Liverpool 4-2 Tottenham: Player ratings as Reds return to winning ways in style
Liverpool got back to winning ways and dealt a blow to Tottenham's Champions League hopes as they claimed a 4-2 win at Anfield.
Goals from Mohamed Salah, Andy Robertson, Cody Gakpo and Harvey Elliott had seen the Reds carve out a deserved 4-0 lead that appeared to be setting them up to cruise to victory.
However, Spurs rallied to net twice in quick succession through Richarlison and Son Heung-min and ensure the hosts were made to work for their points across a slightly nervy finish.
Despite coming into the game on a three-match losing streak, it was the visitors who looked brightest across the opening exchanges, but after a spell of dominance in possession brought little in the way of real chances, Liverpool showed their own threat when Salah inadvertently clipped the bar with a cross.
The Reds' growing momentum was then once again underlined, with only a Cristian Romero block on the line preventing Elliott from opening the scoring.
Tottenham's resistance was then finally broken as Gakpo cut in off left to swing in a delicious back-post cross that Salah headed home.
Liverpool assumed complete control from there and continued to go close as Luis Diaz fired an acrobatic effort wide, before Elliott brought a save from Guglielmo Vicario.
And the inevitable second goal arrived on the stroke of half-time, Robertson tapping in from close range after Vicario had kept out a low Salah effort.
Liverpool started the second half in a similar vein and were soon 3-0 up when a classic Jurgen Klopp pressing situation allowed Elliott to dink the ball in for Gakpo to head home.
The provider of that goal then turned scorer, Elliott cutting in off the right-hand side to smash a wonderful curling effort into the top corner.
That looked to be the
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