Liverpool competed for every ball as if their lives depended on it. Spurs were second to almost every challenge and rarely gave any indication they intended to seriously threaten the opposition goal. If the game hadn’t been as good as over after 120 seconds, it was by midway through the first half when Michael Dawson -- who came on as substitute for the injured Vertonghen -- gave the ball away to Luis Suarez. The Uruguayan isn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth.
Thereafter, the only real interest in the game was how many the home side would score before it got bored and took its foot off the pedal. Philippe Coutinho scored from a long-range effort, when nobody bothered to close down his run, and the theatre of the Spurs’ absurd was completed when Jordan Henderson’s cross from a free-kick managed to elude every Spurs defender and go straight into the net with goalkeeper Hugo Lloris stranded.
- Rudderless Spurs show no heart at Anfield, ESPNFC.com, March 30, 2017.
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