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Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham Hotspur

By on March 31, 2014

Liverpool surged to the top of the Premier League table with an emphatic 4-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield.

Goals from Luis Suarez, Phillipe Coutinho and Jordan Henderson following a Younes Kaboul own goal confined Spurs to their second heavy defeat against Liverpool this season.

And with none of the top four collecting all three points on Saturday, the win moved Liverpool to the top of the league and puts them in pole position to win their first Premiership title.

Spurs were disjointed from the beginning and an electric start from the Reds saw them take a second minute lead.  A floated pass from Coutinho out to the right found Raheem Sterling, who had time and space to take the ball down the wing before finding Glen Johnson on the overlap. The England right back hit a low cross which ricocheted in off of Kaboul, ensuring a nightmare start for the White Hart Lane side.

Spurs boss Tim Sherwood, who was sitting in the stands to observe the game, didn’t look impressed and in the twenty-fifth minute things took a massive turn for the worse.

Substitute Michael Dawson – on for the injured Jan Vertonghen – made a catastrophic error within moments of coming on.  The centre back played a blind pass towards Kaboul but only found Uruguayan Suarez, who ran on and found the net from an implausible angle, scoring his twenty-ninth league goal of the season, the most a Liverpool player has managed in the Premier League era.

And only a fine stop from Hugo Lloris prevented Suarez adding his second as the Frenchman pushed the Liverpool forward’s header on to the post.

Half time came with the Anfield crowd in buoyant mood. The belief that Liverpool can actually win the title was felt all around the stadium.

The home side carried on from where they had left off in the first half, attacking the Kop end with confidence and a swagger that any side would be proud of.

Their third goal came courtesy of Coutinho, who was rewarded for yet another top performance.

Full back Jon Flanagan started the move when his dummy gave him room to run into on the left hand side, and his through ball was collected by Coutinho. The Brazilian ran forward before dispatching a shot from twenty-five yards into the bottom corner of the net.

And when Jordan Henderson’s whipped free kick went through a crowd of bodies to beat Lloris, the game was wrapped up with the home fans in full voice.

Now, for the first time this season, the Reds have their destiny in their own hands.

Many consider Arsenal to be out of the running, and with Chelsea and Manchester City still to visit Anfield, the club may well be celebrating a first title in twenty-four years.

Rivals Manchester United had just seven titles to their name the last time Liverpool won the league, and now have twenty – two more than the Merseyside giants.

Brendan Rodgers insists that Liverpool will focus only on the next game, but if the Reds win all six of their remaining fixtures, they will win the league – a feat nobody saw coming.

It would be deserved too, with Liverpool playing the best football in the division and Suarez producing his best ever performances in the aftermath of his failed attempt to leave the club and his biting ban.

Even if the title doesn’t end up at Anfield this season, Rodgers have been responsible for a remarkable year and surely Champions League qualification.

That alone is something to celebrate.

About Darren Ash

Darren Ash Raised in South East London, the 18-year-old Media student is passionate about all things football. A season ticket holder at local team Millwall, he loves nothing more than the highs and lows of the beautiful game. Having followed the sport for as early as he can remember, Darren's goal is to become a professional football journalist. Follow him on Twitter @AshDarren