Spurs emerged with more intensity after half-time but Liverpool held out late charge
At that stage Liverpool, who had lost their last two league games, seemed to have relinquished control. Their passing became sloppy. Alexander-Arnold gave away a dangerous free-kick after some casual defending and Spurs grew bolder, sensing that Rodrigo Bentancur, Højbjerg and Yves Bissouma were beginning to get on top of Thiago Alcántara, Harvey Elliott and Fabinho in midfield.
An individual error changed everything. Five minutes before half-time Alisson launched a long ball forward. Under no pressure, Dier watched it fall from the sky and did something silly: head the ball on to his shoulder and straight to Salah, who accepted the gift by racing clear to beat Lloris with a lovely little dink.
Conte saw an opening. He introduced Matt Doherty and Dejan Kulusevski, whose return from injury drew relieved cheers from the crowd. Spurs are a different team when the Swede plays. The winger was soon involved, shimmying past Thiago and slipping a pass through to Kane. Konaté came across but Kane was too quick, curving a shot past Alisson to give Spurs hope.
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