Liverpool 2 Spurs 2: "Anfield's A Library!"

Well, it was for the most part as the Spurs supporters up north sang that song, to the tune of La donna è mobile, several times as they cheered the visitors on. However, it took an injury time header from Fernando Torres, in addition to another mistake from Spurs goalie Paul Robinson, to balance out a couple of goals from Robbie Keane on either side of the half time break and eke out a point.



Both Spurs goals were headed to Keane from Dimitar Berbatov, and Keane deftly sliced in-between the Liverpool defense to put the ball in the back of the net.


The first Liverpool goal came early on as Andriy Voronin knocked in a ball that rebounded on a free kick that Robinson failed to catch, and with the Spurs poor away performance, especially against the "big four", the sign of another long, dreary afternoon seemed immininent, seeing also that Gareth Bale had missed a goal on a free kick by mere inches earlier on.



However, Spurs defended well for the most part, Micheal Dawson repeatedly clearing balls out of danger at the back, though there wasn't much both he and Robinson could do about the late Torres blast.



Spurs still haven't won a league match at Anfield since August of 93, though they did manage to draw, also 2-2, a couple of years ago. The two Spurs goals were the first given up in the play of the game, the previous two goals allowed, against Aston Villa and Chelsea in the first two matches of the year, came on penalty kicks, and the Reds were on a streak of five games plus of not having allowed a goal at all.




Certainly both sides had their chances to really take control of the game, but that's not the way things worked out today, Robinson did make a couple of fine saves, and Liverpool goalie Jose Reina was forced out of the box a couple of times in order to thwart a couple of Spurs chances. At any rate, once Spurs had the lead at 2-1, it was nice to see them continuing to push forward and fight for another goal. The Liverpool crowd grew a bit restless in the last 20 minutes or so, but the good Spurs defense turned the home side away several times with excellent positioning. That is, until the dying moments of the match. All told though, it was an exciting one to watch and probably the deserved result. Come On You Spurs!




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6 P.M. EDIT: To the shock of just about no fan of the Lilywhites, Spurs have been revealed to be the team in the EPL that causes their fans the most stress, the study and story is HERE.