Liverpool beat Spurs; Newcastle win

  • Last Updated: March 10 2013, 18:38 GMT

A review of Sunday's action in the Barclays Premier League.

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  • Steven Gerrard enjoys his winner for Liverpool in the 3-2 win over Tottenham.
  • Papiss Cisse celebrates Newcastle's 2-1 victory against Stoke. 

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Steven Gerrard's late penalty gave Liverpool a thrilling 3-2 win against Tottenham in a topsy-turvy game at Anfield.

Luis Suarez edged the battle of the player of the year contenders as he scored and earned the match-winning penalty to eclipse Gareth Bale and keep the home side's slim top-four hopes alive.

The Premier League's leading scorer drew first blood with his 29th of the season - and 22nd in the top flight - and, although his opposite number had a hand in both of Tottenham's goals, the Uruguay international had the last laugh by winning the late spot-kick from which Gerrard scored.

Centre-back Jan Vertonghen had scored twice after Suarez had put the home side ahead only for calamitous misjudgements by Kyle Walker and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to gift Stewart Downing the equaliser.

  • Steven Gerrard scores Liverpool's winner in a 3-2 succes at home to Spurs
  • Stoke's Steven Nzonzi battles for the ball with Newcastle midfielder Moussa Sissoko at St James' Park
  • Peter Crouch is challenged by Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
  • The Potters striker is then challenged by Cheick Tiote..
  • .. who then manages to get away from midfielder Marc Wilson
  • Goalkeeper Asmir Bergovic takes out man and ball
  • Tony Pulis cannot believe that his Stoke side are not ahead...
  • ... but they soon are as Jonathan Walters fires in his penalty past Rob Elliott
  • Not for long though as Yohan Cabaye scores Newcastle's equaliser
  • The Frenchman takes the applause from the home faithful
  • And with time running out Papiss Cisse scores the winning goal
  • The Senegalese star scores deep in stoppage time to give Newcastle 2-1 win
  • At Anfield Luis Suarez scores the opening goal of the game for Liverpool ...
  • ... but Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen soon levels matters
  • Gareth Bale prepares to take a free-kick for Spurs
  • The big Belgian is at it again to hand the north Londoners the lead
  • Steven Gerrard battles with Gareth Bale for the ball
  • Hugo Lloris' miskick allows Stewart Downing to restore parity ...
  • ... before skipper Gerrard's late winner from the spot
The best pictures from Sunday's action in the Barclays Premier League, which included wins for Newcastle and Liverpool.

In the day's other match, Papiss Cisse dragged Newcastle nine points clear of the relegation zone with a dramatic injury-time winner to beat Stoke 2-1.

The Senegal international struck two minutes into stoppage time to complete a comeback after the Potters had threatened to snatch victory at St James' Park.

Jonathan Walters had given the visitors the lead against the run of play from the penalty spot with 67 minutes gone, but Yohan Cabaye's superb free-kick six minutes later set the stage for Cisse's last-gasp winner.

The win was just what manager Alan Pardew had asked for to end a good week and while it was deserved on the balance of play in front of a crowd of 50,703, it looked like evading his side until very late on.

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