MO SALAH has given Liverpool the lead at Tottenham Hotspur after latching onto Darwin Nunez's neat pass inside the box.
Tottenham thought they should have had a penalty after Ryan Sessegnon was barged in the back by Trent Alexander-Arnold but neither the referee nor VAR were interested.
Spurs are without Son Heung-min after the South Korean picked up a fractured eye socket in Marseille.
- Kick-off time: 4.30pm UK
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- Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Dier, Lenglet, Davies, Emerson, Bentancur, Bissouma, Hojbjerg, Sessegnon, Perisic, Kane.
- Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Elliott, Thiago, Firmino, Salah, Nunez.
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Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham – half-time
That's it for the half.
Two Salah goals the difference.
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Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham
45. Liverpool fans in fine voice out there now.
It's becoming a training session in the middle of the park.
Klopp's men expertly rode out the Tottenham storm and struck when the chance fell to them.
This time Elliott has a go from range but it's over the bar.
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Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham
43. It hadn't even been coming from Liverpool. But they're 2-0 up just like that.
Allison plays a long ball over the top, Dier goes to head it back, Salah pounces with a lob.
Simple as you like.
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Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham – Salah
GOAL – He's at the double!
40. It's a howler from Eric Dier, he tries to head back to Lloris but Salah latches on and lobs Lloris.
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Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham
39. Liverpool regain control but the game is stopped after Harvey Elliott goes down from a challenge by Ben Davies.
Physios are on the pitch and assessing whatever damage there may be.
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Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham
36. This time Liverpool break away with the ball and Salah finds himself with his back to goal in the box.
It eventually comes out to Trent on the right hand side but he's unable to find a cross into the box.
The Reds then win a throw on the opposite side after Van Dijk tried to slip Robertson in.
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Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham
34. Alexander-Arnold having some issues on the right again.
He's chased down by Perisic with the ball going out of play but Perisic manages to gain possession.
Then when Sessegnon collects the ball and moves past Alexander-Arnold again, the Liverpool right-back brings him down.
Free-kick… and it comes to nothing.
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Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham
32. Liverpool again probing down the right this time with Elliott, who lofts a ball into the box which is cleared.
It only falls to Thiago, however, and he unleashes a volley which is blocked by Dier.
Spurs need to try and again a foothold in the match again.
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Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham
29. Liverpool get the ball upfield this time as Salah collects from Nunez's knock-on, but Ben Davies is there to stop play with the foul.
Thiago takes it quickly and the Reds are back in possession, probing and trying to find a way through this Spurs backline.
Spurs are able to force Liverpool all the way back to Allison, however.
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Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham
27. Sessegnon collects a brilliant ball from midfield and skips past Trent this time but his touch is just a little too heavy and Konate intercepts.
Spurs have stepped it up since the goal. They're winning second balls and 50-50s, but Conte will want to know why it wasn't like this from minute one.
Liverpool happy to sit in for the moment.
Kane floats another ball into the box for Perisic but it's too far away from the Croatian.
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Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham
25. Liverpool just playing with the ball now, trying to quieten down the crowd once again.
Van Dijk and Allison then try to play one-two on the right hand side but it's played out, much to the delight of the Spurs fans.
Spurs back in possession.
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Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham
22. Tottenham on the attack again and the pressure is building!
Balls are coming in the box and Liverpool are struggling to get out.
This time the crowd urge Bissouma to shoot from the edge of the box but the ball is booted away just in time.
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Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham
19. Thiago has had a good start to the game, he picks the ball up again in midfield and plays triangles with Van Dijk and Robertson.
Just trying to regain control here the Reds.
But Sessegnon manages to get himself down the right and past Alexander-Arnold, who nudges him in the back.
Spurs want a pen, but it's waved on by the ref. VAR have no interest.
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Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham
17. That's much better from Conte's side, who look to have woken up since Salah's goal.
Liverpool are now trying to silence the crowd as Robertson wins a foul on the left.
Frantic start here in North London.
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Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham
15. Spurs almost back in the game immediately!
Kane picks up the ball on the right and feeds the ball to Perisic who leaps and heads his effort onto the post!
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Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham
13. Brilliant play from Liverpool again, they spread the ball out to Robertson and the ball finds its way to Nunez in the box.
Nunez has the time to turn and feed it to Salah.
The Egyptian swivels and volleys the pass, after taking a touch, into the bottom corner.
1-0 to the Reds!
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Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham – Salah
12. GOAL – it's that man again!
Mohamed Salah makes it 1-0 after some brilliant play from Nunez again!
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Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham
11. Liverpool are really trying that out-ball to Nunez over and over.
Elliott this time picks up the ball on the right hand side and wilfully squeezes it past his man, the ball comes around Lenglet's side and nearly to the feet of Nunez before Lloris collects.
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Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham
9. Spurs try to get things going with a ball forward but it's thwarted again.
Konate tries to play out from the back and the ball reaches Robertson, who gives to to Firmino. But Nunez isn't there for the one-two.
More possession football for the Reds in midfield.
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Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham
7. Tottenham are struggling to get ahold of the game here but Davies plays it over to Emerson Royal but his ball can't find Kane.
Alexander-Arnold picks up possession and plays it all the way out to Nunez.
The striker cuts inside and sees his shot bend wide. Positive start from the forward.
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Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham
5. The ball is back in Liverpool's possession already as Thiago tries to find space in midfield.
But Spurs win it back and try to play a throw down Alexander-Arnold's side, however, it's well defended by Liverpool.
The ball comes out to Robertson on the left who plays it all the way forward to Nunez again, but the Uruguayan can't get his shot away.
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Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham
3. Positive start from the away side who immediately look to get Ibrahim Konate some touches around the back.
They're guilty of making slow starts this season Liverpool but they go on the attack early and Darwin Nunez forces a save early from Hugo Lloris.
Spurs fans in fine voice, though.
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Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham
1. We're underway here at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium!
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Players are out
The stars of Liverpool and Tottenham are both now just going through their obligatory handshake motions.
That's all before they try to spend 90+ minutes booting the living daylight out of each other.
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10-minute countdown
We're not far off kick-off here at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and the atmosphere is building.
Both sides need a win. It's the 4.30pm on a Sunday evening.
It doesn't get too much bigger in the Premier League.
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