Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Thursday 28 January 2021

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Liverpool

Premier League · Thursday 28 January 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Liverpool: match report

Tottenham Hotspur were beaten by Liverpool 1-3 in the Premier League on Thursday 28 January 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Roberto Firmino opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (49'). Liverpool scored through Roberto Firmino (45+4'), Trent Alexander-Arnold (47') and Sadio Mané (65').

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

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 6th on 33 points from 18 and Liverpool 5th on 34 points from 19. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 7th with 62 points, and Liverpool 3rd with 69.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 3-4-3 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool (8.8), ahead of Sadio Mané (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Tottenham Hotspur win, 1 draw and 8 for Liverpool.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Thiago AlcântaraLiverpool
  • 30'Yellow card · Steven BergwijnTottenham Hotspur
  • 45+4'Goal · Roberto FirminoLiverpool · 0-1
  • 47'Goal · Trent Alexander-ArnoldLiverpool · 0-2
  • 49'Goal · Pierre-Emile HøjbjergTottenham Hotspur · 1-2
  • 50'Yellow card · Nathaniel PhillipsLiverpool
  • 65'Goal · Sadio ManéLiverpool · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 1, draws 1, Liverpool 8.

Team news

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Tottenham Hotspur line-up (3-4-3)

Hugo Lloris, Joe Rodon, Eric Dier, Ben Davies, Serge Aurier, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Tanguy Ndombélé, Matt Doherty, Steven Bergwijn, Harry Kane, Heung-min Son

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joël Matip, Jordan Henderson, Andrew Robertson, Thiago Alcântara, Georginio Wijnaldum, James Milner, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané