfield on Saturday night. Heung Min-Son opened the scoring early in the second half while Luis Diaz got the equaliser late on to save a point for the Reds.
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Liverpool came into the match chasing Manchester City and their start showed that they meant business. Their intensity in the opening 10 minutes blew away the visitors who looked like deer caught in the headlights, unable to get out of the inevitable Liverpool truck heading their way.
Luis Diaz and Andy Robertson were particularly quick off the blocks and created dangerous openings but Spurs kept getting a foot in here and there to disrupt their attacks. Antonio Conte’s men did look dangerous at times on the counter-attack with Harry Kane, Heung Min-Son and Dejan Kulusevski. One such counter brought the game’s first shot on target form Rodrigo Bentancur, which was straight at Alisson.
In-form Luis Diaz continued his run of good performances against Spurs (Courtesy: Liverpool/Twitter)
Jordan Henderson did very well to block a Kane shot on the volley while Virgil van Dijk should have done better at the other, heading wide from a good Robertson delivery. It wasn’t until the 28th minute that Hugo Lloris was tested, albeit by his own teammate. The Frenchman did well to tip away Ryan Sessegnon’s poor header with Mo Salah lurking at the back post.
The game had a bit of a lull before sparking back into life in the final few minutes. Van Dijk again showed his strength from set-pieces and was found free by Trent Alexander-Arnold from another corner. His attempt this time was much better but he was unable to get over it enough and saw it come back off the crossbar.
Diaz then tested Lloris from range after a neat one-two with Sadio Mane. His curling…
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