Beating Liverpool at Anfield is no easy task. The Reds have put together a seriously good run on home soil and the last time the Kop witnessed a Premier League defeat was way back in April 2017 when a Christian Benteke double saw them lose 2-1 (Transfermarkt).
48 – Big chance for Sonny. He races clear, takes the ball around Allison, but the angle narrows and his effort cannons back off the crossbar.
#LFC 0-1 #THFC pic.twitter.com/TEW58J5h42
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) October 27, 2019
However, the Lilywhites had a fantastic opportunity to do what Palace did and win away at Liverpool. Having gone in at half-time 1-0 up thanks to Harry Kane’s 1st-minute goal, the teams came back out for the second half and Heung-Min Son was denied Spurs’ second by the crossbar.
Paulo Gazzaniga’s long ball upfield to the South Korean was met brilliantly as Son raced onto it, rounded Alisson Becker before hitting the bar from the tight angle, and when it happened it seemed that a lot of Tottenham fans knew the writing was on the wall, as that second goal would have been huge.
You can read the Tottenham fans’ thoughts on the Son miss here:
That’s the difference between winning and ….
— Steven Hantman (@stevenhantman) October 27, 2019
Sensational from @GazzanigaPaulo and so nearly incredible from Sonny
— Gareth McCarter (@g2mcc) October 27, 2019
Yea we’re gonna lose
— #FireKitchens (@im_matt5) October 27, 2019
Has to score
— Rani Ao (@Yiddo461) October 27, 2019
That’s the turning point
— Simmo (@thfc1983) October 27, 2019
Got to score there man…….
— Mac (@Macaully_Moffat) October 27, 2019
The fans, as you can see, all seemed to know that the Son miss was a turning point, and if it had gone in anything could have happened in the remaining 42 minutes at Anfield.