Andre Villas-Boas&#39;s team were on course for a valuable three points when Belgian defender Jan Vertonghen struck twice for the visitors either side of half-time after Luis Suarez gave the Reds a 21st minute lead. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/mar/suarez_1.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 378px;" /> Luis Suarez. Pic/AFP But Stewart Downing capitalised on woeful defending from Spurs right-back Kyle Walker to equalise in the 66th minute. And England star Gerrard netted the winner from the penalty spot in the 82nd minute after Benoit Assou-Ekotto fouled Suarez. Tottenham remain third, but fourth-placed Chelsea, two points behind, and fifth placed Arsenal both now have a game in hand in the race to finish in the top four. &quot;It was a pity for us because we had some good moments. The key moment of the game was when we could have gone 3-1 up through Gylfi Sigurdsson,&quot; Villas-Boas said. &quot;It&#39;s football and we have to hopefully get ourselves back together and go on another good run.&quot; Brendan Rodgers&#39;s Liverpool climb to sixth place, closing the gap on Chelsea to seven points, and retain an outside chance of qualifying for the Champions League. In the day&#39;s other Premier League match, Senegal striker Papiss Demba Cisse bagged a stoppage-time winner as Newcastle boosted their survival bid with a 2-1 victory over Stoke at St James&#39; Park. Alan Pardew&#39;s team moved nine points clear of the Premier League relegation zone thanks to Cisse, who struck two minutes into additional time to complete a fine fightback from the Magpies. Jonathan Walters put Stoke ahead from the penalty spot with 67 minutes gone, but Yohan Cabaye&#39;s superb free-kick soon after gave Newcastle renewed hope. &quot;It&#39;s a massive win,&quot; Pardew said. &quot;Papiss Cisse is a natural goalscorer. It popped up and a lot strikers would have snatched at that, but he has the confidence to let it come all the way down and smash it home. &quot;We go home in a much different situation than we would have been if it hadn&#39;t gone in. This goal will do him the world of good. We&#39;ve improved dramatically and needed to.&quot;

Steven Gerrard put a dent in Tottenham's bid to qualify for the Champions League as the Liverpool captain's late penalty clinched a 3-2 win at Anfield on Sunday

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