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Liverpool recovers to beat Tottenham 2-1, takes 6-point lead

By ROB HARRIS nect with the rebound,
Associated Press sending a stooping header
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) past Alisson Becker with
— Mohamed Salah com- only 47 seconds on the
pleted the recovery after clock.
Liverpool conceded in the It was something of a rarity:
first minute against Totten- No opposition player has
ham on Sunday, clinching scored here in the league
a 2-1 victory from the pen- in the first minute of a game
alty spot and restoring a six- this century.
point Premier League lead. As Tottenham manager
Salah's 75th-minute winner Mauricio Pochettino shuf-
— after Serge Aurier clum- fles the defense and mid-
sily clipped Sadio Mane — field from game to game,
was the striker's eighth goal Kane seems the one cer-
of the title chase. tainty to start. So too, for
But Liverpool's equalizer now, Paulo Gazzaniga,
had come from the less with first-choice goalkeep-
likely source of Jordan Hen- er Hugo Lloris out until the
derson who nettted for the new year with an elbow
first time at Anfield in four injury.
years in the 52nd minute. Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, right, celebrates with his teammate Jordan Henderson after scoring The understudy more than
The England vice captain his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and lived up to the task.
canceled out the open- Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. There was a double save
er from England captain Associated Press to deny Salah and Roberto
Harry Kane who took only Firmino before getting a
47 seconds to send Totten- in the Champions League alty in Madrid. Redemption picked out Son Heung-min fingertip to Virgil van Dijk's
ham into a shock lead af- final, when Salah netted an came after 148 days for the on the left wing. header.
ter a lackluster start to the early penalty. French midfielder, and al- The South Korea forward Not even the power of Trent
season for the 10th-place Liverpool's breakthrough on most as quickly. brushed past Henderson Alexander-Arnold's shot
London club. its way to a sixth European Launching a counterattack before his shot hit the bar, from outside the penalty
It was a reverse of the last Cup came when Mousa Sis- after 30 seconds, Sissoko's helped by a deflection off area was enough to find
meeting between Totten- soko handled after 22 sec- surging run left a trail of red Dejan Lovren. a way past Gazzaniga ap-
ham and Liverpool in June onds to concede a pen- shirts in his wake before he Kane was primed to con- proaching the half hour.q

Federer dominates De Minaur to win 10th Swiss Indoors title

Associated Press come for you. You are go-
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) ing up from here."
— Roger Federer won his Federer forced the first
hometown Swiss Indoors break of service leading 2-1
title for the 10th time by in the first set, though only
dominating Alex de Minaur after De Minaur saved one
in a 6-2, 6-2 victory on Sun- chance in a 39-shot rally.
day. It ended when Federer
The 38-year-old Federer put pushed a backhand wide.
on a tennis clinic in his first Federer clinched the break
match against the 20-year- by finishing the next point
old Australian, who was not with a clinical overhead
born when the Swiss great crosscourt volley for a win-
turned professional and first ner.
played at Basel in 1998. He forced two set points on
Mixing speeds and an- his opponent's serve and
gles with powerful ground took the second when De
strokes, Federer clinched Minaur netted a forehand.
on his first match point Federer also broke De
when De Minaur sent a Minaur's next service game
forehand wide. in the second set, taking
Federer's 10th Basel title his third break chance. A
was one of his most effi- Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates after defeating Alex De Minaur of Australia during their forehand passing shot from
cient. He did not drop a final match at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, on behind the baseline left De
set in four matches played, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. Minaur at the net.
and was never pushed to a Associated Press De Minaur earned some re-
tiebreaker. spite saving another break
"I was really hoping that amazing." match," Federer said. "I was is the 103rd of his career. De chance at 4-1, and even
Roger was going to get sick Sunday's final took just 68 great on the offense, made Minaur has 100 fewer titles put rare pressure on Feder-
of winning here and give minutes, and Federer's lon- very few unforced errors and won all three previous er's serve at 0-30 in the next
someone else a chance," gest match all week lasted and came up with the big finals he played this season. game. Federer quickly took
De Minaur said during the 79 minutes. shots and served well when Praising his 28th-ranked op- back control with a back-
trophy ceremony. "Too "It was fast but very nice. I had to." ponent, Federer predicted hand half-volley passing
good again, that was I think I played a great Federer's fourth title in 2019 "so many more things to shot.q