Liverpool 1 Tottenham 1
Tottenham blew a hole in Liverpool’s Premier League — and quadruple — hopes as Son Heung-min’s 20th goal of the season earned them a 1-1 draw at Anfield to gift the advantage to Manchester City.
Despite Luis Diaz’s 74th-minute equaliser and manager Jurgen Klopp going for broke, knowing he had no other option, the hosts now require their title rivals to lose one of their four remaining matches. Rather than draw one which would have been the case if they had picked up all three points on Saturday night.
Even though the point took Liverpool top of the table, it was only courtesy of a superior goal difference of one and Pep Guardiola’s side will go three points clear with a win at home to Newcastle on Sunday.
The draw did little f …
- May 8, 2022
