Harry Kane rescues point for Spurs against Liverpool

Tottenham missed the opportunity to increase pressure on Premier League leaders Leicester City as they could only draw with Liverpool at Anfield.

Harry Kane’s superb finish on the turn after 63 minutes gave Spurs a point after Philippe Coutinho slipped in Daniel Sturridge’s pass early in the second half.

Keeper Hugo Lloris kept Spurs on level terms with fine saves from Sturridge and two from Adam Lallana in the opening half – while Coutinho was inches off target in the closing moments.

Mauricio Pochettino’s side had chances of their own in the second half, with Liverpool keeper Simon Mignolet saving well from Christian Eriksen and Mousa Dembele, while Son Heung-min should have done better than volley wide from Eric Dier’s pass.

The draw means Leicester would go seven points clear with victory at home to Southampton on Sunday.

One point gained or two lost for Spurs?

Kane’s brilliant turn and finish after Eriksen chased a lost cause into the corner at least gave Spurs a point when they threatened to leave Anfield empty-handed after Coutinho’s opener.

In the final reckoning, however, they will regard this as a chance missed – and manager Pochettino’s body language seemed to suggest as much as he agonised over Mignolet’s late save from Dembele and the sight of Toby Alderweireld’s header flashing inches wide from the resulting corner.

Spurs will now be banking on Southampton doing them a favour at the King Power Stadium on Sunday as a seven-point advantage with only six games left is a big gap to claw back and would need something close to a Foxes collapse.

A point still gives Spurs something to cling to as they chase that first title in 55 years – but they will know it could have been all three had they been more clinical to benefit fully from that outstanding first-half work by keeper Lloris.