Djed Spence fumes at Dejan Kulusevski and how Tottenham ace angered celebrating Liverpool fans

It was always going to be a case of how long Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham could keep Liverpool at bay following Dominic Solanke's surprise opener at Anfield. The striker's header against his former club was not in the script on a day when the Reds only needed a point to wrap up the Premier League title.

Putting in the work to win a corner off Ibrahima Konate in the 12th minute, . Tottenham would only hold the lead for a total of four minutes as Diaz restored parity from close range after a VAR check.

Dominik Szoboszlai took in Mohamed Salah's pass after running off far too easily, with Kevin Danso not spotting Diaz's run off his shoulder as the Colombian tapped home into an empty net. There would be some more poor play for Liverpool's second of the afternoon that was scored by Alexis Mac Allister.

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Ryan Gravenberch outmuscled Gray in the box after a poor pass from and the ball fell kindly into the path of the ex-Brighton & Hove Albion man. Mac Allister duly did the rest with a rasping drive from the edge of the box that gave Guglielmo Vicario no chance.

after Spurs failed to clear a Mac Allister corner properly. Gakpo made light work of Brennan Johnson as both competed for the ball in the box and Solanke should have done better when sticking a leg out to stop the Dutchman prior to letting fly.

Salah was to have his say on the big occasion just past the hour mark as Liverpool countered at speed after substitute had lost possession on the edge of the Reds' area. The Swede was in a very good position but he continued to dally on the ball and in the end he was robbed of possession.

had put himself into a good area on the overlap down Spurs' right but he was ignored by his teammate. The full-back made his feelings perfectly clear at the time as Kulusevski elected against feeding him and then he did likewise after the hosts had sprinted all the way upfield and Salah found the bottom corner of Vicario's goal.

Spence was just over the halfway line at the time of Salah's goal and he put both his arms out in front of him and gestured angrily to his teammate that he should have passed him the ball. The 24-year-old was not impressed one bit and it was a decision that proved costly.

Spence was in no mood for the party celebrations that happened a bit later in the second half as a number of balloons made their way on to the pitch. A silver balloon in the shape of the Premier League trophy crossed his path and he duly burst it by stamping on it.

Liverpool fans didn't take too kindly to his actions and he was roundly booed by home supporters and the same actually happened to Wilson Odobert who repeated the trick on the other side of the pitch. It was the Reds who had the last laugh, though,

Spurs' defending on the day was extremely poor and Liverpool could have actually scored more than the five they managed considering the amount of space they were afforded at times in key areas of the pitch. It remains to be seen if Spurs would have fared any better had opted to start first-choice duo Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven rather than resting them.

Making a total of eight changes to his Tottenham XI with Thursday's Europa League tie against Bodo/Glimt in mind, it proved to be another dreadful day for all connected with the club. just how much of a concern is it that his team can produce a stunning performance like they did at Eintracht Frankfurt but then aren't able to compete in the same way when he changes his team in the league.

"It's not easy, it's not easy on the players because if you sort of look at Liverpool's line up you can almost pick it on a weekly basis," said the Australian. "I had made a lot of changes but I just felt it was necessary.

"A lot of our players have missed a lot of this season with injuries and it wasn't just about bringing them back but managing their minutes because obviously we want them ready. Guys like Micky and Romero today could have played but they've missed so much of the season that we've just got to be really careful about when we use them. Guys like Pedro [Porro] and [Rodrigo] Bentancur have played a lot this year.

"It has been a juggling act for sure and that hasn't helped the team, hasn't helped the players and when you're facing the best you pay that price."

Tottenham paid the price at Anfield on Sunday afternoon and they have to ensure that is not the case on Thursday when they host Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League. Postecoglou will again make changes to his Spurs XI and that will likely see Romero, Van de Ven and others come straight back into the team.

If they are to get their hands on the Europa League trophy come Wednesday, May 21, they will have to defend so much better than they did at Anfield.