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18:00
Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham
Spurs are sixth, eight points behind fourth-placed Arsenal with six games to play. They are two points ahead of Manchester United in what is a battle for a Europa League spot.
17:58
Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham
So Liverpool lead the Premier League by two points from Chelsea. Both teams have six games to play, one of which is against each other at Anfield.
Manchester City are four points behind the Reds with two games in hand. They too have to travel to Merseyside.
Kallum Dillon: (external) Unfortunately for we Manchester City fans, Liverpool are looking unstoppable at the moment!
Bob Wetton: (external) Is there a player who deserves to lift the premier league trophy more than Steve Gerrard?
Ahmer Murad: (external) Eight in a row. Top of the table. Controlled, confident, clinical. It isn't just a dream any more.
Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham
"It's been an absolute stroll in the park, Liverpool won this game so easily.
Tottenham seriously contributed to their own downfall, they really seriously were hopeless. The Liverpool machine is well and truly rolling forward."
17:51
FULL-TIME Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham
Demolition over, Liverpool hammer Spurs to go top of the table with an eighth successive league win. Who's going to stop them? Chelsea, Manchester City; over to you.
17:51
Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham
The late Spurs revival continues as Christian Eriksen forces Simon Mignolet into a low save. What's the point of getting it together when you're 4-0 down?
Chris_lutton: (external) I get the feeling Sherwood's tenure as Spurs boss will one day be viewed in the same way we view Shearer's as Newcastle manager.
Akarim: (external) Meanwhile at Stamford Bridge, Mourinho has ordered to find the biggest and longest bus available to bring to Anfield!
Andrew Parker: (external) As appalling as Spurs are and have been, they are still above Manchester United. Think about that for a moment.
17:49
Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham
Roberto Soldado is once more rolling around on the floor as Anfield sings its way to the top of the Premier League. You'll Never Walk Alone. It's so bad that Soldado has to leave on a stretcher, meaning Spurs will finish with 10 men.
Tony Cocozza in London: Liverpool are flying but Tottenham have been pathetic. They have rolled over and had their tummy tickled. No fight whatsoever.
Alan in Birmingham: Tottenham have had some good wins this season but they've also had more genuine spankings than teams like Hull, Stoke and even West Brom.
Trevor in Cheltenham: And to think half the Spurs squad was linked with Liverpool. As a Liverpool fan, I am a lot happier they are playing for Spurs and not us!
17:46
Another Spurs chance, this time Michael Dawson heading over from a corner. Where was this 80 minutes' ago? By the way, now we're in British Summer Time, how good is it to see afternoon matches finishing in daylight?
Tell our players how good they are, rather than where they're weak. Rodgers has done exactly that at Liverpool, and look at the results.
17:44
Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham
Not much left for Spurs to endure, we're in to the final five in the evening Anfield sun. The visitors are, though, showing a little fight. Some overdue pressure results in Christian Eriksen firing over.
Iyke Roy: (external) Liverpool are just a delight to watch.
Ashley Wilkinson: (external) Liverpool? Bottling it? Not on this evidence.
mrwriterman: (external) Best thing about the Spurs performance? Younes Kaboul's eyebrows: more pace and movement than rest of the team.
17:39
Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham
Take that, Roberto Soldado. The Spaniard finds a rare hole in the Liverpool defence, but is absolutely poleaxed by Jon Flanagan. It's a bruising, no-holds-barred tackle, the sort your grandad will tell you was the norm in his day. It's fair, though, no question of a penalty. Final sub for Liverpool. Raheem Sterling off, Victor Moses on.
Kevin Smith: (external) Tottenham proving their inferiority against the top four again.
Liam Grayhurst: (external) To think that some Spurs fans thought that they wouldn't miss Bale. Deluded.
Josh Land: (external) Liverpool making Tottenham look like they're down to nine men.
17:37
Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham
So Spurs have shipped nine league goals to Liverpool this season without mustering a single reply. There's still time for more, too. The final 15 minutes or so of this game is basically an Anfield party, a celebration of their march to the summit. The only question is, how many will they get?
Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham
"Yet more shocking defending from Tottenham on the goal. There was a massive gap that the ball went through and 4-0 is about right."
17:32
GOAL Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham - Jordan Henderson (76 mins)
It's a thrashing, a one-sided procession to the league summit. It's Jordan Henderson bagging Liverpool's fourth, a curled free-kick from the left edge of the penalty area missing everyone and nestling in the bottom corner. There's some confusion over who should claim the goal, but Luis Suarez points to Henderson. If Suarez is not claiming it, it must be Henderson's.
17:29
SUBSTITUTION Liverpool 3-0 Tottenham
This time Steven Gerrard is withdrawn, replaced by Lucas Leiva. Before the Sturridge chance, Luis Suarez's ankle came into contact with Hugo Lloris's face. Suarez was chasing the ball, Lloris out to smother it. Lloris was always winning the race, so should Suarez have withdrawn?
Mags in Crewe: For both City and Liverpool it's a case of win all games and win the title. Whoever holds their nerve holds the trophy!
James: Is Mersyside becoming the new Manchester? Two teams challenging up the table but done on a smaller budget for once.
Andrew: Although he seems Like a genuinely nice guy, what exactly did Spurs expect to happen when appointing Sherwood? The phrase 'out of his depth' doesn't do it justice.
17:25
CLOSE! Liverpool 3-0 Tottenham
It's circus stuff in the Tottenham defence. Under pressure from Daniel Sturridge, Danny Rose slips to let the Liverpool striker in. Hugo Lloris is off his line, blocking Sturridge's cheeky backheel. All day, the Spurs defence has looked about as strong as a wet tissue.
Tom Chance: (external) As a Chelsea supporter, was a big fan of what Rodgers did with our academy. Always hoped he might step up to the top job. Alas.
Ahmer Murad: (external) So great to see Coutinho get one. Sterling deserves one, too. Help the goal difference along.
Chris Smudger Smith: (external) Credit to Liverpool. Great performance and fielding five English players. How many did Man City and Arsenal manage yesterday?
17:23
SUBSTITUTION Liverpool 3-0 Tottenham
It's not Gerrard who is withdrawn, rather Phillipe Coutinho in favour of Joe Allen. The Kop stands to salute the third goalscorer. As a man not old enough to remember Liverpool's last league crown, it's a strange sight to see the grand old club on such a charge.
Liverpool 3-0 Tottenham.
"Liverpool might start to think about getting Gerrard off to protect him. They could bring Lucas on. Mind you, they're so comfortable, they could bring Jan Molby on."
17:21
Do you still doubt that Liverpool can win the Premier League? They are the form team at the most important time of the season. More importantly, they seem to have belief. At the moment, they are sweeping all before them. Get these dates imprinted on your mind. 13 April, Liverpool v Manchester City. 27 April, Liverpool v Chelsea. Title deciders?
17:18
SUBSTITUTION Liverpool 3-0 Tottenham
"We're gonna win the league" chants the Anfield faithful. How long is it since they could sing that with such conviction? Amidst ear-splitting noise, Spurs withdraw Aaron Lennon and Nabil Bentaleb in favour of Andros Townsend and Mousa Dembele.
Liverpool 3-0 Tottenham
"Coutinho's basically passed it into the net with a bit of pace on it but there was a great run from Glen Johnson down the right that opened up the space for him. What on earth are Tottenham doing? I don't just mean defensively. Why didn't they make changes at half time to try to change the course of the game. If they lose 4-0 or 5-0, so what?"
17:13
GOAL Liverpool 3-0 Tottenham - Phillipe Coutinho (55 mins)
That's the ball game. Phillipe Coutinho wraps up the points with Liverpool's third and his first at Anfield this season. Again, it's so simple. Jon Flanagan cuts in from the left, feeding Coutinho midway inside the Spurs half. Unchallenged run, low right-foot shot past the dive of Hugo Lloris and nestling low in the far corner. It's a procession to the top of the table.
17:13
Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham
Did I say it was easy for Liverpool? Not so easy for Jordan Henderson to hit the target. A lovely move on the right between Raheem Sterling and Daniel Sturridge has the onrushing Hugo Lloris leaving an unguarded net. The ball is squared centrally to Henderson but, from the edge of the box with just one white shirt to pass, he fires over.
Conal from Derry: Does nobody realise that man city have two games in hand and a game against Liverpool. The title is city's to lose.
Billy in Glasgow: Liverpool were top just before Christmas if I remember correctly, then suffered a dip in form. Being top brings a unique type of pressure that no team this season has been able to handle. Can Liverpool see the job through to it's end? I'm not sure.
Bob in Chester: Maybe Spurs should sign Gary Lineker out of retirement. He'd be better than Soldado.
17:11
Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham
It's hard to put into words how easy this is for Liverpool. Always a red shirt in space, the ball doing the work, never near a man in white. Tim Sherwood, in the stands, is on his mobile phone. Booking a summer holiday?
Alec Crutchley: (external) Liverpool and City this season are examples of the many virtues of replacing managers who can buy with managers who can manage.
James Roberts: (external) Spurs couldn't have looked more outclassed in that half. Liverpool looking solid for the title provided no injuries-suspensions.
James Blackwell: (external) Spurs fans: You are not awful. You are sixth in the league. Try supporting one of the bottom 10 teams.
17:08
Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham
Dull start to the second half - Liverpool had already taken the lead this far into the first. Plenty of singing inside Anfield as Spurs chase red shadows. Suarez almost finds Jordan Henderson, but Michael Dawson intercepts.
17:05
If that is Leighton Baines (and, let's be honest, we've no reason to think it isn't), it's a brilliant picture. Did he spot the ice-cream van on the way to the team bus? Did he shout a round for the lads?
James Parkin: (external) Leighton Baines rewarding himself with a 99 flake.
17:03
KICK-OFF Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham
We're back under way.
17:01
Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham
The players are back out to the applause of the Kop. Is there a way back for Spurs? If not, Liverpool will be top of the Premier League tonight. Very clever banner from a Liverpool fan reads "Brendan - the Carefully Chosen One". Nothing like a dig at your biggest rivals, eh?
16:57
Table topping
Drink this sight in, Reds fans. Your team are going top of the table with six games to play. I'm told that, 50 years ago today, Liverpool beat Spurs 3-1 at Anfield to go top of the First Division, ultimately winning the league by four points. If true, it's a helluvan omen for the red side of Merseyside.
Elliot in Beaconsfield: I can't speak highly enough of Rodgers, completely changed how we play. But I do fear for him next year because of how high he has set the bar. Will he be able to get these kind of performances twice a week next year with this squad?
Boothy in Putney: The highest praise for Rodgers has to be for persuading Suarez to stay and the opposite for Wenger for not having got him.
Jake Carling: I can't see why Spurs fans are complaining - Arsenal were 4-0 down in twenty minutes at Anfield.
16:55
Super Suarez
Would you bet against Luis Suarez notching his 30th goal of the season in the second half? 29 already in the league this term in a campaign that started six games late because of suspension. Like or loathe the bloke, you can't deny his talent.
Zed: (external) For those who saw the same fixture last year, it's amazing to see the progress made by Liverpool and extent of Spurs' regression.
Andrew Soar: (external) Sherwood has a huge task at half-time. Some Spurs' players body language is awful. It needs to pain them more.
Simon Taylor: (external) Sherwood's plan to lull opposition teams into a false sense of security is to go 2-0 down before we start playing - clever!
HALF-TIME Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham
Steve Wilson - BBC Match of the Day commentator.
"Liverpool are in the box seat and exactly where they want to be at Anfield. Younes Kaboul's own goal after two minutes put them ahead before a mistake from Michael Dawson, who had only been on the pitch for less than a minute, enabled Luis Suarez to score his 29th goal of the season."
Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham
"They got the perfect start with the Kaboul own goal so early in the piece and it sent Tottenham backwards. If Liverpool had gone in three or four up that would have been the tale of the half because it's been just so easy for them. Tottenham have got nothing, apart from, maybe, the goalkeeper. Spurs need a win, so they might as well lose 3-0 or 4-0. Why not come out in the second half and try to win it from here?"
16:47
HALF-TIME Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham
The end of a first period that perhaps Liverpool could not believe would be so simple. Spurs were sloppy, Liverpool were rampant and are heading to the top of the shop.
Adnan van Cleverson: (external) Eriksen, stop passing to the other players! You're the only one who looks like scoring.
Chris Newman: (external) Surely Spurs have got to start offering us refunds soon. How many maulings should you watch in one season?
Alessandro Corbino: (external) Spurs are awful, especially going forward. Desperate for a striker that can put away chances. Think his first name was Jermain
Souce from BBC Radio 5 live's Mark Lawrenson at Anfield.
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