Everyone loves a goalfest but now Ange Postecoglou needs reinforcements to rescue his patched-up Spurs, writes MATT BARLOW
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Multi-goal thrillers are all very well when you're on the right end. Seven goals in a Thursday cup tie and this patch of North London had been bouncing. Nine goals on a Sunday had quite the opposite effect. The place was virtually empty as Ange Postecoglou trudged around dutifully at the end, offering his festive appreciation for the support. It had been subdued long before that. Many of the Tottenham fans made for the exits when the fifth went in.
![[Spurs conceded six goals as their disappointing season continued with another defeat]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/00/93412353-14219971-Spurs_conceded_six_goals_as_their_disappointing_season_continued-m-146_1734913245906.jpg)
They should probably have known that would not be the end of it. There were another three goals to come and after Dominic Solanke slammed in the third for Spurs it came with a brief whiff of one of football's least likely comebacks. It did not last long though, chased away when Luis Diaz scored Liverpool's sixth to give the visitors an emphatic victory. One they deserved for the control they exerted through the first hour of the game.
![[Sunday evening was the first time they conceded six in a home match since December 1997]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/00/93413041-14219971-image-a-150_1734913721370.jpg)
Arne Slot's side drew the chaos out of a Spurs game and that is no mean feat. They were excellent. There was not a hint of the chaos that usually surrounded Postecoglou's team and that was the most sobering factor. That was the cold hard truth of the gap between these teams.
![[Mo Salah (left) scored twice as the visitors increased their lead at the top to four points]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/00/93412347-14219971-Mo_Salah_left_scored_twice_as_the_visitors_increased_their_lead_-m-144_1734912937458.jpg)
Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham were well beaten by Premier League leaders Liverpool. Spurs conceded six goals as their disappointing season continued with another defeat. Sunday evening was the first time they conceded six in a home match since December 1997.
![[Postecoglou's side now languish down in 11th place, eight points off the top four places]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/00/93412973-14219971-image-m-148_1734913410888.jpg)
