Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz each score twice as Liverpool hit six at Tottenham

Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz each struck doubly arsenic Liverpool moved 4 points clear astatine the apical of the Premier League going into Christmas acknowledgment to a thrilling 6-3 triumph astatine Tottenham.

Goals from Diaz and Alexis Mac Allister put Arne Slot’s leaders successful power successful northbound London earlier Dominik Szoboszlai restored the two-goal advantage aft James Maddison halved Spurs’ deficit.

Salah past climbed to 4th connected Liverpool’s all-time goalscoring database – surpassing the precocious Billy Liddell – by taking his profession full to 229 pinch a second-half double which accrued his tally for this play to 18.

Strikes from Tottenham brace Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke injected immoderate intrigue into the closing stages earlier Diaz’s 2nd secured a thumping triumph for the visitors.

The Reds, who emphatically bounced backmost from consecutive top-flight draws against Newcastle and Fulham, besides person a crippled successful manus connected their title rivals. Tottenham stay 11th.

Earlier, second-placed Chelsea blew the chance to temporarily leapfrog Liverpool aft being held to a goalless tie by Everton astatine Goodison Park.

Sean Dyche’s broadside became the first squad since Newcastle successful October to forestall Enzo Maresca’s men from scoring arsenic they brought their opponents’ eight-match winning tally successful each competitions to an end.

Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United were jeered disconnected pursuing a chastening 3-0 nonaccomplishment astatine location to Bournemouth.

A twelvemonth aft securing their first triumph astatine Old Trafford, Andoni Iraola’s awesome Cherries triumphed by the aforesaid scoreline arsenic they inflicted the biggest rustle of the Portuguese caput coach’s short reign.

Dean Huijsen became the latest subordinate to capitalise connected United’s lax group portion defending, earlier a Justin Kluivert punishment and Antoine Semenyo onslaught sealed a stunning triumph which prompted boos from location fans astatine full-time.

The consequence leaves the Red Devils marooned successful 13th and marked an alarming driblet successful capacity and tone from past Sunday’s 2-1 derby triumph astatine Manchester City, while Bournemouth soared to fifth.

New Wolves caput coach Vitor Pereira enjoyed a dream commencement acknowledgment to a thumping 3-0 occurrence astatine chap strugglers Leicester.

Three days aft Pereira succeeded the sacked Gary O’Neil, first-half goals from Goncalo Guedes, Rodrigo Gomes and Matheus Cunha earned a resounding triumph complete Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s hosts.

A invited triumph for Wanderers moved them wrong 2 points of the 17th-placed Foxes, who suffered a second-successive thrashing pursuing past weekend’s 4-0 hammering astatine Newcastle.

New Southampton head Ivan Juric watched from the stands arsenic the bottommost broadside battled to a goalless tie astatine Fulham.

Following the dismissal of Russell Martin past Sunday, the Craven Cottage stalemate secured a first constituent successful 4 top-flight matches for the beleaguered south-coast club.

Saints beryllium 8 points from information up of Croatian Juric, who signed an 18-month statement connected Saturday, taking the reigns from interim leader Simon Rusk.