Kyrgiakos shoots under no pressure from Spurs but Gomes makes a good save from close range. Liverpool should have added at least one more goal in these last few minutes

Ngog dances past Bassong and shoots at goal. Gomes does well to make the save. Shortly after, the ball falls to Kuyt in front of goal but he misses this golden chance

Ngog fires the ball straight into the hands of Gomes

Hutton plays a good ball into the box but there's nobody there to meet it for Spurs

Bale crosses from the left. Hutton meets the ball on the volley but his effort goes just wide

Modric takes a corner for Spurs. It is well cleared by Aquilani under pressure from King

Riera's powerful shot from distance goes narrowly wide. He's had a very good game

Degen flicks the ball on for Kuyt from a free kick, and he sends a shot just wide from a difficult angle

Tension is mounting at Anfield and Liverpool need to calm their play down

Liverpool look in desperate need of a second goal. They are just sitting back now and protecting their lead but Spurs look dangerous

Kuyt plays in Degen in the box and he really should get his shot away with no pressure from the Spurs defence. He chooses to pass it back to Kuyt instead and wastes a great chance

Palacios fouls Mascherano needlessly and gives away a free kick

Bale bombs into the box but takes one touch too many and runs out of space for the cross

Liverpool have started to settle into this game again, with some nice play from Kuyt and Riera

This is a good spell of pressure from Spurs, as Jenas hits a beautiful strike towards goal, which is batted away with one hand by Reina

Crouch tries to control the ball in the box but Liverpool crowd him out

Defoe sets up Modric, who skews a shot towards goal, which is easily saved

Riera's header hits the bar from a cross from the right. The ball eventually comes out to Mascherano but he sends his shot wide

Riera's free kick goes just over the bar, with Gomes at full stretch

Spurs have a goal disallowed. The linesman flags very late for offside as Defoe puts the ball into the back of the net after a mistake from Reina. Controversial stuff early in this half

Modric has a great chance to score after being played in by Palacios but he shoots straight at Reina

Kuyt's header from close range is blocked by a Spurs defender. The ball comes out to Skrtel but he blazes a shot just over the bar

Riera whips the ball into the box but Kyrgiakos can't quite get enough direction on his shot to force a save

Albert Riera takes a free kick from the right for Liverpool and forces Heurelho Gomes to make a good save

Alberto Aquilani does brilliantly to win the ball back for Liverpool but Spurs have too many players back for him to create a chance

A slightly scrappy few minutes, but Liverpool are still working hard to protect their lead

Degen clashes with Bale in what looks like a nasty challenge. The two managers seem to have words on the touchline about who the guilty party was in that challenge

Lucas plays in Degen in a promising position but he's flagged offside

Defoe tries to make space in the box but Martin Skrtel stands firm to deny him the chance

Defoe is told to calm down after a late challenge on Degen. Could have been a booking there

Bale's shot from distance drifts harmlessly wide. This has been a good response from Spurs, who have enjoyed plenty of possession

Mascherano makes a rash challenge on Bale but escapes a booking

Luka Modric crosses from the right but the ball takes a deflection and goes out for a corner, which Liverpool eventually clear

Lucas Leiva runs into the box with the ball but is crowded out by the Spurs defenders

Spurs play the ball around in midfield nicely. Defoe passes to Niko Kranjcar on the left but the ball is overhit slightly and the chance is wasted

Crouch heads the ball down in the box but Liverpool clear with ease once again

Kuyt is injured after clashing with Ledley King but he should be OK to continue after receiving some treatment

Michael Dawson plays the ball against Wilson Palacios and the ball nearly falls into the path of a Liverpool player outside the box. Nervous play from Spurs there

Jermaine Jenas attempts to make some space on the right for Spurs but is crowded out by Javier Mascherano

The Liverpool crowd are getting right behind the side now and their team are giving them reason to be cheerful

Good chance for Spurs. Gareth Bale crosses and Kyrgiakos makes a mess of the clearance. Any touch from a player would have resulted in a goal

Crouch once again poses an aerial threat in the box, this time from a free kick, but Sotirios Kyrgiakos does well to clear the danger

It's been a lively start at Anfield, with Liverpool looking bright and Spurs hitting on the break, as Peter Crouch tries to play in Jermain Defoe with a cushioned header