LONDON — Liverpool ended Tottenham Hotspur's 12-match unbeaten Premier League run when a late Steven Gerrard penalty gave it a 3-2 win at Anfield Sunday after the visitors led 2-1 with little more than 20 minutes to play. The result lifted Liverpool up to sixth in the table and dented third-placed Spurs' hopes of closing in on Manchester City in second place as it chases a spot in next season's Champions League. Uruguayan Luis Suarez opened the scoring with his 50th goal for Liverpool after 21 minutes with a superb strike inside goalkeeper Hugo Lloris' near post, but Spurs equalized just before halftime with a header from Jan Vertonghen. The Belgian defender then fired Spurs ahead after 53 minutes after the Liverpool defense failed to clear, but Stewart Downing equalized in the 66th minute following a mistake from Kyle Walker. Another error from striker Jermain Defoe, back in defense, put Benoit Assou-Ekotto under pressure and he fouled Suarez for the 82nd-minute penalty from which Gerrard sent Lloris the wrong way. In the day's other match, Papiss Cisse dragged Newcastle nine points clear of the relegation zone by scoring in stoppage time to clinch a 2-1 victory over Stoke. Juventus extends lead In Rome, Juventus extended its lead atop Serie A to a commanding nine points Sunday with a last-minute 1-0 win over visiting Catania, while second-place Napoli lost 2-0 at Chievo Verona. Emanuele Giaccherini scored the winner for Juventus in the first minute of added time, finding the target from the edge of the box following a cross from Paul Pogba. In Verona, Senegalese defender Boukary Drame put Chievo ahead 12 minutes in and French forward Cyril Thereau doubled the lead in the 43rd as Napoli goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis had a disappointing day. Napoli forward Edinson Cavani had a penalty saved by Chievo goalkeeper Christian Puggioni in the 13th. Colombian Victor Ibarbo scored a hat trick to give Cagliari a 3-1 win over Sampdoria, although as in its previous games, there were no fans there to watch it due to safety problems at their improvised Is Arenas home. Siena came from behind to win 2-1 at Palermo and Pescara's new coach Cristian Bucchi made a losing start as the bottom side lost 2-1 at Atalanta. Mid-table Parma scored four goals, including a brilliant Amauri hat trick, in the last quarter of an hour to beat Torino 4-1 at home. — Agencies
