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Tottenham 1-3 Liverpool: Harry Kane injured as Reds win first Premier League game of 2021
Report and free highlights as Roberto Firmino scores Liverpool's first league goal of 2021 en route to comfortable victory at Spurs; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Sadio Mane, and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg also on target; Harry Kane forced off with injury at half-time
A frantic start to the second period saw Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg quickly halve the deficit with a sweet first-time effort before Mo Salah looked to have added a third for Liverpool on the break, before VAR again intervened to overturn the goal for a Firmino handball in the build-up.
Liverpool show old quality to see off sorry Spurs
Liverpool's alarming slide in 2021 looked like it would continue in the early minutes in north London, when Son was played through and turned the ball inside Alisson's near post with typical finesse, but eagle-eyed VAR official Jon Moss took less than a minute to overturn the decision when spotting the Korean had been offside before taking the ball.
The third would come nine minutes later though, with Sadio Mane sweeping home from a back-to-form Alexander-Arnold delivering a wonderful ball from deep. Mane fired past Hugo Lloris to seal victory, and move the Reds up to fourth in the table.
Instead, the talking point of the opening period looked likely to be Kane's long-running injury concern after an early challenge from Thiago appeared to roll his ankle, but the England captain persevered until the interval - by which time his side were behind.
Opta facts
Liverpool have won six consecutive league matches, and three consecutive away league matches, against Spurs for the first time in their history.
Liverpool have now beaten Tottenham in the top-flight on all seven days of the week, becoming just the third side to have done so after Everton and West Ham.
José Mourinho has now lost six home league games in charge of Tottenham, more than he has at any of his previous clubs.
All three of Liverpool's Premier League away wins this season have come in London, with the Reds also winning 2-0 at Chelsea in September and 7-0 at Crystal Palace in December.
Roberto Firmino's opener ended Liverpool's run of 482 minutes and 93 shots without a Premier League goal, since Sadio Mané scored against West Brom last month.
Liverpool's Roberto Firmino has scored in five of his last six Premier League appearances against Tottenham, including each of his last three against them away from home.
Since the start of last season, Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold has been involved in more Premier League goals than any other defender in the competition (21 - 5 goals, 16 assists).
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg's strike was his first goal for Tottenham in all competitions, in what was his 30th appearance for the north London side.
Henderson's fine pass out of defence found Mane on the left, and his perfectly-placed low ball in found Firmino's late run into the six-yard box, giving the Brazilian the simplest of chances to open the scoring with almost the last kick of the half.
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A goal behind and without Kane, Spurs' evening looked to be heading for the rocks when Alexander-Arnold fired home on the rebound when Lloris perhaps made tougher work of Salah's curling effort than he should have, but within another two minutes, Spurs pulled back within a goal as Hojbjerg connected brilliantly with Steven Bergwijn's ball to the edge of the box.