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.”
