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Liverpool hold off late Tottenham comeback to claim first away win of the season- thanks to Salah brace

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Liverpool's Mohamed Salah scores his side's second goal against Spurs. (AP Photo/David Cliff)

Mohamed Salah struck twice to fire Liverpool to a 2-1 win at Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday.

Jurgen Klopp's team had not won away from home in the league all season and had to hold on in the face of a second-half fightback from Spurs with Harry Kane halving the deficit.
Salah put Liverpool in front after 11 minutes when Darwin Nunez controlled Andy Robertson's pass and teed up his strike partner. Salah swiveled and fired into the bottom corner to beat Hugo Lloris.

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