Well, that was another entertaining night. I thank you for your company, but must now bid you goodnight.

Let's do it again tomorrow. Night.

Liverpool assistant manager Colin Pascoe, speaking to BBC Sport: "It was important for us tonight to win the game, Tottenham have been on a great run. It was great movement from Mario in the six-yard box. I hope it can be a springboard, he is training hard. The last couple of weeks he's been ill and had gashes on his feet so couldn't get his boots on.

Liverpool assistant manager Colin Pascoe, speaking to BT Sport: "Brendan had to shoot off to catch a plane. Tottenham have been on a great run, it was two good teams but the way we came through was fantastic. Mario has been working hard in training and for the last couple of weeks he's been ill so it's great that he scored the winner. Steven Gerrard felt his hamstring and felt he had to come off. It was important to win tonight, it was a great win and we deserved it."

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Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino: "We are disappointed with the result because I think one point would have been fair for both teams. It was a great game, we played well but this is football. The players are very disappointed, sad and tired but we have to accept football is like this. I am proud of the effort and we have to look forward. The only thing we need to improve, in the first half we gave Liverpool some chances and made some mistakes. We deserved more from this game."

Here's the key stats from tonight:

• Harry Kane scored his 23rd goal of the season in all competitions. For teams in the top four English tiers, only Eoin Doyle (25) has more.

• The top scorers in 2015 across the top five European leagues are Lionel Messi and Harry Kane (8 each).

• Kane has scored and assisted in the same Premier League game for the second time, after doing so against Chelsea on New Year's Day.

• Spurs have now conceded seven Premier League penalties this season; two more than any other side.

• This fixture has now seen more goals than any other in the Premier League era (134).

• Mario Balotelli scored his first Premier League goal of the season with his 48th shot. It was his first goal in the English top-flight since November 2012 (Man City v Wigan).

• The Reds have lost just one of their last 21 Premier League home matches against Spurs (W14, D6, L1).

Many thanks to opta for these.

Did you like that nice graphic at half-time? Here's the full-time version:

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JavelBleach: Looks like it's coming together for Liverpool: strategy, form & even class. Maybe too late for this season but for the future.

Dave Fassam: Not just one inspired sub, Lallana to Balotelli, a goal made from the bench. #BrilliantBrendanRodgers

Abu Jawadh: I am more impressed and grateful to see Emre Can developing so well to Liverpool than seeing Ballo scoring the winning goal.

Tottenham's next home league game is against West Ham, then they visit Chelsea. It doesn't get easier for Poch's men either.

As John Hartson points out, Liverpool have got some big games coming up. Between FA Cup and Europa League commitments, their next two Premier League games are away at Southampton and Manchester City. How tasty will that Saints game be?

John Hartson
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"It is a big win for Liverpool. They pressed better to try to get the win. It is a huge three points for Liverpool given they have two tough games coming up."

Adam Smith: That performance from Spurs was 10 times better than last season's, definite improvement.

Ilyas Najib: Liverpool's new signings are finally settling into life at Anfield, an exciting second half of the season awaits!

Rian Hoskins: This is why the Premier League is so lucrative for it produces moments like that. The race for the top four takes another twist.

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Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson, speaking to BT Sport: "We've got momentum, we've been playing some great stuff. We showed great character tonight, stuck at it and got three points at the end. I'm sure Mario will be smiling in the dressing room. He worked hard when he came on and got a goal for the team. Hopefully we can kick on now."

Liverpool defender Emre Can, speaking to BT Sport: "It was a very important game for us and I think we deserved to win."

There were 30 attempts on goal in that match (16 for Liverpool, 14 for Spurs) with 12 of them on target (seven and five respectively).

And with that result, Liverpool move to within a point of Tottenham.

That's nine games unbeaten for Liverpool now. Brendan's got the boys playing well again. Tottenham will feel hard done by though. They continue to look a class act too.

The Liverpool players salute their adoring public as Eric Dier gets some post-match treatment on the pitch to a facial injury.

Mario's done it. Liverpool have won a classic at Anfield. Spurs's jinx strikes again.

Harry Kane is booked after getting into a bit of a dispute with Martin Skrtel.

Ian: Emre Can has got to be given a run at filling steve g's boots next season. Seems to have that ability to glide past people without being noticeably fast.

Callum from Edinburgh: Why did Spurs take off eriksen - the master of the late goal? Doesn't make sense.

Mario Balotelli is listening to something because he is back in his own box defending as Tottenham punt a free-kick forward and out of play.