The Archive | Liverpool 0-2 Spurs | 15.05.11
Wed 16 December 2020, 09:00|
Tottenham Hotspur
Victory at Anfield provided the late spark for European qualification at the end of the 2010/11 season.
It had been a memorable campaign as we stepped into the Champions League for the first time and those wonderful nights against Young Boys, FC Twente, holders Inter, Werder Bremen and AC Milan before bowing out to Real Madrid.
At the same time, we were pushing again in the Premier League, but we hit a dip of form at the wrong time - fourth in February, 2011, a run of one win in 10 saw us slip to sixth with two matches of the season remaining.
The first of those matches was against Liverpool on the penultimate weekend of the season, with fifth place between the pair of us after City had moved six points ahead by beating us at the Etihad five days before.
Harry Redknapp's team came out fighting and secured victory thanks to a wonder strike from Rafa van der Vaart in front of the Kop - capping a wonderful first season at Spurs - and Luka Modric's cool penalty in the second half. A week later, Roman Pavlyuchenko's double off the bench against Birmingham City, including a late, late winner, secured that fifth place ahead of the Reds.
Liverpool 0-2 Spurs - the highlights
Match data
Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, Flanagan, Maxi (Ngog 75), Lucas, Spearing (Shelvey 64), Suarez, Carroll (Cole 88), Kuyt. Substitutes (not used): Gulacsi, Kyrgiakos, Robinson, Poulsen.
Spurs: Cudicini, Kaboul, Dawson, King, Rose (Bassong 82), Lennon, Modric, Sandro, Pienaar (Kranjcar 90), Crouch, van der Vaart (Defoe 53). Substitutes (not used): Pletikosa, Livermore, Bostock, Pavlyuchenko.
Goals: Spurs - van der Vaart 9, Modric (penalty) 56.
Venue: Anfield, Liverpool.
Attendance: 44,893.
