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These could still be the embryonic stages of the new Premier League season, but Liverpool clearly leaves the impression that they cherish the view from the top of the table. They could also change teams, judging by their superiority against another team that will move to the Champions League in the coming days. It was Liverpool's fifth consecutive win, only the third time in its history, they started a first division season in such a flawless way, and perhaps the scariest thought for the catch-up teams is that Mohamed Salah still has not found his most exhilarating form of last season.
It's not that Salah was too shabby during those long periods when Liverpool overtook his opponents and, by the way, marked a difficult start to the race that will also see them face Chelsea and Manchester City in the coming weeks. Once again, Salah's front line, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mané, glittered with menace. Yet it is becoming increasingly clear that Liverpool can no longer be considered an unbalanced team. The partnership between Joe Gomez and Virgil van Dijk is flourishing and until the last minutes of stops, when substitute Erik Lamela scored for the Spurs, it was hard to imagine another period when Alisson, the goalkeeper of the team, was in danger.
It was certainly unusual for the Spurs to be overtaken in this way and a special event for Michel Vorm, replacing Hugo Lloris injured in the goal. Vorm's weaknesses were exposed for both goals, scored by Georginio Wijnaldum and Firmino, and his mind seemed scrambled for part of the second half. Liverpool was surprised not to be limited to any other goal, the only criticisms being that his last pass was often missing and that their finish was not clinical enough. The final score does not do justice to the gap that existed between the two parties.
Otherwise, the first organizers of the Premier League can expect an extremely satisfying day against a Spurs team who lost their successive meetings in the top division for the first time since the last stages of the 2015-16 season. Lloris may have been disgraced recently, but if Vorm continues to be so vulnerable, the Spurs will want their first-choice goalkeeper to come back. Harry Kane's performance did little to change the common perception that he could get a rest and it was hardly deserved that Lamela shot a low shot after Alisson in the 93rd minute.
The Spurs could even have recovered the most unlikely draw, with Mané lucky not to cash a penalty in the final seconds. It would have been a travesty, however, and Mauricio Pochettino will also be very aware that his team could have lost more money, keeping in mind the number of Liverpool chances they had. Klopp could also refer to the incident, in the first 40 seconds, when Milner switched from center to right, Firmino kicked his leg to send the ball to the farthest corner. deemed to have interfered with the game.
When Liverpool took the lead, in the 39th minute, Klopp could have been forgiven for thinking he was late, considering the balance of the game. Pochettino, in turn, had to worry about the frequency to which his players gave the ball and even Christian Eriksen, an elegant user of the ball, will have to take the blame for the first goal keeping in mind that it was his negligence gave possession at the edge of the penalty area and has led to the corner.
However, Vorm should have done a lot better when James Milner crossed the six-yard line. Did Milner deliberately aim so close to the goalkeeper? Vorm's attempt, under the pressure of Virgil van Dijk, bigger and stronger, only executed the ball towards the back post. Eric Dier could not get enough distance with his defensive head. Wijnaldum closed it again and when Vorm scratched it, the goalkeeper was behind the line. He could have gotten out of it at another time, but the ringing of Michael Oliver's wrist was telling him that it was a goal and that the Spurs had recovered – or even, in a five-minute spell, seemed able to save themselves.
To be honest with Vorm, he spared his team, 0-0, when Dier had a horribly bad pass back and left Salah with a run to the goal. This period of the match was also marked by Jan Vertonghen who tried to move Alisson five meters inside Liverpool. It was far from the result and felt strangely symbolic of the way his team had played.
In contrast, Liverpool seemed confident, looking for their opponents and taking advantage of the almost unbelievable number of times the Spurs had lost the ball in their own half. Mané set up the second goal with a descent to the left. Vertonghen turned the cross against his own post and Vorm was on the ground as the ball rolled toward him. He could not readjust in time, the dale passed in his hands and Firmino had a simple finish in an exposed net.
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