Roberto Firmino headed a 90th-minute winner as Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at Anfield on Wednesday to open up a three-point lead at the top of the Premier League table over the London club.
Jurgen Klopp’s side dominated from the outset and took the lead in the 26th minute when Mohamed Salah’s shot deflected off Spurs defender Toby Alderweireld and looped into the far corner.
But Tottenham struck back seven minutes later, Giovani Lo Celso finding Son Heung-min with a superb pass and the South Korean beat Alisson with a clever and composed finish.
Despite the home side enjoying the vast majority of possession, Spurs had two great chances to go ahead with Steven Bergwijn hitting the post and Harry Kane heading wide from a great position.
But the champions grabbed the points at the death with Firmino leaping to power home a header from Andy Robertson’s corner.
Elsewhere on Wednesday night, Sebastien Haller’s stunning bicycle kick earned West Ham United a 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace for whom Christian Benteke scored and was also shown a red card.
Belgian striker Benteke’s powerful header gave Palace the lead in the 34th minute at the London Stadium.
Yet Haller’s acrobatic effort 10 minutes after the break levelled it up and when Benteke was dismissed 10 minutes later for catching Tomas Soucek with his arm it looked as though the hosts would go on to claim the victory.
Declan Rice went close for West Ham but Palace survived the closing stages with few alarms to grab a hard-earned point.
Fulham meanwhile grabbed a gritty 0-0 draw against Brighton that lifted them out of the bottom three but they needed help from the video assistant referee (VAR) who disallowed a second-half goal for the visitors.
After a dull first half, Brighton launched an early second-half onslaught and Adam Lallana thought he had scored his first goal for the club within minutes of the restart, but it was chalked off after a VAR review for a seemingly innocuous handball by Danny Welbeck.
REUTERS