Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Liverpool
- Simons 33'
- Richarlison 83'
- Romero 90+3'
- Isak 56'
- Ekitiké 66'
20 December 2025
The match in data
Liverpool got the better of Tottenham Hotspur, 2–1, on 20 December 2025, on matchday 17 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), rated 78, thanks above all to 17 final-third passes and 9 aerials won. van Dijk produced 1.8 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was the highest rating of the matchday.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 6th time as player of the match this season.
For Tottenham Hotspur, the highest-rated player was Xavi Simons, with 71.
Xavi Simons was sent off at 33'.
Cristian Romero was sent off at 90+3'.
Virgil van Dijk
Liverpool · 90'
Produced 1.80× and cost 0.33× their position's average
- 17 final-third passes 3.0×
- 9 aerials won 4.0×
- 11 duels won 2.3×
- 5 misplaced passes 0.7×
- 2 duels lost 0.5×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xavi Simons | Midfielder | 33 | 71 |
| Djed Spence | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Archie Gray | Midfielder | 71 | 63 |
| Micky van de Ven | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Rodrigo Bentancur | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Brennan Johnson | Forward | 32 | 53 |
| Pedro Porro | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Cristian Romero | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Lucas Bergvall | Midfielder | 71 | 46 |
| Mohammed Kudus | Forward | 58 | 43 |
| Randal Kolo Muani | Forward | 80 | 40 |
| Guglielmo Vicario | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| João Palhinha | Midfielder | 19 | no rating |
| Wilson Odobert | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Richarlison | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil van Dijk ★ | Defender | 90 | 78 |
| Ryan Gravenberch | Midfielder | 90 | 73 |
| Hugo Ekitiké | Forward | 90 | 69 |
| Dominik Szoboszlai | Midfielder | 90 | 65 |
| Florian Wirtz | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Milos Kerkez | Defender | 90 | 61 |
| Ibrahima Konaté | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Jeremie Frimpong | Defender | 30 | 56 |
| Curtis Jones | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Conor Bradley | Defender | 46 | 30 |
| Alexis Mac Allister | Midfielder | 90 | 27 |
| Alisson | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Alexander Isak | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Federico Chiesa | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| Andrew Robertson | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Trey Nyoni | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.