Roy Keane and Jamie Redknapp praised Igor Tudor's tactical approach as Tottenham earned their first Premier League point since February with a 1-1 draw against Liverpool
Roy Keane commended Igor Tudor for deploying Dominic Solanke and Richarlison together up front for Tottenham Hotspur during their 1-1 draw with Liverpool.
Both strikers formed a partnership at Anfield, with the Brazilian netting their 90th-minute equalizer. Second-half substitute Randal Kolo Muani provided the assist for the goal, but Solanke caused problems for Joe Gomez and Virgil van Dijk.
Spurs were behind for more than an hour of the match, but secured their first Premier League point since February. In doing so, they ended a sequence of six consecutive defeats across all competitions, the last five of which came since Tudor's interim appointment.
Keane, who had earlier slammed Liverpool's players, praised the manager for fielding two strikers. He said on Sky Sports: "[Spurs' strikers] gave them an outlet and Liverpool struggled to deal with it.
"You always think there is a softness to Spurs, but the physicality of the two players up front was a huge bonus. They were knocking people over.
"Between now and the end of the season, they'll have battles every week. Forest are their next game - huge."
Keane also said: "Spurs dug deep. People have been poking fun at Spurs the last few months, but today they showed that fighting spirit.
"It was ugly sometimes. They went direct; the goal came from direct play. It was unlike Tottenham.
"They showed spirit, fight and quality at the right time. To go a goal down, I thought we'd find out about these lads today. You have to give them credit; they deserved it. Towards the end, Liverpool had one or two chances, but Tottenham could have gone on to win it."
Jamie Redknapp singled out Richarlison for particular praise. He said: "All game, [Richarlison] was a thorn in their side, Gomez and Van Dijk. He had a bit of physicality.
"Spurs might have fallen on a system here, with two strikers: Richarlison and Solanke. They're a handful; they were powerful.
"It wasn't pretty, but they had opportunities. It just became uncomfortable for Liverpool. The longer it went on, you thought [Spurs] would get something."