Half time view of SunSport’s Jack Rosser at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Both sides have struggled to recover from the early Bentancur injury, which understandably sapped the atmosphere from the stadium.

Neither side have settled well, but Liverpool look way off their best.

The Reds have been wasteful on the ball, turning possession over to Spurs far too regularly.

Rodrigo Bentancur update

Sky Sports say Bentancur was accompanied by the club doctors into the dressing room after being stretchered off and remains there with them.

At half time, Mark Chapman said: “The latest we have on Rodrigo Bentancur after that awful looking injury is that when he was stretchered off he was accompanied by doctors to the dressing room and he’s still in there with the doctors.

“That’s the only update we have at the moment.”

Rodrigo Bentancur – what we know

We’re still awaiting an update on Rodrigo Bentancur after the worrying scenes of the first half.

The midfielder stooped to meet a corner after six-and-a-half minutes and it looked like he simply just missed the ball as Spurs kept the attack going.

Pedro Porro acted quicker than anyone, sprinting over to help his team-mate before players from both sides frantically waved on medical help.

Sky Sports were quick to come away from the live pictures before later showing the midfielder receiving oxygen before being transferred to a stretcher and taken off the field some eight minutes or so later.