Highlights: Liverpool destroy Tottenham 3-0 at White Hart Lane
Liverpool’s excellent recent record against Tottenham continued as they marauded to a conformable 3-0 at White Hart Lane.
New signing Mario Balotelli made his debut for the visitors.
Lineups:
Tottenham: Lloris, Dier, Kaboul, Vertonghen, Rose, Bentaleb, Capoue, Chadli, Eriksen, Lamela, Adebayor.
Subs: Friedel, Chiriches, Davies, Dembele, Holtby, Townsend, Kane.
Liverpool XI : Mignolet, Manquillo, Moreno, Lovren, Sakho, Gerrard, Allen, Henderson, Sterling, Sturridge, Balotelli.
Subs: Jones, Enrique, Toure, Can, Markovic, Lambert, Coutinho
Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Liverpool : Sterling (7’)
Liverpool got off to a flying start as Sturridgeplayed Henderson through on the right who produced a low cross along the floor for Sterling to finish it.
New boy Mario Balotelli missed a host of chances through the match including this horrible effort from 30 yards out with a gaping open net
Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Liverpool: Gerrard P (48’)
Captain Steven Gerrard stepped up to take the 50th and score the 41st Liverpool penalty of his career.
Tottenham 0-3 Liverpool: Moreno (58’)
Left-back Alberto Moreno made a brilliant end-to-end run to score and end any hopes for the home team.