The panic can start to subside. Forty days after Liverpool last won a Premier League game–and after four games without so much as scoring a single goal–Jurgen Klopp’s side ended its drought with an emphatic 3-1 victory at Tottenham. As the second half went on, the confidence almost visibly returned to the champion, which climbed to third place with the win. In terms of the league title, the damage, though, may have been done through its slump: Liverpool trails in-form leader Manchester City by four points and has played a game more.
Quite apart from the three points, what will be most encouraging for Liverpool are the performances of Sadio Mané and Trent Alexander-Arnold.