Super Mario back in the game for Liverpool

Premier League

The A-team theme tune was played shortly before kick-off at Anfield last night and Brendan Rodgers could be forgiven for breaking out a John ‘Hannibal’ Smith style cigar and declaring: “I love it when a plan comes together.”

Such is the momentum building that Rodgers even managed to coax a dramatic late winner out of much-derided enigma Mario Balotelli, who came off the bench to secure all three points against Tottenham.