Mauricio Pochettino and Jürgen Klopp set up joust between chargers | Paul Wilson

Liverpool and Tottenham lived up to Jürgen Klopp’s image of brave knights in face to face combat in a thrilling draw at Anfield

Verily and forsooth, this jousting idea could catch on. Neither of these sides is in a position to tilt for the title but Jürgen Klopp’s image of knights in armour engaged in face-to-facecombat proved surprisingly accurate. No suggestion of parking the bus here, or even leaving the lance at home and just doing battle with the shield. There were never any horses anywhere on show but obviously plenty of Spurs.

Perhaps it would not have been so entertainingly open and end-to-end had Eric Dier’s early mistake not handed Liverpool the lead inside three minutes, for Tottenham had little option after that but to try to hit back. Such is their attacking quality the visitors would probably have come to Anfield looking for goals anyway but in the event, and almost crazily at the end, they managed to hit back twice.

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