Gary Neville dismantles Spurs star for making 'silly' and 'mind-boggling' mistakes vs Liverpool

Gary Neville was critical of one Tottenham Hotspur star who kept on making 'mind-boggling' mistakes against Liverpool.

Arne Slot's men played out a Premier League classic against Spurs at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Liverpool came away 6-3 winners thanks to a brace each from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah plus goals from Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister.

James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke netted for the hosts but were ultimately left disappointed.

Speaking after the match, former Manchester United and England defender Neville was left gobsmacked by the mistakes Spurs kept on making as he singled out captain Son Heung-min.

Gary Neville criticises Son Heung-min's 'mind-boggling' mistakes

He said: "They’ve got a really exciting front six, but I did put a clip in during the second half, which we don’t normally do, showing Son making a silly press towards Joe Gomez and the ball getting played past him over to Trent Alexander-Arnold.

"They do some stupid things like that, which almost forces the full-backs then to jump out and press and then, all of a sudden, it leaves a situation like the third goal.”

Neville added: "Overcommitting at a point where you have no chance of winning the ball as wide players and defenders, that’s a nonsense that.

"They had some experienced players up top, I think Son was one of the worst actually, and I love him to bits – he’s a world-class player.

"But some of his decisions to actually leave Trent Alexander-Arnold, go and press Joe Gomez or go somewhere else and leave that space for Trent Alexander-Arnold to go into were just nonsensical. It’s just mind-boggling really."

Son Heung Min struggled as Tottenham Hotspur fell to a 6-3 defeat by Liverpool. Image: Getty

As a result of Chelsea's 0-0 draw against Everton, Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the Premier League table to four points.

In addition, the Reds have a game in hand after the Merseyside derby from earlier in the month was called off due to weather conditions.

Reflecting on his team's performance, Liverpool boss Slot said: "Until 60, 65 minutes, I really, really, really enjoyed what I saw. Of course, we were caught one time in bringing the ball out from the back and that immediately led to a goal for Tottenham.

"I was quite happy with the fact that we scored the 3-1. Then 4-1, 5-1, incredible display. But then you also saw that no matter how much quality players have, if they think they don't have to run anymore then in this league, especially against Tottenham because they are so good with the ball as well, they immediately start to create, and that's what they did and they scored two goals. I was happy that the sixth one went in, to be fair."

Liverpool are back in Premier League action on Boxing Day when they take on Leicester City at Anfield.