It quickly got even better for Spurs as Roberto Rosales was rightly punished for bringing down Bale and, this time, Pavlyuchenko stepped up to takethe spot-kick and send the keeper thewrongway.
Kuyt scored the first effort only to be ordered to re-take by referee Howard Webb, but the Dutchman held his nerve to send Gomes thewrongway and keep Liverpool in the race for the fourth Champions League place.