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A win at White Hart Lane put Liverpool in Contention for Championship

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A Luis Suarez-inspired Liverpool condemned 10-man Tottenham to their heaviest Premier League home defeat in 16 years with a 5-0 win at White Hart Lane.

The defeat was Spurs biggest home loss since December 1997, when they lost 6-1 to Chelsea. Tottenham were miserable in the rain, and shed three more goals having lost Paulinho to a late high boot on Uruguay striker Suarez midway through the second half.

The result is sure to place huge pressure on home manager Andre Villas-Boas coming only three weeks after his side were drubbed 6-0 by Manchester City.

While Spurs failed to manage a shot on target during a truly wretched outing, Suarez’s two goals on 18 and 84 minutes increased his tally to 17 for the season. In comparison, Spurs have scored only 15 in the league this season as a team.

For the record, the highly impressive Jordan Henderson (40), Jon Flanagan (75) and Reheem Sterling (89) were the other Liverpool scorers with Suarez involved in all five goals.

A Liverpool side suddenly looking like prospective champions are second in the table on goal difference from Chelsea, two points behind leaders Arsenal. The five-goal winning margin is Liverpool’s biggest ever at White Hart Lane. The previous record was four goals after a 4-0 win on 13 December 1975.

Andre Villas Boas said after the match: “It was difficult for us. Liverpool were spectacular today. They didn’t let us play. When Paulinho was sent off the game was difficult to turn. Liverpool started dominating possession, putting balls in behind. I assume responsibility for the failure, we have to bounce back as we did after Manchester City. This was a great opportunity for us to put ourselves back on track in this Premier League challenge, we’ve had injuries that have forced us to adapt. We assume that we can do better and it is up to us to give a response. Regarding my position, it’s not me that decides, I can just work to make things better.”

Brendan Rodgers was asked whether he had any unused superlatives left to describe Luis Suarez, who scored twice to take his season’s tally to 17. Rodgers said no. Let’s just say the Uruguayan is good, really good, really really good.

“It was a brilliant all-round performance. The players worked tirelessly. The level of football was superb. Rodgers added

“We got five goals and arguably we could have had seven or eight. That’s the beauty of team, it has goals in it.

“We spoke before game that were missing outstanding players in Steven Gerrard and Daniel Sturridge but I said winning teams support each other. We’ve shown it’s the team that is most important for us.”

Written by Steve Milne – Have your say below

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