Liverpool v. Tottenham Hotspur | PREMIER LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS | 4/30/2023 | NBC Sports

Yeah, a couple of changes. Ibrahim Oconate comes back in at number 5 to replace Joel Matip in the centre of back. And also a shoutout for Luis Diaz, the first Premier League star for him since October. Of course he's had that awful knee injury. Now this is the shape without the ball, but when they transition with possession, Trent Alexander-Arnold moves from right back into midfield. Now we've shown this because this is different. This has happened a lot. This is a new kind of lethal life, if you like, a little bit. Trent's been re-energised with his position. It pushes Curtis Jones and Elliot on. It also means that Andy Robertson, number 26, has to be a little bit more cautious about going forward on the left-hand side. And Oconate will slide across to help out in that area defensively. He is better defending than Trent, but that's a different and an interesting way to pull a line-up. OK, how about Ryan Mason's line-up coming off that midweek draw against United? Well, Ben Davies comes in to replace Longley there, left-sided centre-back. It's the same shape that we've seen pretty much all season long. Apart from that, of course, that horrendous performance recently where Stellini went to a back-forward didn't work out. Other than that, Kulosevsky's back in for his charleston. Harry Kane's up front. Jermyn Sturm will go from the right side to the left side. And Perisic, good assisting nature on the left-hand side. Can Mason continue with this? The second half was pretty positive. Liverpool and Spurs jostle for position in the congestion just behind the leading pack in the Premier League. Here's Salah, worrying Perisic, Alexander-Arnold... CUT HIS JOB! sounds when it is beginning to believe again. Well, midfield players have to close down and defenders have to defend. And neither just happened. And the ball gets rolled back to Trent Alexander-Arnold. Too much space there, he's allowed to turn. And when it gets rolled back to him, Salah just gets the ball and rolls it back. Too many white shirts back, not enough engaging. The man on the ball, that's the man on the ball. Far post. Poro, we've said about his defensive duties, why he's gone in, there's no need. Just get your centre-half to do that, he's too busy messing about with Diaz. Has got no idea what's behind him and it's a really good finish from Curtis Jones. He just waits for it, slows himself down and then pass the ball into the net. Tottenham, who shipped five in the first 20-odd minutes at Newcastle last weekend, were one-nil down in six minutes against Man Utd midweek. One-nil down in three here. And there's Gakpo and Diaz! Missing again! Diaz returns and writes an instant headline Spurs are in shreds. They're in big, big trouble, and he knows it. Runners off the ball. Match the run. You're defending against something. Defending against a red shirt that runs away from you. Stay with him. They just get runners beyond the final line. Just watch this. First, they win the ball, and then just watch the run. Little touch there. There's the space. I'm going to go into it. Stay with him. Who can I pick up in the box when the ball goes wide? Just watch in the middle of the box. Diaz, little feint to the near post. You have to be there. Romero, be the first one. Don't be the second one. If you're the second one, it's too late. It's a brilliant finish. It's behind him. Keeper's no chance, but you've got to mark in the box. Liverpool are on fire. Tottenham are in shreds. Fabinho, Arviela, Alexander-Arnold, rolled through for Gakko... GOAL! Romero screams innocence. A scream that falls on the deaf ears of the referee. He's got brilliant feet, Gakpo, he really has. From here it looked like he caught him. Romero's pleading innocent. Watch this, touch. It's the second bit of the tattle that catches his left foot. First bit misses, and first bit catches as well. There's no way this is going to be overturned. Salah! and top them in pieces. Well they are, and it's a good penalty. Going high is always a good one for me. I used to try and hit mine high. Didn't hit them as good as this though. Just looking behind the goal where their Tottenham fans are stood. They're throwing scarves down from mid-section and a lot of them are leaving, going past the stewards, down the exits. Touch and Robertson, Kane came to get it. And Kane rolling up here for Son Heung-Min. And Son is denied by Van Dijk. It's hacked away by Harvey Elliott. Really good thinking where the ball was going to end up when he was there. It's a good ball from Skip. And Perisic is there first. And he sat down Van Dijk and he found Harry Kane! Whatever the mood, however the feel, one man, one thing remains unchanging. The imperturbable Harry Kane scores again. Well, he wasn't going to pass that one. It's a really good move, really good move from Tottenham. Check complete, there's nothing wrong with the goal. Get a bit of play. Third man running, there he is. Perisic does really well. Van Dijk thinks he's got it and he just slips. And this little ball just sets the goal up. The technique is always going to be brilliant from Harry Kane. He knows about the flight of any ball. He's seen a million of them and he just waits for it just to land on his laces. There's a good record in this fixture too. That's his ninth goal against Liverpool. And Kulishevsky's in here, away from Robertson. Kulishevsky! In goes Son for more and across comes Canate. I tell you what, Harry Kane, open goal. Can he get the pass away? You think he's lost it. Robertson lost it. Then when he gets to this position, just gets caught on his feet. But there, pass to Harry Kane, little side rule. This actually is the first of three consecutive London home games for Fulham and Brentford to come. And here is Son. Son away from Canate. And Son has hit the base of the post. Puybier, Perisic, Kane. He got a toe on it and diverted in. Cristian Romero. Well, I can't believe what I'm seeing. The game's been turned on its head in the last five minutes. This ball from Harry Kane. Is he just onside? And the ability to get up there from Romero. He's so unlucky. Black doesn't go up. Perisic, Superball, Poro, Filashevsky's gone beyond him, it's Petropas! Saved it. What a brilliant ball from Perisic, when you hit a ball that far across field, you're going to find space and Liverpool don't get over quick enough. That little run from Kulosevsky just takes Robertson back on his heels and that gives him his space. It's a full fingertip on it. Romero, that's a beautiful ball. Ideally waited for Son who scores for Spurs. Now there, the offside line may be tight. If he's on, the game is very tight. Well if he's on, Jurgen Klopp is not going to be very happy. We just see him check his run, then he tries to run off the back of, and he's onside. No doubt about it. Top of your screen, Robertson. All of a sudden, with 13 minutes plus injury time to go, we have a game on our hands. He made one run, Son, he didn't get the ball, then he went back onside, and he bent his run beautifully, right on the back of the far full-back. Alexandre Laroque gets there, next. Still playing a pretty high line, Liverpool, caught him out with Son, and it might catch him out again. Flutter, skip felt it. A R check on this Pete and serious foul play so the cards out saw tomorrow when he wakes up and looks in that mirror. And the Macedonian turning to Merseyside. Predictable reception. So Klopp peels himself up off the canvas. Goes, they're about to try and rescue this again, foul on Kane. There's no need for that, Liverpool have got to be careful here, give him three kicks away in this position. Don't need to fly in there, Milner. Son flicks it in, Rishon! It's in! come to Merseyside and it's the heart of Liverpool. It's first Premier League goal for Tottenham on this ground of all grounds. of it and now they promised to bring something home. Well, I think I've said I was going to give up. I cannot believe what I've seen. What a ball from Son. The free kick was given away by Milner, but this ball is onside, top of your screen, red shirt. He sneaks behind, it's Van Dijk, and he sneaks in, and it's a brilliantly brave effort to throw something at the ball. What it gets on it, I've no idea. And it just goes straight into the ground and loops straight over Alisson. It quite simply is astonishing what this game brings up every week. And look at that. What a team talk that was at halftime. It's not over yet. The game was dead. Tottenham were nowhere. They had been shredded for a quarter of an hour. Shotter. The assaulter! Just made more sense! Well I don't have to give up now, I'm back! I can't... honestly, it's breathtaking. Big long ball, and what a thing to do to play the ball backwards from Moura. Straight into the pass of Jota, I'm not sure he's touched the ball too much since he's come on. But as soon as he looks down the ball there and gets that left foot, that left orange boot on it, you know he's going in the corner. astonishing Speechless. Donna Hamstring celebrating Jürgen Klopp. Well he's getting a telling off of Paul Tierney because the yellow cards for the celebration. He's run to the left and fronted some officials or somebody, the coaches of Tottenham. And he can't believe it, neither can I. A crazy, crazy game. Liverpool cruised, then Liverpool crashed, then Liverpool created a crescendo to match anything you would witness at this wonderful football ground. They won it, they won it comfortably, they threw it all away and then at the last they won it again through Diogo Jota. Spurs showed spirit, that at least their minimum requirement was met because for a while they seemed spiritless. They gave plenty, they dug deep where there seemed to be little hope and just as Richarlison on his return to Merseyside, a sworn enemy of Liverpool, scored what seemed a telling goal. So Jota came up with his fifth goal in four games to steal it back for the Reds and the Reds go above Tottenham into fifth in the Premier League. Just another example, just one more example of why this game engages the world. Liverpool win it and are by four goals to three. And on Peacock. We will see you over there.