Richarlison stuns Anfield to earn precious point for Spurs | Keane still doubts Carrick's credentials

0:07Welcome to the Sky Sports Premier League podcast. Super Sunday came from Anfield this week where Liverpool were taking on Tottenham. This is how we saw things at full time.

0:26and that's it and in dark times a substantial Spurs silver lining Igor Tudor has a point he has a start he has a foothold he had Henry Charlton an Anfield specialist who came here and haunted Liverpool again, as so often in the past. Nobody is entirely thrilled about it. For Liverpool, at least it is a point that carries them back into the top five. But for Spurs, it is a rare, rare scrap to take home from Anfield. It is a rock stopper. It gives them reason to look up and it gives those who have travelled good reason to smile, to cheer, to dance and to sing. and they've done precious little of that since the turn of the year but for Liverpool Jamie, it feels a little dumb Awful performance considering the opposition and that's, I'm not trying to be disrespectful to Tottenham right now but they've been the worst team in the Premier League now for probably the last couple of months exactly who you want to play playing at home, the incentive of the other results this weekend as well and to put in a performance like that but it's been like that all season and the big question on everybody's lips is that down to the manager or the make-up of the squad?

1:47Could a new manager completely revitalise these type of players and bring that energy and sort of intensity back into this team? I'm not sure, I think a lot of it goes back to what happened in the summer the profile of the players come in and there's just too many players, you just want to play when the ball's at the feet, they don't want to dig in when the opposition have got the ball and make it difficult and that's why it's so easy to play against this Liverpool team thank you Jamie and Jamie of course will be back on Monday Night Football tomorrow examining all the issues of the weekend and this will certainly be amongst those so for Liverpool a couple more points have escaped them but they creep ahead of Chelsea into fifth for Spurs still no win this year still their worst winless league run for 91 years but it is something for Igor Tudor this point just might be the big point something is a whole lot better than nothing.

2:43Liverpool won, Tottenham won. Kelly. Peter, it's that man Richarlison again. He's been a thorn in Liverpool's side over the years and it proved to be once again at Anfield as he scored the goal that earned Spurs. That precious point. It may well kick-start their battle to survive another season in the Premier League. It's been a difficult season for them but might this be the result that turned things around? Plenty of questions to be asked about that Liverpool performance, and we'll be doing that. We're on air between now and 8 o 'clock.

3:19One of the big winners in the race for Champions League football, Manchester United. Probably the big winners of the weekend with a 3-1 victory against Aston Villa. Casemiro, Cunha and Seshko on the score sheet. That one.

3:34But it finished goalless between Nottingham Forest and Fulham. But again, a precious point that takes Forrest out of the bottom three. They did have a goal disallowed for the narrowest of offside. Remember, you can see everything on the Sky Sports app just by scanning the QR code that you can see on your screen right now. And it was also goalless between Crystal Palace and Leeds. But again, a big point for Leeds United as they tried to survive another season in the Premier League. They played the whole of that second half down to 10 men. and Palace had a goal chalked off for offside in the second half as well.

4:10So here's what happens at the bottom of the table. West Ham back inside the bottom three, having briefly escaped it yesterday. Nottingham Forest also on 29 points. That point for Tottenham moves them on to 30, Leeds now on 32 and then there's a gap to Crystal Palace and the teams above them. Meanwhile, in the battle for the Champions League, Chelsea and Aston Villa on the wrong end of those 1-0 and 3-1 scorelines. Liverpool get a point. It means they're in fifth place and they're one point above Chelsea. But they're two points behind Aston Villa. And Manchester United now starting to open up a real gap.

4:46Three points to Aston Villa. Five points to Liverpool in fifth. And if Champions League places go down to sixth, they are now six points clear of Chelsea in that position. And right at the top, after Arsenal got the win and Manchester City could only manage a draw, The gap at the top is now nine points, although City do have a game in hand.

5:10Well, we know that Arsenal and Manchester City will face each other again in the league this season. They will also play each other in the Carabao Cup final, 3.30 next Sunday on Sky Sports Football. But here we'll be reflecting on what's been a really busy day in the Premier League and could prove to be a pivotal day in the race for Champions League football. Liverpool at Anfield thought they may have had the three points in hand, but a late equaliser from Richarlison may have kick-started Spurs' season.

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6:33This is the Sky Sports Premier League podcast. Let's get more analysis of the game and return to the studio.

6:43It is Randall Kolomawani. It's Richarlison. It's one each. A glimmer of Tottenham sunlight. Tottenham take a point from Anfield, having been behind in the game with Charlison once again, scoring against Liverpool, who had 17 shots, an XG of 1.67, almost three times as many touches in the opponent's box and twice as much possession almost as Tottenham. And yet Tottenham had seven shots on target and two big chances. Took one of them and took a point away from the game. Could that be the moment that kickstarts Igor Tudor's reign? Could that be the moment that turns their season and allows them to pull away from the relegation places?

7:32Pedro Poro and Richarlison are with Patrick Davison. Guys, well played. Pedro, a really difficult moment, a really low point in your season. How much fight, how much determination have you come back and shown today? Yeah, of course, I say before the game, we need to put in the pitch of our mentality today because it's a difficult game. I think today the team is good. Not the team, everyone, the fans, unbelievable also. And yeah, keep going now. Richarlison, what was the key today? Was it fight? Was it mentality? Yeah, in the first half I missed two chances, but I keep going and keep continuing.

8:17In the second half I have the opportunity again and I score a big point. We stay focused for next week. In the middle of the week we have the Champions League, but the focus now is important in the Premier League. And somehow, given you're a former Everton player, is this a ground where you just seem to do well? A ground where you just seem to feel good? Yeah, I like to play against a big team. It's a big opportunity for me. I want to stay fit for the club, for the national team, because we have a World Cup in June. I need to stay fit because the club needs to be fit. Pedro, how did you do it today?

9:06Probably everyone watching, maybe even Spurs fans would have thought I'm not sure what chance we have today and how important was it that you guys in the dressing room didn't feel like that, that you retained belief? Of course, I always believe in this thing I say this for my team my teammates before the game believe in us I think in this moment you need everyone together and yeah, I think today we have a good game I think the most important for us now is to take the point take the positive thing and keep going in the next week in the Champions League we have two games next week and yeah, it is How much credit does the manager deserve today?

9:54He's had a lot of criticism but it looked like he simplified the plan went to a back four kind of, you know, a back four and then another four sat in front a block. Did that help today? Does he deserve credit for his words not allowing you to think too much and worry too much and also for his tactics? No, I think we need to follow the plan for today. I think the team is the same, follow the plan and stick it in the game. I think the first half for us is Richie Seide. I have chance, but in this moment we go to the second half stay 1-0 in the game this is important for sticking the plan of course always in every game follow the manager I think this is important, stay everyone together now Thank you, well done Well Pedro Porro wants the players and the manager to all keep together between now and the end of the season in order to get Tottenham out of the situation that they find themselves in, however However, today, they got a point at Anfield.

11:00They got the point at the home of the champions. And yet, it was not a fluke. They deserved at least that from the game. They dug deep. People have been poking fun at sports the last few months. It's been a difficult season from no doubt. But today, they showed that fighting spirit. It was ugly sometimes. They went direct to goal. And the other chance came from direct play, probably unlike Tottenham. They showed a bit of spirit, fight and quality at the right time. To go goal down is all you're thinking. We'll find out about these lads today. And I tell you, we have to give them credit today. They've showed plenty of, as I said, fighting spirit and quality, deserves it.

11:33And towards the end, yeah, Liverpool obviously had one or two half chances, but we were sitting there going, Tottenham could even go on to win this late on. Big problems at Liverpool. There's something missing there. But for Tottenham to take a point, a bit of momentum, they have to get some momentum into their season. They're on the home straight now. Teams are running over the games. So that point will lift everyone, the supporters. Obviously the manager who's been heavily criticised. Big lift for everyone at Spurs today. and not a big few games coming up, obviously. And as much as it felt as though Spurs were going to get back into the game, it definitely felt as though Richarlison was the man who was going to do it.

12:04Absolutely, Kelly. You know, all game, he was a fool in their side. Joe Gomez and Virgil van Dijk really struggled with him. They had a bit of physicality, but what we've seen today is they might have fallen on system here with two strikers, two up front. You can see with Solanke there at the back post with Richarlison. They're a handful. They've got physicality. They were powerful. Callers were coming in or free kicks. They went direct. You could hit them. You can see Solanke bumps into Gomez there. Virgil van Dijk now has got a problem. And that happened time and time again. As Roy rightly says, it wasn't pretty.

12:33But they had opportunities. And they were just always there. You can see they land on this second ball here. Gets his strike away. And it just became uncomfortable for Liverpool. The longer it went on, you felt that they would get something. Jamie Carragher said it perfectly. They were sleepwalking into this Liverpool. But you also have to credit them. You can see here, just gamble Colin Warnie at the back post. Richarlison doesn't quite get on the end of that. And then they obviously get the goal. which is one direct ball, Colin Warnie wins it. He shouldn't be able to do this. Look, three touches he takes here.

13:00One, two, three. Joe Gomez gets dragged across, and Michalosin, Soboslai doesn't tuck in. I think if he doesn't strike it, because he scuffs it, I think that's why it goes in, actually. Yeah, of course it does. You know, when he gets set up here by Colin Warnie, if he hits it well, I think he could go past the post. But, you know, he's created that for himself. You know, today he's been a handful, like we've been saying. And you know what? this could be something that then turns the season around, but they've got to build on this again. They can't just sit back now. They've got to go into the next game and build on this, build on the momentum and take this into that next game.

13:35Yeah, it's only a good point depending on what happens next, particularly against Nottingham Forest. It's a great point though, Kelly. They're on a run of five defeats. They've won three points from the last possible 30. Coming here today, I didn't give them a hope. I have to be honest. I looked at the team. I thought, how can this team get a result today? They've been spineless in every aspect of playing football. But now it's going to be interesting. It's kept them managing because you'd have had all that turmoil. I think if they'd have lost today, they'd have had to get rid of Igor Tudor. Right, who do we bring in?

14:01Is that going to actually change what we're doing right now? They've got two huge games, Atletico Madrid and then Nottingham Forest at home. Now, can you somehow get some points to keep yourself and get yourself out of this horrendous predicament they've found themselves in? So it will be interesting. Does he stick to the same two centre-backs? Does he bring Romero back in and Van Der Ven, who have been awful lately? They haven't really shown a lot of quality. I think your discipline hasn't helped. So he's got a few decisions to make. But one thing I for sure I would do is keep those two strikers up there.

14:28Because I think that gave him a platform, Roy, didn't it? And it gave him an outlet for players. And Liverpool struggled to deal with it. And generally Spurs, you always think there's a softness to them. But that physicality, the two players up front were huge. Were a huge bonus today for Spurs. And it was an outlet. They were knocking people over. And between now and the end of the season, but then battles they have every week. Nick Forrest, our next league game, huge, huge. We'll talk about what the future means, what that means for the future of Tottenham Hotspur and for Igor Tudor between now and eight o 'clock.

15:01Next, though, we're going to take a look back at that game from Liverpool's perspective and we'll revisit that free kick. Another beauty from Dominic Sobbers-like.

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15:54Meanwhile, Liverpool were 1-0 up against struggling Tottenham Hotspur and only took a point from the game at home. Let's get some reaction now with Patrick Davison. Well, Dom, to put it bluntly, is that just a huge disappointment? Yeah, it is. What happened with the performance? I don't know, to be honest. Really, nothing to say. Again, in the last minute, I don't know how many times it happened in the season already. Really, I don't know what to say. We have to wake up. Do you just feel so flat, stood here now? Because I am. Because at the end, we have to, as I say, we have to wake up because it's nine, eight, nine games to go.

16:45I really don't know. and if we keep going like this next season, we should be happy if we play conference league. Why do you think it keeps happening? I don't know. If I would know the answer, then probably I would tell the guys and we would change it. But I don't know. Honestly, honestly, I don't know. It's a huge part of the frustration that a lot of the failings are familiar. They seem to happen week after week. The late goals being a key example, the play getting a bit slow being another example? Well, I think in the first half we played very well. We controlled the whole game. I guess they hardly created any chance.

17:28Maybe they had one or two headers, but I think we were under control. And second half, it seems that we go out. And I don't know. We just don't do the same things like in the first half. And the question is why? but probably we'll sit down together. And this is the most difficult time, but we have to stick together. The boos from the supporters full-time, do they, rare at this place, really hurt to hear? I didn't hear the boos, but obviously we can understand them because last season we became champion and this season we are not performing in a way that we should be. but I think they should stand behind us because last season when we were champions, four games before the end, everybody was happy.

18:22So support us now when we are in a difficult time. Can you wake up in time? It's still there to qualify for the Champions League and of course this season's Champions League with the game you have in midweek. Of course, there's always, not always time, but there's still time to show how much we want. we have to stay together we have to fight for each other we have to fight for the club because everybody want to play Champions League next season Thank you Thanks Jamie, significant that he used the phrase wake up about the performances when the phrase that's been used here and in commentary was sleepwalking about Liverpool's defence in particular Yeah, defence but also I think from an attacking point of view Kelly, they go 1-0 up and you think they just put the foot on the gas they could win this game comfortably 2-3 even the subs that come on And Eketike's been magnificent this year, but he came on, he didn't show any real desire or energy to make something happen, get himself a goal.

19:14I think that epitomised the performance. Salah come on, done a few bits, but he looks like he hasn't got the pace that he had last year, the goals that he had last year. Everything just seems missing in the energy in midfield. And defensively, when you look at that goal, I think it epitomises Liverpool defensively all season. You know, individual mistakes, not strong enough winning the second ball. And then when you can see the goal like that, when you should be thinking, right, no matter what happens here, If we don't win 2-0 or 3-0, we make sure we win 1-0. And I think that was just too easy from Tottenham's point of view to get that last goal.

19:44And they have to be careful. But they're still right in the Champions League race. Make no mistake. You know, look at Chelsea. There's no one revealing any momentum apart from Manchester United who had a great result today. You know, Chelsea don't have that momentum. Aston Villa are struggling. So all they have to do is find a little bit of form. They're certainly not out of this top four, top five race. But they have to win games like today for sure. Yeah, there's a few teams that are sort of limping a little bit towards the end of the season. But equally, actually, at the same time, it's a missed opportunity given that Aston Villa and Chelsea both lost their games this weekend.

20:18This was a chance for them to try and get themselves a foothold in it. Yeah, and they would have seen that as well, seeing Chelsea lose yesterday. Obviously, it would have come through that Aston Villa lost again today. It's massively disappointing for them today. You know, the way they went about it, and obviously they got themselves 1-0 ahead, and all signs were there that they would come back out and get the second goal. But you've got to do things in the right way, in the right manner and if you don't get that second goal, like Jamie said, you see out of the game and win 1-0. But Tottenham were very good in the second half and I think Liverpool allowed them to be very good with the defensive fraughties that Liverpool actually showed.

20:54The goal in itself, there's so many errors there. So Bozla is way out of position. Vicario is taking a long free kick and you're standing way out. you need to be tucked back inside. You know, the header as well from Robertson, then Van Dijk, and it just mounts up Joe Gomez and obviously Richardson coming back here as an Everton player as well. You know, for him, it was a fantastic day. But like we say, Liverpool are always going to be in this Champions League race and they're always going to be there, but they've got to start turning things into positivity and the inconsistency they've been showing is far too often.

21:32it's now they need to be at the back end of this season last eight or nine games to get points on the table to get himself looking further up when they get opportunities like this with Chelsea losing Aston Villa losing you've got to take that and today they just didn't there are moments and there was a moment for Dominic Soberslay when he scored the free kick we've seen him do that so many times this is fourth of the season Jamie yeah and we've seen we've said it half time Kelly he's becoming a master he's got this beautiful technique He gets sort of like top spin. He gets on it and it's dipping.

22:05This one, I just can't help but look at the goalkeeper. He takes his step. His foot pattern is wrong. Almost like a negative step to start. He takes a little one there and another little one instead of making one big step. And it's just completely wrong. If you see someone trying to do the high jump, they're not going to go small steps, are they? They're going to make big steps to get that trajectory so you can get up and reach for it. He doesn't do that. But I will also say, and he's been poor, he made an unbelievable save, I think, from Gakpo to keep his side in it, you know, and he just poured it onto the post.

22:33They're big moments. So in fairness to him, he reacted well and kept his side in the game when he needed him. Yeah, Vicario does not have a good record in terms of trying to stop shots from outside the area. But for Dominic Soberslay, of the 16 that have been scored in the Premier League so far this season, he's got four of them, which is one short of David Beckham and Lauren Robert, who've got five. And, you know, there are a clutch of players who've got four goals direct from a free kick over the previous seasons. But it's gone really well for Dominic Sobersi, at least in that side of the game.

23:08Yeah, he's been Liverpool's best player by an absolute mile, Kelly. But we should also say that he's conceded, Vicario, 11 goals from outside the box, and the next highest on there is seven. So we know that he's not strong from those long-range efforts. What he has done is keep Spurs in the game at times, though, Jamie. Absolutely, this is huge. This really was. because you felt at this point in the match, Liverpool go two and up, could be four, could be five, because obviously they are so frail. But that is a brilliant save. It's unbelievable when you look at it from behind the goal because he has to be strong, he has to be alive.

23:42His confidence is a bit low from the one that he conceded before. Liverpool work it well. Gakpo doesn't take it, he just gets it out of his feet and strikes it. Look at this here, he's moving to his left. Then he takes that step there and just look at that. That's beautiful. That is an excellent save that's kept his side in the game. And you could talk about the ones that he hasn't made. When you're struggling, his confidence is low. He's obviously not playing in midweek. Then he comes out to come back onto the pitch. You need that. And they're going to need him to make a lot of saves like that before the end of the season.

24:09Because as much as this is a good point, Spurs have still got an awful lot to do. They've won two home games. You start to think, well, OK, the home games, they've got Notching and Forest at home. They've beaten Brentford and Burnley this season. They've got to try and find some ways to get some home form going. Otherwise, they're still banging trouble. And just to go back to Dominic Soberslay's interview, he seemed at a loss to work out what the way to fix it was. He seemed at a loss to explain what was going wrong for Liverpool. Well, they've defend better. Defend better. The goal they gave away in his position for an experienced player.