Most Exciting PL Games: 86
A special night at Anfield against Tottenham continues our brand new summer feature of Liverpool's 100 Most Exciting Premier League Games at No.86.
LFC's Most Exciting PL Game No.86: January 20, 2010. Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham.
The mood around Anfield was one more accustomed to a Champions League semi-final night than a Barclays Premier League fixture between 4th placed Tottenham and 7th placed Liverpool.
Prior to the game Rafa Benitez declared that it was a tie that could 'make or break' the Red's season and the response from the Anfield crowd was fittingly fervent. When the team bus arrived at Anfield two hours before the game, it did so through a guard of honour bedecked with banners and flags that proclaimed the fans' solidarity with the team.
As ever on a special Anfield occasion the team rose to the challenge, buoyed by the raucous support that cascaded down from the terraces. Kuyt sent Anfield rocking on six minutes when he side-footed past Heurelho Gomes from the edge of the area.
And on 90 minutes Anfield breathed a collective sigh of relief when the Dutchman stepped up again to fire a penalty into the Anfield Road goal and blow the race for fourth place in the Premier League wide-open once more.
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