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 74, thanks above all to 17 final-third passes and 9 aerials won. van Dijk produced 1.7 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It was the highest rating of the matchday.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 5th time as player of the match this season.
For Tottenham Hotspur, the highest-rated player was Xavi Simons, with 65.
Xavi Simons was sent off at 33'.
Cristian Romero was sent off at 90+3'.
Virgil van Dijk
Liverpool · 90'
Produced 1.73× and cost 0.37× 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: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xavi Simons | Midfielder | 33 | 65 |
| Djed Spence | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Brennan Johnson | Forward | 32 | 58 |
| Pedro Porro | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Archie Gray | Midfielder | 71 | 52 |
| Rodrigo Bentancur | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Micky van de Ven | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Cristian Romero | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Mohammed Kudus | Forward | 58 | 41 |
| Lucas Bergvall | Midfielder | 71 | 39 |
| Randal Kolo Muani | Forward | 80 | 35 |
| Guglielmo Vicario | Goalkeeper | 90 | 34 |
| 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 | 74 |
| Ryan Gravenberch | Midfielder | 90 | 65 |
| Hugo Ekitiké | Forward | 90 | 62 |
| Florian Wirtz | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| Dominik Szoboszlai | Midfielder | 90 | 58 |
| Milos Kerkez | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Ibrahima Konaté | Defender | 90 | 54 |
| Jeremie Frimpong | Defender | 30 | 54 |
| Curtis Jones | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Alisson | Goalkeeper | 90 | 41 |
| Conor Bradley | Defender | 46 | 26 |
| Alexis Mac Allister | Midfielder | 90 | 25 |
| Alexander Isak | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Federico Chiesa | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| Andrew Robertson | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Trey Nyoni | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Tottenham Hotspur player recovered the most balls?
Rodrigo Bentancur, with 7 recoveries. Next: Pedro Porro 6, Djed Spence 5.
Rodrigo Bentancur led Tottenham Hotspur with 7 recoveries in the 1–2 loss to Liverpool. Pedro Porro followed with 6 and Djed Spence added 5, highlighting the side's defensive efforts.
Which Liverpool player won the most duels?
Virgil van Dijk, with 11 duels won. Next: Florian Wirtz 5, Ibrahima Konaté 4.
Virgil van Dijk commanded challenges for Liverpool with 11 duels won in their 1–2 victory against Tottenham Hotspur. That comfortably surpassed Florian Wirtz's 5 and Ibrahima Konaté's 4.
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.
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