'The most Tottenham thing you will ever see' – Spurs lose to Liverpool in epic finale

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Tottenham came back from three goals down at Anfield, only to hand Liverpool a winner in added time in an epic encounter

Tottenham players applaud their fans after the 4-3 loss to Liverpool as Lucas Moura apologises for his late error at Anfield in April 2023.
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Tottenham mounted a spirited fightback against Liverpool on Sunday but ultimately ended up with nothing in a 4-3 loss described by Harry Kane as 'gut-wrenching'.

Spurs went 3-0 down to the Reds inside 15 in a dreadful start at Anfield but somehow found their way back into the game before losing right at the death.

Curtis Jones and Luis Diaz put Liverpool 2-0 inside five minutes and Mohamed Salah added a third from the penalty spot after a quarter of an hour.

But Tottenham pulled a goal back through Harry Kane later in the half and Heung-min Son gave Spurs hope as he netted with 13 minutes remaining.

That set up an exciting finale and Richarlison thought he had earned the north Londoners a point as he headed home from a free-kick in added time, but a mistake from Lucas Moura at the other end gifted the ball to Diogo Jota and the Portuguese winger beat Fraser Forster to seal a dramatic win for the Reds.

On commentary duties for Sky Sports, Gary Neville said: "That's the most Tottenham thing you will ever see."

And after the match, Kane described the loss as 'gut-wrenching'. "It's hard to put into words," he told Sky Sports. "We have to move on."

Liverpool move above Tottenham, now with one win in their last seven, into fifth place in the Premier League.

Ben Hayward
Ben Hayward
Weekend editor

Ben Hayward is a European football writer and Tottenham Hotspur fan with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa America - and has spent much of that time in Spain. Ben speaks English and Spanish, currently dividing his time between Barcelona and London, covering all the big talking points of the weekend on FFT: he’s also written several list features and interviewed Guglielmo Vicario for the magazine.