Follow text commentary of Liverpool's Premier League clash with Tottenham at Anfield in what is turning out to be a Europa League play-off for fifth place - LIVE from 4pm UK time.

Van der Vaart is still trying to find his range as he lets fly with a strike from 25 yards which goes well wide of Pepe Reina's goal.

Some neat one-touch play forward from Spurs, but Pienaar and Rafael van der Vaart get in each other's way as they both try and shoot from the edge of the box.

Spurs take a free-kick on the left short. John Flanagan blocks Steven Pienaar's cross.

Tottenham are, however, looking to complete the league double over Liverpool for the first time since 1986-87.

Bright start from Spurs here. They are looking to arrest their poor run of results at Liverpool. They have not won in their last 16 PL visits to Anfield, since a 2-1 victory in August 1993 when Teddy Sheringham scored twice.

Here's a recap of the table as it stands going into this match. Liverpool can secure Europa League football with a win today.

Liverpool kick off and the match is underway!

Just to recap - Liverpool's great late-season form has seen them sneak into the top five, also thanks to Spurs being really poor after their Champions League campaign ground to a halt. The Reds are two points above Spurs - a win today seals them fifth.

The players are coming out on to the Anfield pitch now. We'll be underway shortly...

Harry Redknapp branded fans who call into radio shows to complain about the team without having watched the game "idiots". "Who rings up a radio station? My dad lived for football, went every Saturday, but he wouldn't pick up the phone to a radio station. It's absolute nonsense. They're idiots who don't even watch football. They say, 'We were rubbish today'. The guys on the radio ask them if they were at the game, and they say, 'No, I heard it on the radio'."

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has stressed it is not imperative for the club to spend big this summer. "Whether is it massively or cheaply, it doesn't make any difference as long as you spend well," said the 60-year-old.

Thanks to OptaJoe for this one - Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has scored as many goals for Spurs as he has for the Reds (3).

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has won two of his five Prem matches against Harry Redknapp (2 defeats). Their last Prem meeting came when Redknapp’s West Ham won 1-0 at Dalglish’s Newcastle in February 1998.

Liverpool and Tottenham have met 135 times in the league. Liverpool have won 63, Tottenham 38 and 34 draws; They have met 37 times in the Premier League, Liverpool have won 17, Tottenham 10 and 10 draws.

Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)

TEAMS - Liverpool: Reina, Flanagan, Carragher, Skrtel, Johnson, Kuyt, Lucas, Spearing, Maxi, Suarez, Carroll; Subs: Gulacsi, Cole, Kyrgiakos, Ngog, Poulsen, Shelvey, Robinson /// Tottenham: Cudicini, Kaboul, Dawson, King, Rose, Lennon, Modric, Sandro, Pienaar, Van der Vaart, Crouch; Subs: Pletikosa, Pavlyuchenko, Defoe, Bassong, Kranjcar, Livermore, Bostock