Salah’s double leaves Liverpool enough room to see off Spurs’ late charge

Mohamed Salah deftly lifts the ball over Hugo Lloris for his second goal to double Liverpool’s advantage. Photograph: Marc Atkins/Getty Images

It was about time Liverpool remembered how to dig in. Even if Jürgen Klopp more or less admitted that the red machine is not back to full working order just yet, at least he saw glimpses of the old fighting spirit.

It took plenty of guts to see off another late comeback from Tottenham, not to mention plenty of clearances from Ibrahima Konaté and brave punches from Alisson, and while this was not a complete display from Liverpool it was easy to see why Klopp celebrated at full time by marching across the pitch to celebrate with the travelling support.