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 | Tottenham won the battle with Liverpool for the League Europe15-05-2011 |
Tottenham won the immediate battle with Liverpool for a place in Europa League after the match between two teams from the 37th round of Premier League Spurs beat his rival by 2:0.
At Anfield led guests still in a 9-minute goal from Rafael van der Vaart, who realized after a great performance from the air. Centering Modric from a corner was killed on the border of the box where the Dutchman took the ball to chest and volley to score in the top corner for 1:0.
By the end of halftime activities of both teams in defense did not allow to be created serious chances to score.
Spurs, however, reached the second goal in a 56-minute when Luka Modric was accurate for quite a controversial penalty. 11-meter shot was judged by referee Howard Web for contact between Flanagan and Pienaar, but this was outside the penalty area.
By the end of the match and Liverpool failed to reach the goal and so almost certainly will not play in European competition next season.
Spurs in the standings was fifth with 59 points and Liverpool immediately thereafter with 58 rounds remaining.
All results of rounds:
Wigan - West Ham 3:2
Liverpool - Tottenham 0:2
Birmingham - Fulham 0:2
Arsenal - Aston Villa 1:2
Chelsea - Newcastle 2:2
West Bromwich - Everton 1:0
Sunderland - Wolverhampton 1:3
Blackpool - Bolton 4:3
Blackburn - Manchester United 1:1
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