Reaction'The best feeling as a striker' - Hugo Ekitike delighted to score again as Liverpool beat Spurs
Hugo Ekitike called scoring goals ‘the best feeling as a striker’ after his rich vein of form continued in Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur.
The forward netted for a third consecutive Premier League appearance with a clever header that put his side two goals up at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday evening.
Ekitike has scored five times in his last three top-flight outings and, overall, has tallied 11 for the Reds since his summer transfer from Eintracht Frankfurt.
He told BBC Match of the Day: “[It is] the best feeling as a striker. You need goals. The most important is the win and to play with confidence, and obviously if I can help with goals.
“The first goal I helped with the pass before the assist, so I try to help the team the best as I can and that’s the most important.”
An eventful match in London featured a first-half red card for Spurs’ Xavi Simons, before Alexander Isak put Liverpool in front with a clinical finish soon after the restart.
Ekitike’s header then made it 2-0 but Tottenham pulled one back inside the final 10 minutes through Richarlison, with their captain Cristian Romero then also sent off in stoppage time for a second bookable offence.
Ekitike added: “It wasn’t our best game, a difficult game, but we had the control. It was difficult in the last part of the second half because they pushed and they scored. We kept the result and we go back to Liverpool with the win, that is the most important thing.
“It is never easier [to play against 10 men]. They play at home, the fans push them and they have more energy, more than at the start.
“That makes it more difficult, so you have to play smart and to fight for every ball.”