So what if the final score doesn't tell the tale of the game? The only thing that matters is the final score, and on a soaking wet night in north London, Spurs had two go into the net for them, whilst the visiting scousers were limited to just one. Even though Spurs were outplayed for large stretches of the match, they got their goals when they needed them most against the league leaders.
Liverpool got on the board early, and fairly easily, in just the third minute as Dirk Kuyt slipped in a close shot amidst a loose Spurs defense and just like that, all of the momentum that had been created in the past week with the win versus Bolton and the dramatic tie against the Arse had been subdued.
It's no secret that Spurs hardly ever challenged to score in the first half, but more than held their own on the defensive end, sometimes by good fortune, to keep the score at 0-1.
Things improved in the second half in terms of offensive movement for Spurs in the second half, but it took an own goal from Liverpool's Jamie Carragher (his third that he's scored for Spurs) to get Spurs level at the 70 minute mark. From that point on, belief that the three points were there for the taking grew amongst Spurs fans and players, and Spurs certainly were the more aggressive team over the last quarter of the match.
It took a shot from Roman Pavlyuchenko on a cross from Darren Bent at the beginning of extra time to give Spurs the lead, causing much enthusiasm amongst the faithful crowd who had endured a long wet night in London, whilst Liverpool certainly looked a bit shellshocked from that point on. After a bit more than four minutes, the final whistle sounded and the Spurs fans rejoiced about their new found luck that has coincided with the appointment of Harry Redknapp, seeing that Spurs have grabbed seven out of a possible nine points to lift themselves off the bottom of the table.
Always pleased to use the "pic" of "scousers" above, twas a great win today. Come on you Spurs!
BBC , GUARDIAN
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