Affected in recent days by the Covid-19, Tottenham and Liverpool did indeed face each other this Sunday as part of the 18th day of the Premier League. And this while the holding of this match was threatened for a while, the Spurs, who had not played since December 5, having notably seen their last three scheduled meetings being postponed (Brighton, Burnley and Leicester). This did not prevent the two formations, unable to decide between themselves (2-2), to deliver a rhythmic and very pleasant game to the spectators of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Reds of Jürgen Klopp, deprived of Fabinho, Henderson or even Van Dijk and who offered the young Tyler Morton his first tenure in the Premier League, started foot to the floor, immediately putting pressure on the Londoners and imposing their game. Robertson did not go far to open the scoring with a header (2nd). And yet, it is Tottenham who launched hostilities thanks to Harry Kane with a cross strike, on a good service from a titular Ndombélé for the first time under the Antonio Conte era alongside Alli, (1- 0, 13e). While the captain of the Three Lions had just stumbled in extremis on Ibrahima Konaté (12th). Stunned, the Liverpuldians were not even far from cracking in the process. But Son missed the boat twice (16th, 18th), before Alisson disgusted Alli (30th).
And by dint of missing, Tottenham was going to bite their fingers. On a center stung from Robertson, Jota catapulted the ball from the head to the back of the net (1-1, 35th) of a Lloris who had previously rejected attempts by TAA (10th) and Keita (20th). The captain of the Blues was still working in front of Salah (43rd) to leave the 2 teams tied at the break. The 22 actors set off again after returning from the locker room. If a helmet blow from Jota narrowly escaped the frame of Lloris (48th), Alisson released a huge parade in front of Kane (54th), who then failed to beat the ball with his head at close range (55th). The pace gradually fell, fatigue taking over the bodies. Until Robertson does not take on the scorer’s costume after a scramble around Hugo Lloris (1-2, 69th). This rekindled the flame of this game. In the space of a few minutes, Son took advantage of Alisson’s missed exit to equalize (2-2, 74th). Then Robertson broke down, committing a nasty mistake that earned him a red card after the intervention of the VAR (78th). Despite the entry into play of Lucas and the 6 minutes of added time in particular, the Spurs did not take advantage of their numerical superiority at the end of the match. Antonio Conte retains his unbeaten position in the Premier League with Tottenham, who may regret his many failures against a Liverpool who sees their streak of 6 straight wins come to an end, not taking advantage of Chelsea’s misstep against Wolverhampton.
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