Van Dijk Left for Dead by Tottenham's Ivan Perisic with Filthy Skill; Video

• Harry Kane scored his 208th Premier League goal on Sunday, April 30, against Liverpool
• The assist came from Ivan Perisic, who did brilliantly to beat Virgil Van Dijk to dig out a cross
• Van Dijk could not cope with a sublime skill from Perisic as he was left on the ground

Liverpool defender Virgil Van Dijk was left embarrassed after getting sat down by Tottenham’s Ivan Perisic with a sublime skill.

The Reds welcomed Tottenham at Anfield as they looked to boost their faint top four hopes with a win.

In truth, Spurs are currently out of sorts, with Ryan Mason being handed the daunting task of seeing out the season after interim boss Cristian Stellini was also sacked after a poor result.

Spurs were behind in the first three minutes thanks to Curtis Jones, who benefited from Trent Alexander-Arnold's cross, as reported on BBC.

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Moments later it was 2-0 as Luis Diaz marked his first start since September with a goal after some good work from Cody Gakpo.

Gakpo was brought down in the box, and Salah scored the resulting penalty to make it 3-0, with sections of Tottenham fans seeing leaving the stadium soon after.

Perisic’s ankle-breaking skillFor the Spurs fans who left early, they were unfortunate to miss a stand out moment in the game from their side, who pulled one back through Harry Kane

But it was the assist that got people talking as Ivan Perisic did brilliantly to beat Van Dijk, who was left on the ground thanks to the Croatian’s sublime skill.

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As far as the game went, Liverpool almost bottled their three-goal lead, but somehow found a late winner.

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After Kane’s goal made it 3-1, Heung Min Son finished off a brilliant through ball in the 77th minute to make it 3-2.

Substitute Richarlison then scored in injury time with a brave header to level the scores, but Liverpool went forward one last time to steal a late winner, scored by Diogo Jota.

The result was quite significant for Liverpool as they leapfrogged Tottenham to move to fifth on the table as their faint hopes for Champions League football were kept alive.