Liverpool caused panic at Tottenham, Conte's desperate decision, fans mocked

Although Tottenham's overall numbers showed them to be a more complete team and in better form than rivals Liverpool, the opening whistle of the game contradicted the statistics with Antonio Conte's tactical set-up, for the fact that he put five men in defence was an obvious act of fear of the Reds' attacking power that has improved so much in recent weeks.

Only a few minutes of play were enough for the Reds to orchestrate a couple of dangerous moves against a Spurs side so defensive, generating this situation the first goal by Mohamed Salah and with it a myriad of mockery towards Tottenham, which flooded the social networks making reference to Antonio Conte's 5-3-2 tactical set-up, exaggerating the Reds fans and saying that the Italian came out to defend with an 8-1-1.

More Liverpool news:

Liverpool place three players on the transfer list ahead of the January window

He doesn't run like Salah, earns more than Luis Diaz, and Liverpool are going to revamp him

Evidently the tactical set up presented by Tottenham tried to defend defensively and not allow their goal to fall so quickly in the match, but this did not work to perfection as after 11 minutes the Egyptian striker of the Reds was already putting the ball in the net, repeating the dose just minutes before the end of the first half and going into the break with the 2-0 against, not being effective match planning and having to row against the tide.

For the second half, the Spurs boss corrected the stalemate on the pitch and was a bit more offensive trying to reverse the situation and rescue at least a point at home, getting part of their goal until the 70th minute with the goal of his scorer Hary Kane, being Liverpool in the last 20 minutes of the game a team that chose to defend the 2-1 in their favour by placing several men in midfield and in defence.

He put in eight defenders to contain Liverpool.

Despite Mohamed Salah being one of Tottenham's great tormentors in recent years, Liverpool's great collective work was reflected in a good 45 minutes that put them ahead against one of the leaders of the competition, showing Jurgen Klopp that if he has at his disposal elements he trusts he can give great results and get out of the negative patch they have generated over 12 rounds, climbing a couple of positions and being eighth in the standings.