Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 28 November 2012

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Liverpool

Premier League · Wednesday 28 November 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Liverpool: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Liverpool 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 28 November 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.

Aaron Lennon opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Aaron Lennon (7') and Gareth Bale (16'). Liverpool scored through an own goal by Gareth Bale (72').

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

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 7th on 20 points from 13 and Liverpool 11th on 16 points from 13. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 72 points, and Liverpool 6th with 63.

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 6 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 1 draw and 3 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Aaron LennonTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · Gareth BaleTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Martin ŠkrtelLiverpool
  • 72'Own goal · Gareth BaleLiverpool · 2-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Gareth BaleTottenham Hotspur
  • 90'Yellow card · José EnriqueLiverpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 6, draws 1, Liverpool 3.

Team news

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

Aaron Lennon, Jan Vertonghen, Jermain Defoe, Clint Dempsey, Mousa Dembélé, Michael Dawson, Sandro, Hugo Lloris, William Gallas, Kyle Walker, Gareth Bale

Liverpool line-up (4-4-2)

Luis Suárez, Daniel Agger, José Enrique, Steven Gerrard, Glen Johnson, Raheem Sterling, Joe Allen, Jordan Henderson, Martin Škrtel, Pepe Reina, Stewart Downing