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Tottenham player ratings vs Liverpool: Summer signing a 4/10 as £75m man fails to make impact
North Londoners broke duck against top-flight opposition
Sam Tabuteau, Sports Reporter
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Tottenham Hotspur fell to yet another defeat this season under Roberto De Zerbi as they crashed out of the EFL Cup at Anfield against Liverpool.
A ghostly chair sits empty at the top of Tottenham’s table. Despite this being one of their more valiant fightbacks, the scars of the past 18 months are not imaginary. Visible scar tissue has been gouged from this attack.
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The forward – making his second senior start for the club – led the Reds’ line at Anfield on Tuesday night to help secure a 3-1 victory in the third-round clash.
And post-match, Koumas was the choice of supporters as the team’s top performer in the game.
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Liverpool winger Rio Ngumoha is of interest to Arsenal, who are monitoring his gametime at Anfield, the newest report has revealed.
The Reds enjoyed a fruitful evening on Tuesday, beating Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 at home to advance into the fourth round of the EFL Cup.
It might have been a different story in this third round tie at Anfield.
We started brightly again and were denied the opener when Giorgi Mamardashvili produced the first of two world-class saves on the night to deny Lucas Bergvall.