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Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou alongside Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp on the touchline at Anfield (Photo by DARREN STAPLES/AFP via Getty Images)

If Liverpool are to reach a second-successive League Cup final, they will have to overcome a 1-0 deficit when they host Tottenham Hotspur in their semi-final second leg on Thursday night.

They are six points clear at the top of the Premier League table, through to the Champions League round-of-16 after topping the inaugural league phase and Arne Slot has lost only three of his 36 matches in charge to date.

In contrast, Tottenham - who were thrashed 6-3 by Liverpool in the Premier League back in December - are 29 points behind the Reds in 14th place, having played a game more.



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While they ended a seven-game winless run in the Premier League last time out, winning 2-0 away at Brentford, Ange Postecoglou’s side have badly struggled since November.

With Jurgen Klopp turning Liverpool into genuine Premier League and Champions League contenders, the two sides’ last seven meetings at Anfield dating back to February 2018 have all been hard-fought, dramatic affairs.

The Reds have won five and drawn two of these clashes, with their meetings during this period resulting in a whopping 28 goals.

From those strikes, six have come in the 90th minute with Liverpool recording three last-minute winners.

Last May, Liverpool raced into a 4-0 lead inside an hour, only to endure a nervy finish as Spurs scored two consolations in a five-minute period as they suffered a 4-2 defeat.

Yet the nerves were only so high given what had happened 12 months earlier when the two sides fought out a seven-goal thriller at Anfield.

Viewed in isolation it is perhaps nothing special, but considering Liverpool missed out on the Premier League title by a point to Man City and it was the only time Klopp’s side dropped points from their final seven league games, it was admittedly most costly.

In December 2020, Roberto Firmino scored a last-minute winner as headed home from a corner to secure a 2-1 win, while in the Reds’ Premier League title-winning year, Mohamed Salah’s 75th minute penalty earned a victory by the same scoreline in October 2019 as Liverpool fought back from falling behind to a Harry Kane strike in the first minute.

In March 2019, when also going for the title against Man City, a last-minute Toby Alderweireld own goal earned a 2-1 Liverpool win.

And in February 2018, both sides exchanged last-minute goals as they fought out a 2-2 draw.

Salah had seemingly clinched the points for the Reds after a late equaliser from Victor Wanyama, but Kane stepped up to earn a share of the spoils when an even later controversial penalty.

Evidently, such encounters have recently often proven to be edge of your seats affairs, with an emotive Liverpool fuelled by the high-energy of Klopp and the Anfield crowd.

With a final place at Wembley up for grabs, perhaps it will be the same again on Thursday.

However, Slot’s Liverpool are a different animal to his German predecessor’s side.
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