Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham: 5 Hits and Flops

#4 Hit: Toby Alderweireld

The experienced Belgian had to be alert to keep a persistent Salah away

On another day, Alderweireld could've easily topped this list as #1 with no complaints. Two mistakes leading to goals - Liverpool utilising the width for the first and Lloris' blunder near stoppage-time, sees him feature at a modest #4 on this occasion.

He was Tottenham's best defender and well, the match statistics speak for themselves in truth. He completed two aerial duels, two tackles, seven clearances, one blocked shot, no fouls committed and the most long balls completed (8) of any outfield player on the pitch.

It's unfortunate that Liverpool's winning goal will ultimately be recorded as his own goal in the history books, but it comes with the territory when you're often operating so close to your own goal.

Could he have done more to clear his lines in those milliseconds? Perhaps, but he was probably also convinced Lloris would have clawed it away to safety too. It's easy to judge but Alderweireld was always defensively aware of his surroundings and needed to be, up against an out-of-form Salah - which is a more threatening prospect than it seems.

He regularly halted attacks in their tracks whenever Salah combined with Roberto Firmino or an advancing Georginio Wijnaldum near his path. There's a reason why they had such joy down the flanks: he wasn't defending wide areas and Mauricio Pochettino's formation gifted them ample space to penetrate down both sides.