All Liverpool can do is keep winning and that’s what they did today in the Sunday sunshine at Anfield.
A blistering start that saw Curtis Jones, Luis Diaz and Mo Salah score a goal apiece inside the first fifteen minutes had Anfield rocking once more. That sinking feeling was all too familiar on the face of Tottenham’s players. To be honest, it could have been more. So dominant was Liverpool’s performance, that Alisson was seen doing exercises in his box to stay active and warm.
However the game turned and had it not been for a Virgil block on the line, Tottenham would have pulled one back. Liverpool did not heed the warning and when Perisic cut inside, sat Virgil down and then crossed to an open Harry Kane, the deficit was cut and Tottenham began to believe again. Moments later, Son, hit the crossbar with a powerful left-foot shot and all of the good work done in the early part of the first half could have been undone as Spurs finished the half better. Liverpool could have scored more, but also could have conceded more so overall the result was a fair reflection.
In the first ten minutes of the second half, Tottenham rattled Alisson’s woodwork twice and the visitors had more control of the ball. Klopp recognised this and brought Henderson and Jota on to right the ship. It did the trick and Liverpool began to control more of the game. The penetration on display in the first 15 minutes was nowhere to be seen however and they entered a lull of mediocrity with neither team offering any threat at either end of the pitch.
Darwin Nunez was introduced in the 76th minute but it was Spurs who responded to a great through ball to Son, who cooly finished to reduce the margin to one. Tottenham were finishing the stronger and had some half-penalty shouts waved away. Richarlison was thrown on to push all out for an equaliser. Milner was brought on for Jones, who put in another excellent 85 minutes. Spurs responded with a double change introducing Moura and Danjuma to the match in one last roll of the dice.
A 93rd-minute equaliser silenced Anfield and caused a raucous outbreak of emotion and what seemed impossible after 15 minutes was on. A crazy game that surely would see the points shared. That was until Diogo Jota said “Hold my beer” and pounced on a poor Moura back pass to slot a 4th cooly passed a helpless Forster.
All in all, Tottenham need to learn to switch on from the first whistle. Liverpool need to learn to not switch off. That’s four on the bounce for Klopp’s men and although 4th seems beyond them, they are at least going to keep Newcastle and United honest. We go again. Bring on Fulham.
