Liverpool hold on to beat nine-man Tottenham

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Liverpool punish ill-disciplined Tottenham to move to fifth in Premier League table Updated / Saturday, 20 Dec 2025 20:57 Ibrahima Konate congratulates Hugo Ekitike after he scored Liverpool's second goal against Tottenham Second-half goals by Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike helped Arne Slot's Liverpool to a third consecutive victory with a dramatic 2-1 win over nine-man Tottenham. An even contest tipped in the balance of Liverpool after 33 minutes when Xavi's studs-up challenge on Virgil van Dijk’s Achilles earned the Tottenham playmaker a red card and Isak broke the deadlock in the 56th minute.

Half-time substitute Isak was immediately forced off through injury, but Ekitike grabbed his 11th goal for the Reds soon after. A routine Liverpool triumph appeared on the cards, only for Spurs substitute Richarlison to pull one back with seven minutes left before Romero let his team down with a late kick-out at Ibrahima Konate as the hosts’ lost for a fifth time in eight matches under Thomas Frank.

Moments after Romero had snapped into Ekitike, the Liverpool forward had the last laugh as he beat his rival in the air to head home Jeremie Frimpong’s deflected cross to make it 2-0. Richarlison was then played through by Johnson but his shot was blocked by Konate, who was recklessly kicked by Romero to earn the Spurs captain a stoppage-time red.