Matip's late own goal seals Spurs win over nine-man Liverpool

Tottenham snatched a dramatic 2-1 win against nine-manLiverpool as Joel Matip's last-gasp own-goal ended the Reds' resistance afterCurtis Jones and Diogo Jota were sent off.

Ange Postecoglou's side shattered Liverpool's unbeaten startto the Premier League season and extended their own thanks to the grippingclimax to a pulsating clash in north London.

Jones was dismissed in the first half before Tottenham tookthe lead through Son Heung-min's opener.

Cody Gakpo equalised just before half-time but Liverpoolwere reduced to nine when Jota saw red after the interval.

It seemed Liverpool would hold out against the odds untilMatip accidently diverted Pedro Porro's cross into his own net with justseconds left.

After a dismal run of one win in their previous 23 meetingswith Liverpool in all competitions, Tottenham could finally savour a rare successagainst the Anfield outfit.

It was Tottenham's first win against Liverpool since 2017when the north Londoners were using Wembley as their temporary home.

Postecoglou's men moved above Liverpool into second place,just one point behind Manchester City after the champions' surprise loss atWolves earlier on Saturday.

Liverpool, beaten for the first time in nine games in allcompetitions, are one point behind Tottenham in fourth place.

For Postecoglou, it was an especially sweet success after hegrew up in Australia idolising legendary Liverpool boss Bill Shankly as achildhood fan of the Reds' great 1970s teams.

The former Celtic boss has done a remarkable job revivingTottenham following their woeful campaign under his predecessor Antonio Conte.

While it is too early to label Tottenham as titlecontenders, they have already beaten Liverpool and Manchester United, as wellas drawing with Arsenal, to underline Postecoglou's impressive impact.

Postecoglou's latest memorable result was kick-started inthe 26th minute when Jones' raised boot caught Yves Bissouma on the ankle.

Referee Simon Hooper initially gave a yellow card but afterbeing told to consult the pitchside monitor he upgraded the punishment to ared.

Postecoglou's men had a narrow escape when Luis Diazsprinted onto Mohamed Salah's pass and fired into the far corner, only to seean offside flag disallow the goal.

Tottenham made the most of that escape to take the lead inthe 36th minute.

James Maddison's sublime pass picked out Richarlison's rundown the left flank and the Brazilian's cross was perfectly weighted for Son toflick home from close-range.

It was Son's sixth goal this season after his brace in lastweekend's draw at Arsenal.

Having scored in the midweek League Cup win againstLeicester, Gakpo was preferred up front to Darwin Nunez, who netted againstWest Ham last Sunday but had to settle for a place on the bench

Gakpo repaid Jurgen Klopp's faith in first halfstoppage-time as Dominik Szoboszlai's cross was headed back across goal byVirgil van Dijk and the Dutch striker took a touch before firing a powerfulshot past Guglielmo Vicario from 10 yards.

Diaz stretched to poke Salah's cross just wide from a goodposition as Liverpool threatened to complete their fightback.

However, Tottenham regained control after the break andMaddison's curler forced a superb save from Alisson, who made an equally goodstop to deny Son from close-range.

Having injured himself while scoring Liverpool's equaliser,Gakpo was replaced by Jota at half-time.

But Jota was needlessly dismissed after 69 minutes for asliding challenge on Destiny Udogie just 90 seconds after the Portugal forwardwas booked for clipping the same player.

Liverpool have already had four players sent off this seasonafter only one Reds star was dismissed in the whole of last term.

Tottenham kept pushing in the face of Liverpool's masseddefence and finally got their reward six minutes into stoppage-time.

Porro's low cross forced Matip to block but hisout-stretched leg flicked the ball past Alisson to spark wild Tottenhamcelebrations.