Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 18 September 2011

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Liverpool

Premier League · Sunday 18 September 2011, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Liverpool: match report

Tottenham Hotspur beat Liverpool 4-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 18 September 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Luka Modric opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Luka Modric (7'), Jermain Defoe (66'), Emmanuel Adebayor (68') and Emmanuel Adebayor (90+3'). Liverpool did not score.

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 17th on 3 points from 3 and Liverpool 6th on 7 points from 4. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 69 points, and Liverpool 8th with 52.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Liverpool in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 1 draw and 4 for Liverpool.

Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read W-L-L and Liverpool's L-W-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Luka ModricTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · Charlie AdamLiverpool
  • 24'Yellow card · Emmanuel AdebayorTottenham Hotspur
  • 28'Second yellow · Charlie AdamLiverpool
  • 36'Yellow card · Martin ŠkrtelLiverpool
  • 40'Yellow card · Sebastián CoatesLiverpool
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Luis SuárezLiverpool
  • 63'Second yellow · Martin ŠkrtelLiverpool
  • 66'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 68'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorTottenham Hotspur · 3-0
  • 90+3'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorTottenham Hotspur · 4-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 5, draws 1, Liverpool 4.

Team news

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Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Younès Kaboul, Ledley King, Kyle Walker, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Luka Modrić, Niko Kranjčar, Gareth Bale, Emmanuel Adebayor, Scott Parker, Jermain Defoe, Brad Friedel

Liverpool line-up (4-4-2)

Pepe Reina, José Enrique, Daniel Agger, Jamie Carragher, Jordan Henderson, Stewart Downing, Lucas Leiva, Luis Suárez, Andy Carroll, Charlie Adam, Martin Škrtel