Liverpool put in an impressive performance to demolish Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 on Sunday.
Liverpool smashed Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 at White Hart Lane on Sunday, as Mauricio Pochettino suffered his first defeat as Spurs boss. Goals from Raheem Sterling, Steven Gerrard and Alberto Moreno guaranteed a handsome victory for Brendan Rodgers' outfit.
The game kicked off at an extraordinarily high-tempo, and it took just three minutes for Liverpool to create the first clear-cut chance of the match. A Daniel Sturridge cross from the left was met in the penalty area by debutant Mario Balotelli, whose point-blank header was tipped away by Hugo Lloris.
Within five minutes, Liverpool had managed to beat the French goalkeeper. A swift counter-attack culminated in Jordan Henderson penetrating the Spurs defence before rolling the ball across for Raheem Sterling to tap in at the far post. Despite seeing much of the early possession, Spurs had a mountain to climb.
The hosts' best early chance fell to Emmanuel Adebayor, who was sent through by Nabil Bentaleb within a minute of the opening goal, only to lob the ball over Simon Mignolet's goal. Otherwise, Liverpool still looked in the ascendency, with Sturridge lashing a shot wide from the edge of the penalty area before Balotelli nodded a Steven Gerrard free-kick past Hugo Lloris' post.
Eventually the game settled into a slower rhythm, with Spurs seeing more of the possession but struggling to ever break the Liverpool defence down. They had to wait for 42 minutes before producing their only outstanding goalscoring opportunity of the first half, when Nacer Chadli sneaked into the penalty area to lash a volley straight at Mignolet.
The game was still tantalisingly poised as the players came out for the second half, but that changed within five minutes of the restart. A pull from Spurs defender Eric Dier on Liverpool's Joe Allen was enough to warrant a penalty, which Gerrard promptly dispatched to double the visitors' advantage.
10 minutes later, Liverpool had the points in the bag. Some poor Spurs defending gave the Reds' left-back Alberto Moreno acres of space down the left flank, with the Spaniard flying down the wing and into the penalty area unchallenged before dispatching a low drive inside Lloris' far post. Spurs needed to slip into damage limitation mode.
Things should have gone from bad to worse for the hosts with 20 minutes left on the clock, when some magical work from Sterling saw him duck and weave his way through their defence, only to fire his shot weakly at Lloris. The poor finish ensured Spurs limited their losses to just three goals.
Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris; Rose (Davies 72'), Vertonghen, Kaboul, Dier; Capoue, Bentaleb (Dembélé 59'); Chadli, Lamela, Eriksen (Townsend 59'); Adebayor.
Goals: None.
Liverpool: Mignolet; Moreno, Sakho, Lovren, Manquillo; Allen (Can 61'), Gerrard, Henderson; Sterling (Enrique 86'); Balotelli (Marković 62'), Sturridge.
Goals: Sterling (8'), Gerrard (pen. 49'), Moreno (59').
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