Hugo Lloris offers Liverpool another goalie gift in the fight for the Premier League title – Andy Dunn

If Jurgen Klopp's team wins the title, Alisson's crucial role will be recognized.

And very honorable mentions for some of his fellow goalkeepers.

Jordan Pickford and now Hugo Lloris.

You can talk as much as you can about how Liverpool won this match because of his desire, his great encouragement, because, according to Trent Alexander-Arnold, they "wanted more".

And you would be talking about absolute nonsense.

Liverpool had no more desire than the Spurs, their opponents were not confused by a deafening atmosphere, nobody wanted more than the other.

Liverpool won this match, they came back to the top of the Premier League standings, because Lloris – as Pickford did in the 96th minute of the Merseyside derby in the same stadium, for the same purpose – gave them the victory with a late mistake.

This is the bottom line, but this set of high quality players can rightly react with a shrug of the shoulders.

Virgil van Dijk and Andrew Robertson, aside, they were not great here, but in the 32 games they were mostly excellent.

Pickford offered them two precious gifts and Lloris felt like a kind of reward for their efforts, a fortune that favors the brave and everything else.

And how they celebrated their good fortune after a contest in which the Spurs were, after half an hour unconvincing opening, slightly the most accomplished team.

Even according to his own slightly manic criteria, the celebration of Jurgen Klopp's air punches was particularly violent.

A neutral could have wondered if a trophy was about to appear.

But this should not be used to make fun of the Anfield crowd, it's to their credit.

They have made this game feel like a final, as a decision maker of the title, they will ensure that every game between here and the end of the season is the same.

And this is the kind of elevation that a team can only appreciate. That's who it should be.

Supporters certainly reminded Liverpool of their responsibilities as Tottenham grabbed the match they really needed to win and become one of the top four favorites again.

After Roberto Firmino met one of Robertson's textbooks with his letterhead, the usual attack on the brio house never materialized.

This may be because Klopp's decision to keep Fabinho on the sidelines for more than 80 minutes meant Liverpool were working with a strictly yeoman midfielder with Jordan Henderson and James Milner.

And it was no surprise when, 20 minutes from the back, Harry Kane's ingenious free kick allowed Kieran Trippier and Christian Eriksen to try their luck.

While Moura accepted his chance with joy, a nerve-wracked Moussa Sissoko later offered a glorious opportunity to give the Spurs advance to the players.

Van Dijk's performance is excellent, but to thank him for his absence – because he cut the pbad for Heung-min and forced Sissoko to hit the left foot – is extremely generous.

This was a babysitter. Sissoko should have scored.

And the insult of following the injurious miss came while the extra time buttons were being hit.

Trent Alexander-Arnold returned a directed clearance without warning and without threat, but Mohamed Salah was left unattended in the far post area.

Nevertheless, his header is what you would expect from a Salah header, and should have been collected regularly by Lloris.

Instead, he threw the ball on Toby Alderweireld 's leg and even managed to sweep in the air as the ball bounced and limped over the line.

A win that could mean that Liverpool will have to hit more of a medal to the goaltender this season.