LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Tottenham’s run of 12 games unbeaten in the Barclays Premier League ended at Anfield on Sunday after they were beaten by Liverpool.
Jan Vertonghen was the star for Tottenham with a brace, but his side came up short after Steven Gerrard slotted home an 82nd minute penalty.
Luis Suarez (21) and Stewart Downing (66) were the other scorers for Liverpool in the win.
Also in the Premier League on Sunday, Papiss Demba Cisse scored two late goals for Newcastle to beat Stoke City 2-1.
On Saturday, Andros Townsend and Jermaine Jenas scored stunning goals for QPR to beat Sunderland 3-1 and move closer to saving their Premier League future.
Results and Standings – Barclays English Premier League
Scores: Sunday, March 10
Liverpool 3 Tottenham Hotspur 2
Newcastle United 2 Stoke City 1
Scores: Saturday, March 9
Norwich City 0 Southampton 0
Queens Park Rangers 3 Sunderland 1
Reading 1 Aston Villa 2
West Bromwich Albion 2 Swansea City 1
EPL Standings
Standings P W D L F A Pts
1 Manchester United 28 23 2 3 68 31 71
2 Manchester City 28 17 8 3 51 24 59
3 Tottenham Hotspur 29 16 6 7 51 36 54
4 Chelsea 28 15 7 6 56 30 52
5 Arsenal 28 13 8 7 53 32 47
6 Liverpool 29 12 9 8 56 36 45
7 Everton 28 11 12 5 44 35 45
8 West Bromwich Albion 29 13 4 12 40 38 43
9 Swansea City 29 10 10 9 40 36 40
10 Fulham 28 8 9 11 39 44 33
11 Stoke City 29 7 12 10 27 35 33
12 West Ham United 28 9 6 13 32 41 33
13 Newcastle United 29 9 6 14 40 50 33
14 Norwich City 29 7 12 10 27 45 33
15 Sunderland 29 7 9 13 32 41 30
16 Southampton 29 6 10 13 39 51 28
17 Aston Villa 29 6 9 14 28 54 27
18 Wigan Athletic 28 6 6 16 33 55 24
19 Reading 29 5 8 16 35 56 23
20 Queens Park Rangers 29 4 11 14 24 45 23
