Weekend review: Stats and reaction as Reds go 14 points clear

Roberto Firmino extended his recent goalscoring streak to secure a 1-0 win at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday and put Jürgen Klopp's team 14 points clear at the Premier League summit.

The victory took Liverpool's points total this season to a staggering 61 - the most any side has ever recorded after 21 games of a campaign across all of Europe's top five leagues.

What they said...

Klopp: "We had to play for it - and in the end we had to fight for it, really hard. We could have closed this game earlier. We should have, I would say; the chances were clear. Until 72 or 73 minutes, I think, we had 77-80 per cent possession, so it is a big challenge to come here and have that amount of possession…