‘I’m not worried about this corner’: Former Tottenham boss Tim Sherwood left TV red-faced after confidently predicting that the set piece in the 90th minute that led to Roberto Firmino’s winners would go nowhere would lead
- Liverpool beat Tottenham 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday night
- Goals from Mo Salah and Son Heung-min were level in the 90th minute
- The Reds received a corner that TV expert Tim Sherwood dismissed
- Roberto Firmino then headed off Andrew Robertson’s cross
Tim Sherwood was quite embarrassed after claiming live on TV that he wasn’t worried about Liverpool’s 90th minute against Spurs just before Roberto Firmino got the ball into the net.
The former Tottenham manager worked as an expert on Amazon Prime on live coverage of the night’s Premier League action.
With the game level of 1: 1 in stoppage time, the Reds received a corner from the left.
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Tim Sherwood said he was not concerned about Liverpool’s 90th minute against Spurs
Sherwood had a red face when the Reds found the net out of set piece
‘Another corner. I’m not too worried about this corner, ”Sherwood went on.
“I mean it might come back to bite me here but I think Tottenham is dominant [sic] in the air there.
“I’m not sure anyone can get their heads on the first ball for Liverpool … other than this one.”
Firmino then soared highest to score a header that won the match, leaving Sherwood’s experts like Robbie Savage in giggles.
Firmino’s header sparked wild scenes at Anfield as defending champions Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League with a 2-1 win.
Firmino climbs up and heads a header home from Andrew Robertson’s corner
Liverpool have 28 points while Spurs is second with 25 points and both teams have played 13 games. Southampton and Leicester are both on 24 points.
Mohamed Salah had given Liverpool the lead before Son Heung-min scored for Spurs in the 33rd minute, and while the home side dominated the visitors had the best chance after the break.
But Firmino’s goal secured Jürgen Klopp’s side a win, leaving Jose Mourinho empty-handed. The Spurs manager felt that his team deserved all three points.
“I told him (Klopp) that the best team lost and he disagreed, but that’s his opinion,” said Mourinho.
Firmino celebrates after the winning goal at the clash in the Premier League in Anfield
“So close to the win but we missed the chances, we had the chances, we had the game under control, a draw would be a bad result. So you can imagine how we feel if we lose,” he said.
“A good game against an opposing monster that we played incredibly well,” said Klopp.
“Yes, they scored one goal, had two chances, otherwise we controlled the game and it’s a massive three points earned and I’m happy,” he added.
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