Danny Rose canceled out James Milner’s Liverpool penalty to earn a 1-1 draw for Tottenham at White Hart Lane on Saturday.
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Spurs remained on the back-foot, but they were level in the 72nd minute when Rose collected a loose ball inside the Liverpool box before somehow finding the bottom corner past the advancing Mignolet.
Jurgen Klopp had criticised his team’s decision-making in last Saturday’s shock 2-0 loss at Burnley and Philippe Coutinho twice spurned excellent chances to open the scoring in the first half, with Michel Vorm saving well.
The Reds were unable to assert themselves to the same extent after the interval as Danny Rose hit an equaliser 18 minutes from time, leaving Liverpool with four points from the opening three games of the season before their delayed return to Anfield.
Liverpool will play their first home match of the campaign when Premier League champions Leicester visit Anfield after the worldwide break.
Jürgen Klopp believes there are plenty of reasons to believe in Liverpool despite he left White Hart Line disappointed after his side were held to a 1-1 draw by Tottenham.
Mane found the back of the net in the 56th minute but Lallana was adjudged to have edged offside before he squared the ball for the Senegal worldwide to score. Liverpool is meeting Tottenham – and that’s the kind of a game nobody is really neutral about. “It’s hard to create one chance, we had a few”.
“This game showed again what we can do, how we can play”.
Resolute defending, top goalkeeping, calculated attacks and a Milner goal were the major talking points in the first half of the match. “We showed again that we can be really good and that’s what we have to show in each game and then everything will be good”. So we have to work on it, as we work with every player.
Sadio Mane thought he had scored in the second half only for the goal to be, arguably incorrectly, ruled out for offside.
Klopp was able to give summer signing Matip a taste of Premier League life as he wrestled with Vincent Janssen, while the pace and goal threat of Mane gives Liverpool an extra dimension – although he sailed very close to the wind after getting a yellow card in the first half.
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A performance that could go under the radar given the Brazilian’s selfless approach, but Firmino was key to Liverpool’s high-intensity pressing play, and drifted into useful areas whenever required as the Reds pushed forward in attack. “I think we would have deserved it but to have one point is better than nothing”.
