LONDON: Left-back Danny Rose's 72nd-minute equaliser earned Tottenham Hotspur a 1-1 draw with Liverpool in a hard-fought Premier League encounter at White Hart Lane on Saturday.
James Milner gave Liverpool a deserved lead with a penalty shortly before half-time, but Spurs got their reward for a spell of sustained second-half pressure when Rose drilled home the equaliser.
The England full-back's strike means he has already matched his tally from last season and it preserved Spurs' unbeaten record following their draw at Everton and victory over Crystal Palace.
"I'm very pleased," said Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino.
"It was a very competitive game. Both teams played with passion, which is very important. It was a fantastic game for the neutral.
"The effort and the character we showed today were fantastic. It's not easy when you play a team that are perfect on the counter-attack and you need to take risks. The draw is a fair result."
It was a frustrating outcome for visiting manager Jurgen Klopp on his return to the scene of his first game at the Liverpool helm last October, which ended in a 0-0 draw.
His side showed a much sharper cutting edge than in last weekend's 2-0 defeat at Burnley, but their inability to close the game out enabled Spurs to rescue a point.
"When you take a point at Tottenham, for 99 percent of teams it would be a good thing," Klopp told the BBC.
"We played a very good away game against a very strong side. It was our first real mistake and it was a goal, so that is not really fair.
"We showed we can be good. We played football and defended really good. It doesn't feel too brilliant at the moment."
It was a contest between two teams who like to press high up the pitch and in the first half it was Tottenham who had the greatest difficulty playing the ball out from the back.
Deputising in goal for Spurs again in place of the injured Hugo Lloris, Michel Vorm was frequently called into action.
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