Premier League 2019-20: 5 talking points from Liverpool's 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur

#3 Spurs targeted Dejan Lovren

Spurs' early goal came from Son running at Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dejan Lovren

If Liverpool attacked down their left, Spurs did the same going forward as well, using the other side more sparingly.

They seemed to have identified the Dejan Lovren and Trent Alexander-Arnold axis as a weak point for them to exploit. Given that their early goal came down that side and that they created a fair number of chances in the game using that approach, they may have struck on something useful.

When Spurs went with a more direct route it was with Harry Kane playing around Lovren and winning the first ball, trying to find runners around him. In other instances, Son Heung-Min tried to take on either Lovren or Alexander-Arnold and run beyond them.

While the approach bore tangible fruit only once, it seriously troubled the Liverpool backline throughout the game.