Ian Doyle gives his Liverpool analysis after 2-1 win against Spurs with focus on Fabinho, Trent and Henderson.
Fabinho answers the question
Is there a better defensive midfielder in the Premier League than Fabinho?
It's a question worth asking after another dominant performance from the Brazilian saw him strengthen his claim of being Liverpool's most consistent performer this campaign.
In Genk last Wednesday, Fabinho was so overworked at times that Jurgen Klopp later joked it at times appeared he was the only one in the Reds' engine room.
Here against Tottenham Hotspur he was at least given extra defensive help alongside Gini Wijnaldum and Jordan Henderson.
And Fabinho responded with a display that must rank among his best for the club.
The numbers are impressive – 111 touches, 11 ball recoveries, three interceptions, four tackles won out of five.
But statistics aren't necessary to acknowledge the impact Fabinho made in not only shutting down Tottenham but also sparking the Reds' revival. He was everywhere.
If his first half was merely very good, it was after the break – and particularly during the period when Liverpool turned the game around – that he truly shone.
Indeed, the Brazilian's overlooked creativity was also allowed to come to the fore, his clipped pass to the far post allowing Jordan Henderson to steal in for the equaliser.
It can't be often under Klopp that a midfielder had assisted another midfielder to score.
Liverpool can already boast several genuine world class talents among their squad.
Fabinho must surely be thrown into that mix now, too.
Trent the number 10 right-back
Neat symmetry dictated this should have been Trent Alexander-Arnold's 100th Liverpool appearance against the opponents for his very first.
Illness during the week put paid to that, ruling him out of the Champions League win at Genk.
Nevertheless, Alexander-Arnold produced a display worth celebrating regardless.
No player had more touches during the game, and his total of seven key passes was only one fewer than the whole of the Tottenham Hotspur side.
The visitors sought to put Heung-Min Son on the right-back to knock him out of his stride.
It didn't work, Alexander-Arnold regularly finding space down the right and firing in a succession of dangerous crosses while using possession with the precision and ingenuity of which a seasoned number 10 would be proud.
On the other flank, Andy Robertson was almost as effective, especially during the first half when his raids often saw him inside the Tottenham penalty area.
Liverpool are now unbeaten in their last 10 Premier League home games when they have conceded the first goal, winning each of the last six.
With Alexander-Arnold in this irrepressible form, it's no wonders Klopp's “mentality monsters” never know when they're beaten,
Henderson gets them angry
If the angry people were irked when the teamsheet dropped, they were positively apoplectic just 47 seconds in.
Jordan Henderson, never a universal favourite among supporters, lost the ball in midfield, with Tottenham quickly moving forward for Heung-Min Son to fire in a shot that hit the head of Dejan Lovren, another polarising figure to the fanbase.
The ball struck the inside of the post then rebounded out to Harry Kane who, just onside, stooped to head home.
It was a bad start to a big game for Henderson, the skipper's regular starting role under threat from the emergence of Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and, it must be said, his own indifferent form.
For half-an-hour, Henderson was horribly off the pace, prompting groans from the usually supportive Anfield crowd.
Lovren, meanwhile, lost too many headers to Harry Kane, and then misread a long ball that almost allowed Son in for a second.
Anfield grumbled.
Both, though, were cheered come full-time, Lovren having helped keep Tottenham at bay late on, Henderson in the right place to strike the equaliser seven minutes in the second half.
The goal was the captain's first at Anfield since December 2015, only his sixth of the Klopp era, and was timely given the debate over his changing role in the team.
And, who knows, perhaps even the angry people were smiling through gritted teeth.