Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the Premier League with a dominant but chaotic 6-3 win at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday thanks to doubles from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah.
Diaz met Trent Alexander-Arnold's beautiful cross with a diving header to open the scoring before Alexis Mac Allister nodded home from close range to double Liverpool's lead, but James Maddison pulled one back four minutes before half-time.
Dominik Szoboszlai scored in added time and Salah netted twice in seven second-half minutes, before Dejan Kulusevski's volley was followed by Dominic Solanke's 83rd-minute goal to set up a frantic finish until Diaz made it 6-3 two minutes later.
Liverpool are top with 39 points from 16 games, four points above second-placed Chelsea who have played a game more. Spurs remain 11th, with 23 points from 17 games.
Player ratings
Tottenham: Forster (5), Porro (5), Dragusin (5), Gray (6), Spence (6), Sarr (5), Bissouma (5), Kulusevski (8), Maddison (7), Son (6), Solanke (8).
Subs: Bergvall (6), Werner (n/a), Johnson (7).
Liverpool: Alisson (6), Alexander-Arnold (7), Gomez (6), van Dijk (6), Robertson (7), Mac Allister (7), Gravenberch (7), Szoboszlai (8), Salah (8), Gakpo (7), Diaz (9).
Subs: Nunez (n/a), Jones (6), Elliott (n/a), Jota (6).
Player of the Match: Luis Diaz.
Team news
Tottenham were unchanged from their Carabao Cup win over Manchester United with Timo Werner and Destiny Udogie back on the bench.
Only four players kept their place from Liverpool's midweek win at Southampton - Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo.
Goals galore at Tottenham - Opta stats
Liverpool's Alexis Mac Allister (centre) celebrates scoring their side's second goal of the game with team-mates Dominik Szoboszlai and Trent Alexander-Arnold
This will be the 21st time Liverpool have been top of the English top-flight on Christmas Day; the most of any side.
They've gone on to win the title in 11 of those previous 20 seasons (55%).
Nine goals is the joint-most that have been scored in a league fixture between Tottenham and Liverpool, along with a 7-2 win for Spurs in April 1963 and a 7-2 win for the Reds in October 1914.
Tottenham's Premier League matches under Ange Postecoglou have seen an average of 3.6 goals scored per game (both teams combined). Among those to take charge of 50+ games in the competition, this is the highest goals per game rate for any manager.
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