IT took a bit of Mo magic to win it.
Mo Salah, scoring Liverpools winner with a 75thminute penalty, made the difference.
The Premier League leaders, forced to fight back from a goal down after conceding just 47 seconds in, deserved it.
After Harry Kane put Tottenham into a shock lead, steering in a header beyond Alisson, Liverpool were made to work for their win.
Paulo Gazzaniga, the stand-in keeper for crocked Hugo Lloris, can be proud of his first half performance.
He did not deserve to be on the losing side.
It took Liverpool 52 minutes to beat him, finally getting through when Jordan Henderson lashed in the equaliser.
There was only one winner after that.
Liverpool were relentless, with Gazzaniga saving from Salah, Roberto Firmino, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk during a memorable first half.
When he was beaten just after the restart, there was only one outcome.
The chance arrived after 73 minutes when spaghetti legs Serge Aurier clumsily tripped Mane inside the area.
A minute later, when Salah began his bendy run-up, the league leaders went in front.
Gazzaniga was unmoved, beaten in a game of bluff when Salah drilled in the penalty in front of the Kop.
Back in June, when these two teams played against each other in the Champions League final, Liverpool were a different class.
Nothing has changed.
