Ex-Tottenham striker Gary Lineker reckons that Liverpool would have triumphed over Spurs on Sunday regardless of the tactics employed by Ange Postecoglou in their 6-3 defeat – simply because the Reds are a far superior team.

The Lilywhites were trounced at home by Arne Slot's unstoppable side as Postecoglou watched his team fall to a 5-1 deficit with only 60 minutes on the clock.

Yet, moments later and right before half time, Dominik Szoboszlai broke through and slotted the ball through Fraser Forster's legs as Spurs suffered from another rapid counter-attack.



Instead, trailing 3-1 going into the break, Spurs never truly managed to put Liverpool on edge again.

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Lineker, speaking on The Rest is Football podcast, asserted that Liverpool were just too formidable and that there was an inevitable outcome, showing how far former Champions League regulars Spurs have dropped in recent times.

But you must look forward to going to see the games and not knowing quite what to expect."

His podcast colleague, Alan Shearer, said that it was perhaps naive and impulsive behaviour from some players that led Spurs to press Liverpool just before the half-time whistle, consequently leaving themselves exposed for the Reds to all but seal the game's fate

So once you get that goal, you say, 'okay, two minutes to half time, let's just see'.

"But yet, they still commit so many men forward and then get hit on the break
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