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Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool A few keepy-ups from Dominik Szoboszlai. Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool Clinton Morrison Former Republic of Ireland striker on BBC Radio 5 Live It's a great save from Alisson. Tottenham going forward are fine, you don't need to worry about them. Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool "It's almost 6-4" is a ridiculous thing to even write. Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool It's almost 6-4! Alisson gets down low to save Brennan Johnson's goalwards shot. Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool Clinton Morrison Former Republic of Ireland striker on BBC Radio 5 Live You just upset Liverpool and they turn it on again. They took their foot off the pedal. It's a great finish from Diaz in the bottom corner. Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool No hat-tricks today because Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz are replaced. Darwin Nunez and Harvey Elliott get a run-out. Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool Gary Neville Former Manchester United defender on Sky Sports He has been brilliant, Luis Diaz. The run is there from Diaz, the timing of the pass and run is perfect. Luis Diaz OK, game over - again. Luis Diaz is involved earlier in the move too and he's there at the end to slot into the bottom far corner from Mohamed Salah's through ball. Tottenham 3-5 Liverpool Good interception from Virgil van Dijk to stop Dominic Solanke getting onto a through ball. Tottenham 3-5 Liverpool The eight goals scored in this match is the joint-most in a Premier League game between Spurs and Liverpool, alongside Spurs 2-6 Liverpool in May 1993. Tottenham 3-5 Liverpool Clinton Morrison Former Republic of Ireland striker on BBC Radio 5 Live That finish from Solanke is first class. He's stretching and has to get in front of Van Dijk. It's a great finish. The comeback isn't on but it's good for Tottenham fans. Tottenham 3-5 Liverpool Diogo Jota heads wide from Trent Alexander-Arnold's cross. Another big-scoring thriller involving Spurs. Tottenham 3-5 Liverpool Gary Neville Former Manchester United defender on Sky Sports This is typical Tottenham and typical Ange Postecoglou. They keep going and they're always a threat. Dominic Solanke Um. Are we talking about a comeback now? Lucas Bergvall crosses from the left and Brennan Johnson heads it back into the centre with Dominic Solanke hooking in a half-volley from six yards. Tottenham 2-5 Liverpool Oh here comes Timo Werner, he'll sort this out. The German replaces Son Heung-min. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Ange can say what he likes spurs are never winning anything playing this way! Could have Maldini and Baresi on and they would still concede 5. Pete, Devon For how bad Tottenham have been, I have to say Kulusevski is class. Top player. Anon Tottenham 2-5 Liverpool Nobody can blame Fraser Forster for this scoreline today. Tottenham 2-5 Liverpool Trent Alexander-Arnold's cross is deflected and in danger of going in before Fraser Forster palms it behind. Tottenham 2-5 Liverpool Trent Alexander-Arnold crosses and Dominik Szoboszlai heads over. Tottenham 2-5 Liverpool Spurs teenager Lucas Bergvall is booked for fouling Diogo Jota. Goncalo Guedes scored from the first shot of Vitor Pereira's tenure Vitor Pereira's Wolves reign got off to a dream start as his new team brushed aside fellow strugglers Leicester. The Portuguese coach was appointed as Gary O'Neil's successor on Thursday and made four changes to the side that suffered a late 2-1 home defeat by Ipswich last week. Two of those he brought in were compatriots Goncalo Guedes and Rodrigo Gomes, and both pounced inside the opening 36 minutes. Top scorer Matheus Cunha also took advantage of some sloppy Leicester defending to add a third with his ninth goal of the season right before half-time. Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy made a double change at half-time, then another just seven minutes into the second half. But the hosts barely threatened as Wolves halted a four-match losing streak. Have your say on Leicester's performance What did you make of Wolves' display? This video can not be played 'Fantastic' Wolves showed spirit but still need to improve - Pereira Pereira's first game as a Premier League manager has been a long time coming. The 56-year-old thought he was going to be given the Everton job in 2013, and says he "did many job interviews with English clubs". A two-time title winner with Porto, he has finally been given an opportunity in England, but surely did not imagine making such a comfortable start. Wolves were 3-0 up by half-time, but that is not to say Pereira has suddenly transformed them into a more fearsome attacking force - they simply took their chances when they came along. The first goal came after Nelson Semedo chipped a speculative ball down the right channel, which somehow found its way to Goncalo Guedes in the box. The Portugal forward, making just his second league start of the season, managed to hook it past Leicester goalkeeper Danny Ward with the first shot of Pereira's tenure. Matt Doherty then hit a hopeful diagonal ball towards Leicester right-back James Justin, who chose to let the ball go past him without realising that Gomes had got in behind. Gomes took a heavy touch on his chest before trying to poke the ball goalwards. Although he failed to connect, it still went past Ward and into the Leicester net as the keeper had dived to his right, anticipating another touch from Gomes. Then as half-time approached, Semedo played a ball down the right wing for Guedes, who was allowed to turn back inside and find Cunha, with the Brazil striker showing great composure to slot the ball beyond Ward and in off the far post. Leicester swiftly made a host of substitutions, but Wolves still went closest to scoring after the break, through Santiago Bueno and Joao Gomes. This video can not be played 'Individual mistakes' led to 'disappointing' loss - Van Nistelrooy Ruud van Nistelrooy's first game as Leicester boss was equally encouraging, beating West Ham 3-1 on 3 December. But just three games later, the positive effect of that new manager bounce already looks to have evaporated. The Foxes were beaten 4-0 at Newcastle last time out and made a lacklustre start back at their own King Power Stadium on Sunday. Jannik Vestergaard was at fault for the first goal, letting Semedo's through-ball bounce past him, while fellow defender Justin misjudged Doherty's ball for the second. Keeper Ward, in for the injured Mads Hermansen, could have done better for the second goal while, for the third, there was a general lack of urgency throughout the Leicester defence. Vestergaard made way at half-time, with Justin following soon after, yet the Foxes still posed Wolves few problems. Jamie Vardy had a couple of tame efforts on target, but the closest Leicester went to scoring was when Vardy's first-half shot was cleared off the line by Toti Gomes moments before Wolves made it 3-0. Van Nistelrooy's attacking mindset was a big reason why he was brought in to succeed Steve Cooper, but it's his defence that needs some drastic attention if his side are going to avoid slipping into the bottom three over the festive period. After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 22nd December 2024 at 18: 13 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Ruud van Nistelrooij Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Vítor Pereira Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Manager: Ruud van Nistelrooij Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Vítor Pereira Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Premier League All competitions All competitions All competitions Leicester are unbeaten in all six of their Premier League home games against Wolves (W4 D2), conceding just one goal in that run. They’ve won each of their last three against them at the King Power Stadium. The six Premier League meetings between Leicester and Wolves at the King Power Stadium have seen just seven goals scored, compared to 21 in the six between the sides at Molineux. Wolves lost 2-1 against Ipswich Town last time out in the Premier League – they’ve not lost consecutive top-flight matches against promoted sides since a run of three in 1983-84 (2 vs QPR, 1 vs Leicester). Between December 2020 and October 2022, Leicester won 12 of their 14 Premier League games against sides in the relegation zone (D1 L1). Since then, the Foxes have won just one of their six matches against sides in the bottom three (D3 L2). Leicester have scored in all eight of their Premier League home games this season – they netted exactly once in each of their six under Steve Cooper but have scored five in their two so far under Ruud van Nistelrooy. Wolves' nine points and 40 goals conceded are their worst tallies 16 games into a top-flight season since 1983-84 (7 points, 40 conceded), when they suffered the first of three consecutive relegations to the fourth tier. Wolves have lost 21 Premier League games in 2024 (W7 D6), their most league defeats in a single calendar year since 2012 (25). Wolves have scored 24 goals from an x G of 16. 8 in the Premier League this season, this biggest x G overperformance in the competition this term (7. 2). However, Wolves also have the biggest negative difference between x G against (27. 6) and actual goals conceded (40) this term (-12. 4). Wolves’ Jørgen Strand Larsen has retained possession with his hold up play more than any other player in the Premier League this season (25). Matheus Cunha’s goal against Ipswich last time out was his 22nd in the Premier League – only Raúl Jiménez (40) has scored more for Wolves in the competition. © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.