Like heavyweight boxers, Spurs and Liverpool traded blows relentlessly

Paul Tierney had a game to forget, but his erratic refereeing made this all the more memorable as a spectacle.

Liverpool's Andrew Robertson (left) scores their side's second goal of the game during the Premier League match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London. Picture: Adam Davy/PA Wire. 

Super Sunday does not always live up to the hype, but a Christmas cracker at Tottenham reminded us what a thrilling distraction football can be.

These isles may be in the grip of another grim wave of Covid-19, but for two hours on Sunday afternoon, the lucky few inside the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, and the millions watching on TV, were treated to a game that had just about everything - thrills, spills, goals and controversy.