Heung-min Son appeared to be angry with his teammate against Liverpool on Sunday evening
As the clash with Tottenham Hotspur looms for Liverpool this Sunday, the Reds find themselves with more than a few things to worry about. Notwithstanding, one particular piece of midweek news starkly reminded them of an absence of a major threat in the north London team.
Even though Son never faced defeat while squaring off against Klopp in the Bundesliga when he played for Hamburg and Bayer Leverkusen, his confrontations with the Reds tell another tale altogether. Son has only seen his Spurs side triumph over Liverpool on two occasions, with a standout 4-1 victory at Wembley in October 2017 and a controversial 2-1 win at home in September. On both occasions, he managed to score.
Harry Kane, now in flying form with a tally of 43 goals from equal number of outings since his transfer to Germany last summer, bulged the net with a penalty contributing to Bayern Munich’s 2-2 draw in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final match against Real Madrid on their home turf.
It’s a big encounter for Ange Postecoglou’s side as they try to end three consecutive defeats following a disappointing 2-0 loss to Chelsea on Thursday night
With Tottenham still needing points in their Champions League battle with Aston Villa, Liverpool themselves need a win to keep their slim Premier League title hopes alive after seeing off Arsenal and Man City in recent weeks
After playing an entertaining game last September in which Spurs prevailed with a 2-1 win, this could once again be another exciting clash between the teams
We will hear official team news at 3
30pm (UK time) this afternoon, an hour before the scheduled kick-off time of 4
30pm
You can follow this, as well as full coverage of the match, on our dedicated live blog below with Spurs reporter Rob Guest
Interpool beat Tottenham 4-2 at Anfield to hand the visitors their fourth consecutive defeat, leaving their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League dim
The Red Devils were fired up in the first hour, with Mohamed Salah, returning to the team after a touchline row with Jurgen Klopp against West Ham, giving them the lead from the start before Andrew Robertson added a second right before halftime
Cody Gakpo then scored Liverpool’s third goal after the break, before Harvey Elliott punished Tottenham’s poor defending with a superb fourth goal from long range moments later
Ange Postecoglou’s side rallied to halve the deficit thanks to goals from substitutes Richarlison and Heung-Min Son
But it ended up being another agonizing afternoon for Spurs, who have lost four Premier League games in a row for the first time in 20 years and are seven points behind fourth-placed Aston Villa with just three games in hand
For Liverpool, who crashed out of the title race in third place, the result at least offers hope of a positive end to Klopp’s final campaign in charge
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