EPL: Liverpool cement Champions League spot, beat Tottenham 4-2 at Anfield

Liverpool on Sunday raced to a 4-2 win over visiting London side, Tottenham Hotspurs to cement a place in next season’s UEFA Champions League

Mohamed Salah put his touchline bust-up with manager Jurgen Klopp at West Ham behind him to open the scoring for Liverpool  with a far-post header from Cody Gakpo’s cross after 16 minutes.

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Liverpool left full back, Andy Robertson latched on to a rebound inside the 6 yard box to double the lead for the Reds on the 43rd minute of the encounter.

Dutchman Cody Gakpo headed the third from Harvey Elliott’s delivery five minutes after the interval, the latter getting on the scoresheet himself in the 59th minute with a glorious curling finish from 20 yards into the top corner.

However, the Reds after scoring four goals  then  switched off to allow substitute Richarlison and Heung-Min Son

score for the visitors.

The exhilarating encounter ended 4-2 in favour of the host.

 

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