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Gary Neville was critical of one Tottenham Hotspur star who kept on making 'mind-boggling' mistakes against Liverpool.

Arne Slot's men played out a Premier League classic against Spurs at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Liverpool came away 6-3 winners thanks to a brace each from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah plus goals from Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister.

James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke netted for the hosts but were ultimately left disappointed.

Speaking after the match, former Manchester United and England defender Neville was left gobsmacked by the mistakes Spurs kept on making as he singled out captain Son Heung-min.

Gary Neville criticises Son Heung-min's 'mind-boggling' mistakes

He said: "They’ve got a really exciting front six, but I did put a clip in during the second half, which we don’t normally do, showing Son making a silly press towards Joe Gomez and the ball getting played past him over to Trent Alexander-Arnold.

"They do some stupid things like that, which almost forces the full-backs then to jump out and press and then, all of a sudden, it leaves a situation like the third goal.”

Neville added: "Overcommitting at a point where you have no chance of winning the ball as wide players and defenders, that’s a nonsense that.

"They had some experienced players up top, I think Son was one of the worst actually, and I love him to bits – he’s a world-class player.

"But some of his decisions to actually leave Trent Alexander-Arnold, go and press Joe Gomez or go somewhere else and leave that space for Trent Alexander-Arnold to go into were just nonsensical. It’s just mind-boggling really."

As a result of Chelsea's 0-0 draw against Everton, Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the Premier League table to four points.

In addition, the Reds have a game in hand after the Merseyside derby from earlier in the month was called off due to weather conditions.

Reflecting on his team's performance, Liverpool boss Slot said: "Until 60, 65 minutes, I really, really, really enjoyed what I saw. Of course, we were caught one time in bringing the ball out from the back and that immediately led to a goal for Tottenham.

"I was quite happy with the fact that we scored the 3-1. Then 4-1, 5-1, incredible display. But then you also saw that no matter how much quality players have, if they think they don't have to run anymore then in this league, especially against Tottenham because they are so good with the ball as well, they immediately start to create, and that's what they did and they scored two goals. I was happy that the sixth one went in, to be fair."

Liverpool are back in Premier League action on Boxing Day when they take on Leicester City at Anfield.

Tottenham Hotspur fans have taken to social media following their 6-3 loss to Liverpool at home to say the same thing, and they aren't happy.

After Chelsea failed to put the pressure on Liverpool with a win at Goodison Park on Sunday, the Reds had the opportunity to go four points clear on top of the league following their match against Tottenham.

In a dominant performance from Liverpool, goals from Luis Diaz, Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah secured the three points in a 6-3 victory away from home.

And following the match, Tottenham fans swarmed online to blame one reason for the brutal loss to the League leaders.

Although fans of other clubs may be questioning the safety of Ange Postecoglu's job following the result, Tottenham fans have taken to social media to defend the Australian, instead blaming the club's ownership.

Reacting to the result on Sunday, one fan wrote: "The squad is decimated and full of kids. There's no other manager that would do better with this team right now.

"Keep the pressure on the board and Levy so Ange gets the tools he needs."

Another agreed, adding: "Liverpool fans would never accept or tolerate a Daniel Levy or Enic for 5 years let alone 24. They would never meekly accept such garbage in owners!"

While one angry fan wrote: "The club is a disgrace. Embarrassing us and making us a laughing stock for 25 years

"Things weren't perfect prior to them but we never had this. Daniel Levy, Cullen and the rest of them are an absolute disgrace. Just go... please."

Ahead of the match, Tottenham fans gathered outside the stadium to protest against the ownership, holding black balloons stating 'Levy Out'.

And on several occasions during the game the balloons could even be seen making their way onto the pitch, with striker Dominic Solanke tripping on one.

The result takes Liverpool four points top of the league with a game in hand yet to be played against Everton.

Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou branded one of his players’ performances in Thursday’s 1-1 draw against Rangers in the Europa League as “unacceptable” in an honest rant.

Postecoglou, 59, saw his side perform poorly at Ibrox as they trailed for much of the second half before Dejan Kulusevski equalised on 75 minutes.

Rangers’ goalscorer Hamza Igamane was unlucky not to hand the Scots the lead in the final moments of proceedings when he went on a mazy run but could not beat Fraser Forster.

Shortly after, Igamane had the ball in the net, but the sight of the offside flag quickly dampened any celebrations.

The draw means Rangers sit in eighth position, which would secure them an automatic spot in the knockout stages. Spurs are ninth, and as things stand, they would have to play a knockout phase play-off.

Kulusevski’s strike arguably spared Tottenham's blushes, but it was the man he replaced at half-time who received criticism from his manager.

Timo Werner was withdrawn at the midway point after a poor first-half showing.

The German was ‘given a dressing down’ by the former Celtic boss in the Tottenham dressing room.

“He [Timo Werner] wasn’t playing anywhere near the level he should,” said Postecoglou in his post-match press conference in Glasgow.

“When you’ve got 18-year-olds [playing], it’s not acceptable to me. I said that to Timo.

“He’s a senior international, he’s a German international.

“In the moment we’re in right now, it’s not like we’ve got many options. I need everyone to at least be going out there trying to give the best of themselves. His performance in the first half wasn’t acceptable.”

When asked how the player took the dressing down, Postecoglou explained how he didn’t “really know,” but it wasn’t of “great concern”.

"We need everybody, including him, to be contributing," he added.

“Because we don’t have the depth to leave people out if they’re performing poorly.

“We need them to play their part. Especially the senior guys. When I’m asking younger guys to do massive jobs. I expect a level of performance from some of the senior guys. And today wasn’t that.”

Werner is currently on loan at Spurs from Bundesliga side RB Leipzig having first penned a loan deal for the second half of the 2023/24 season.

Hamza Igamine sent more than 45,000 fans into delirium after he scored for Rangers in their Europa League clash against Tottenham Hotspur.

Earlier this week, Rangers captain James Tavernier hoped that the Gers supporters would make it as "hard as possible' for Spurs on their visit to Ibrox.

“I am expecting Ibrox to be jumping," he said ahead of kick-off. "It is down to us to get the crowd right behind us from the start. European nights are always the best at Ibrox,"

Tavernier predicted a "great atmosphere" at the stadium, adding: "Everyone will be really looking forward to it and trying to make it as hard as possible for Tottenham."

Well, a few hours later and they certainly made things difficult for the Premier League outfit, who have won their only two previous meetings with Rangers.

In fact, with 46 minutes on the clock, Philippe Clement's side took a deserved lead through Moroccan forward Hamza Igamine, who converted past Fraser Forster following a perfectly-weighted through ball from Tavernier.

It was a moment that will live long in the memory of every Rangers supporter. Just listen to the noise when Igamine found the back of the net.

Here's how fans on social media reacted to the scenes inside Ibrox.

One fan wrote: "Best atmosphere in the UK, no place has limbs like Ibrox," while another commented: "The noise at Ibrox on European nights is something else."

A third said: "The shaking camera a testament to the joy Rangers fans are taking in ex-Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou's struggles. Spite above everything."

A fourth wrote: "Getting dunked on at the Ibrox will leave you fighting tears, that angle of fans celebrating plus the camera shaking is otherworldly," and a fifth added: "Ibrox baby, it’s just different."

Rangers have impressed in this season's Europa League, securing three victories over Malmo, FCSB and Nice in the competition so far.

Speaking ahead of Thursday's game against Spurs, Gers boss Philippe Clement said: “It is a big challenge but that is what we like, that is what we love and that is what you want here also."

He added: “We have already in this past year had a few really good opponents here on European nights and this club has a big history of that, so for the players these are very challenging and really nice evenings that they can write history in that way. That's why players want to play for Rangers also.”

Footage of Nicolas Jackson producing an '1000 IQ move' during the closing stages of Chelsea's 4-3 win over Tottenham Hotspur has emerged.

The Senegal forward - who has eight Premier League goals in 13 matches this season - returned to the Blues starting XI at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after being rotated for the 5-1 victory over Southampton on Wednesday.

Spurs went 2-0 up inside the first 15 minutes of the contest, but Enzo Maresca's side produced a superb comeback.

And Jackson was still on the pitch when Enzo Fernandez completed the turnaround to make it 3-2 - before producing a crucial contribution.

The Argentinian midfielder wheeled away after the goal and looked as if he was about to take his shirt off, which would have seen him be on a yellow card for the final 15 minutes of the game.

But a quick-thinking Jackson decided to grab Fernandez's shirt and stop him from taking it off, allowing the midfielder to focus fully on ensuring Chelsea's lead remained intact.

Cole Palmer would subsequently put Chelsea 4-2 up from the penalty spot, before Son Heung-min scored what proved to only be a consolation on 96 minutes.

Speaking after the game to the Blues' official website, Maresca spoke of his pride in how his players achieved their comeback victory: "It's an important win, firstly for the way it arrived. Because to come in this stadium, against this team, and concede two goals, and then continue with the same plan on and off the ball, shows how the players are mentally strong.

"We are trying to work with the players on and off the pitch, but we're also trying to work on mentality and togetherness. To come in this stadium and think you are going to win without suffering is impossible.

"For that, probably it's the perfect win, because two goals down, it was the worst picture for us, even if we were in control.

"We controlled the game, we kept the ball. At half-time, we changed something tactically, and second half we deserved to win."

Tottenham Hotspur produced a shock 4-0 victory on the road against champions Manchester City, and what one of the goalscorers Pedro Porro did in the aftermath of scoring has got fans talking.

Ange Postecoglou's side stunned City by putting four goals at the Etihad Stadium as the hosts suffered five defeats in a row for the first time since 2006.

James Maddison's double saw Spurs race into a two-goal advantage inside 20 minutes.

And after the break, Porro slotted home a glorious curling strike to net the North London side's third, before Brennan Johnson tapped home a fourth in injury time to compound the misery for the hosts.

Reacting to the big win, Spurs boss Postecoglou said: "You don't come to a place like this thinking that it's going to be probably as convincing as it was for us in terms of just the way we handled it.

"I've said it before, City test you in every football way possible. You've got to do a bit of everything. You've got to defend, you've got to work hard, be disciplined and you've got to play football.

"I thought in all four areas we really got to a really strong level today where the players were really determined, after a really disappointing game last time and we just got back to our core beliefs as a team. Credit to the lads. I thought they were just outstanding out there today."

Porro scored Spurs' third goal and it meant the Spaniard netted against his former side City.

The 25-year-old joined City back in 2019 from Girona for a reported £11m, but did not play a game for Guardiola's side.

Porro ended up having loan spells away from the Premier League side at Valladolid in his native spell and at Sporting, before he joined the Portuguese side on a permanent basis in 2022.

But the defender joined Spurs on loan initially at the end of January 2023 and the deal was made permanent that summer.

After he scored against City, Porro appeared to cool down his celebration by holding up the palm of his right hand, prior to becoming more animated with his team-mates in front of the travelling Spurs fans.

And taking to social media, supporters seem to be bemused Porro opted to not celebrate as much as he could against his former side as he never actually played a game for them.

One said: "Porro not celebrating because he had one training session with City is killing me."

Another wrote: "Idiot. Games gone. Celebrate."

One fan posted: "It's hilarious how even one training session with City can make someone too cool to celebrate!"

And another said: "It’s somehow more disrespectful that he didn’t celebrate."

Manchester City star Kyle Walker has spoken out after his performance against Tottenham Hotspur was criticised by fans.

The reigning champions were not at the races from start to finish as Spurs managed to record a huge win at the Etihad Stadium.

Ange Postecoglou's men came away 4-0 winners thanks to goals from Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson, plus a brace by James Maddison.

During the match, fans were left seething after a way below-par performance by Walker.

Shortly after the final whistle, the City man faced the media as he spoke to Sky Sports.

He said: "It's hard to stand here and speak about it when I haven't properly digested it yet. I've stood here when we won titles so I'll stand here for defeats too.

"This is the most frustrating thing as a defender. I don't care about scoring goals, I'm bothered about clean sheets and we're not doing that. You have to go back to the basics and get a clean sheet. If we concede four goals at home we have to score five.

"It's not just the back four, five or six - it's all 11 players on the pitch. I wouldn't say we've lost confidence together. I've spent eight years with this group. You lose confidence as a team but we have to remember what we've achieved together. What we've achieved in the past means nothing, it's history. We have one team above us doing really well."

Walker continued: "We'll keep fighting to the end as we always do. The best way to turn this round is on Tuesday. Hopefully the mojo comes back and we see the normal City from the past eight seasons.

"Your powers don't just go. We know our qualities and weakneses. You get a win, you get your confidence and we're back to how we used to feel."

When asked about next weekend's crucial Premier League clash against Liverpool at Anfield, Walker added: "It's a great game to turn it around and take three points from the team who sit above you. But we can't put in a performnace like that or we'll get walked over. We have a Champions League game to prepare for that massive game on Sunday and keep within touching distance of Liverpool."

Pep Guardiola's post-match interview after Manchester City's dreadful defeat against Tottenham Hotspur has been picked apart by rival fans.

On Saturday evening, City took on Spurs at the Etihad Stadium looking to end their four-match losing streak.

However, Guardiola's men were nowhere from start to finish as Spurs took them to the cleaners.

A first-half brace from James Maddison plus goals from Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson meant Spurs came away 4-0 winners.

As a result, City have now lost five matches in a row ahead of crucial games against Feyenoord and Liverpool next week.

Speaking after the match, City boss Guardiola said to Sky Sports: "We do not expect opponents to not create chances and score goals. We're in the moment. We started really well, we had chances and after the first time they arrive we concede. Then it's a bit more difficult to come back.

"Chances were there. The moment they create the chances the build-up, we coudn't handle the duels like normally. Now we're struggling a little bit. It cannot happen. When you play top level teams we can concede chances but it's part of porcess. In our situation it's a bit tougher.

"I have to see the situation. The players came back late [from internationals]. There were a few reasons we're not able to be consistent. Now the balance is not in the right moment. But it happened. We have to do it, talk and on Tuesday against Feyenoord have the chance to try.

He added: "Of course Rodri is important but we knew that for many months. But Stones can only play 45 minutes. Jack has been injured many times. Kevin, two months and five months. We have to come back and freshen our minds. The season is so long. Many things can happen.

"Before the game I didn't know what will happen today. So I don't know what will happen at Anfield. Everyone knows the situation is new for us. We struggled more without the ball. I don't know how many chances we created. Our game was there."

Reacting on social media, fans were not happy with the excuses that the City boss came up with.

One said: "Hahahaha Pep is always full of excuses.

“The players came back late (from international break)” - same for EVERY team after international break!!!

"We can’t do this we can’t do that. Media give him protection. Imagine if Arteta said this!! The media would bury him!!!"

Another tweeted: "I don’t want to hear any foolish excuses! All this is on Pep!"

A third fan added: "Pep has just reeled every excuse in the book out…"

Someone else wrote: "Excuse making so soon? they're just missing Rodri. a tactical mastermind like Pep can deal with it right?"

Liverpool fans have spoken out after Premier League rivals Manchester City went 3-0 down to Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium.

After a two week international break, the Premier League is back in action on Saturday with Chelsea, Aston Villa and Arsenal all in action.

The Gunners got back to winning ways on Saturday afternoon with a 3-0 win over an in-form Nottingham Forest, leading all eyes to the Etihad Stadium as defending champions City welcomed Tottenham Hotspur.

But, in a shocking turn of events, the visitors went 3-0 up after a two goal lead in the first half was cemented with a third goal in the second, and it's got Liverpool fans on social media excited.

Reacting to the scoreline, one Liverpool fan wrote: "Arne Slot is going to win the Premier League in his first attempt.

"You heard it here first."

While another joked: "Arne Slot rocked up, hit this pose, and Pep hasn't been the same since."

And one fan warned his peers not to get carried away yet, writing: "We still have to win our game tomorrow regardless of the Manchester City result. Focus is key lads. One game at a time."

For their next Premier League match, Liverpool travel to St Mary's Stadium to face Southampton on Sunday and, should City fail to mount a comeback, the Reds will have the opportunity to go eight points clear atop the League table.

And next weekend they will have an opportunity to extend their lead over City even further, as they welcome Pep Guardiola's side to Anfield for a mouth-watering top of the table clash.

But before the clash with City, the Merseyside team will host La Liga giants Real Madrid in a Champions League fixture at home.

Speaking ahead of the back-to-back matches against Real and City, Slot said: “Last season, they [players] were competitive throughout the whole season and the seasons before.

"So for them it is not the first time they go into a week where they face two teams that dominated football in the last four or five years in the league and Champions League."

Manchester City fans have directed their anger at one player after a dismal first-half display against Tottenham Hotspur.

On Saturday evening, City welcomed Spurs to the Etihad Stadium looking to close the gap between themselves and league leaders Liverpool, Arne Slot's men currently sit top with a five-point advantage.

The mood around the City camp was positive heading into the weekend after Pep Guardiola signed a new contract to keep him at the club until 2027.

However, the bubble was burst during what was a horrific first half by the reigning champions.

A brace from James Maddison meant Ange Postecoglou's men went into the break with a commanding 2-0 lead.

Reacting on social media, City fans were far from happy with the performance of defender Kyle Walker.

One fan said: "Kyle Walker is BEYOND finished."

Another tweeted: "Kyle Walker for them two goals..."

A third fan added: "If it means Pep Guardiola has to leave just so Kyle Walker stays glued to the bench forever, I will drive Pep to the airport myself."

Someone else wrote: "A serious conversation needs to be had about Kyle Walker."

A fifth commented: "Kyle Walker needs to go, out of position for both goals, constant s**t touches. It's not just this game as well, it’s been months."

Another fan said: "Kyle Walker getting beat for pace . Sir, what do you do here?"

Speaking on Sky Sports, former Manchester United and England star Gary Neville said: "(Rico) Lewis and (Kyle) Walker are getting torn to shreds. They have been torn apart!

"James Maddison, that is absolutely wonderful! The control with the right, the dink with the left is a thing of beauty. That is a brilliant goal."

Meanwhile, ex-Spurs goalkeeper Paul Robinson said on BBC Radio 5 Live: "This Man City back four are all over the place. They don't like when Tottenham players run at them. Dominic Solanke is occupying the centre halves and then the third man run from the likes of James Maddison and Heung-min Son is really hurting them."