Gary Neville on “huge victory” for Liverpool

Gary Neville believes Liverpool secured a “huge victory” against Tottenham yesterday.

Spurs scored a calamitous own goal right at the death to hand all three points to Jurgen Klopp’s side after clawing back an equaliser earlier in the second half.

And Neville, who has praised Liverpool frequently this season in spite of his Manchester United roots, thinks something special is brewing at Anfield.

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“For the first time this season I felt we were on The Run In – you could feel it at the end of the game,” he told Sky Sports.

“The Liverpool crowd went wild and you could see that emotion with Jurgen Klopp celebrating with the Kop. We’ve got every game on Sky [in April] and if they win it, it’ll be an incredible place to be. If they don’t win it, it’ll also be incredible in some ways because of the tension, the anxiety, the passion. A loss would have been a huge blow – not terminal but a huge blow.

“A draw wouldn’t have been the worst result in the world because it’s a tough game and they will drop points on the way – there’s no doubt about it. I don’t think City will win every game either but if Tottenham had gone on and scored people would have talking about the meltdown, Liverpool blowing it. It was a huge victory.

“They weren’t at their best, Liverpool, and once Tottenham sorted out the tactical side of things in the first half where they just had a problem with the narrow midfield getting out to the full-backs – Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold were running wild down those wings – Tottenham played a good game here and will feel really disappointed.

“We used to have this saying at United: ‘Something’s just happening’. You can’t explain it. Tottenham looked the most dangerous. Liverpool had some threat from set-pieces but not really from open play. But if you can grab those late goals when the other team look most likely to score, you have that feeling. Liverpool haven’t been at their best – they weren’t against Fulham but they have got the result and they’re in a good position.”

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