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Champions League: Tottenham shock City but lose Harry Kane as Liverpool records victory

Liverpool have taken a big step towards the semi-finals of the Champions League with a 2-0 home win over Porto, while Tottenham Hotspur shocked Manchester City 1-0 but lost their star Harry Kane to a potentially season-ending injury in a reports gathered by VAM News.

First-half goals from Naby Keita and Roberto Firmino gave Liverpool a solid advantage in the quarter-final first leg with Porto on Wednesday, and Jurgen Klopp's side will feel confident going into next week's return.

Tottenham coach Mauricio Pochettino said he feared talisman Kane could miss the remainder of the season after suffering another ankle injury in the win.

The England captain, who was out for a more than a month after sustaining ligament damage in January, rolled his ankle and was then caught on it by Fabian Delph.

"If you see the action it is an action that can damage the ligament again. We need to check in the next few days," Pochettino said post-match.

"It is so painful. We hope it is not a big issue and [he'll] try to recover as soon as possible, but it doesn't look good."
     Harry Kane looks to have suffered a serious injury (CREDIT:VAM gallery).
Asked if he was worried Kane's season could be over, Pochettino said: "Yes".

Beaten finalists in 2018, five-time champions Liverpool were immediately on top against two-time Portuguese winners Porto.

They needed only five minutes at Anfield before Keita opened the scoring from the edge of the box, with a deflected shot flying past Iker Casillas.

A second goal followed in the 26th minute when Trent Alexander-Arnold hit the byline and Firmino slotted home.

Porto's Moussa Marega, chasing a goal in a seventh consecutive Champions League games, had a trio of half-chances easily saved by Alisson.

Firmino blazed off target when a third looked certain before the break but despite Liverpool continuing to press it never did arrive.

"I'm happy, it's the first game ahead of an intense second leg," Klopp said.

"We scored two wonderful goals and controlled the game most of the time."

Liverpool top the Premier League table by two points from second-placed City, who are chasing an English record haul of four trophies in a season.

That was placed in jeopardy by Son's 78th minute winner, turning back from the byline and drilling a close-range shot through keeper Ederson.

"As a team we never give up, we fight until 90 minutes. I think we deserved to win, we were more clinical," Son said.

Pep Guardiola's men had been gifted an early chance when Danny Rose, after a video review, was penalised for handling Raheem Sterling's shot. Aguero stepped up but his poor penalty was saved by Hugo Lloris.

City laboured but at least return home with a better result than a year ago, when a three-goal first-half blitz by Liverpool at Anfield effectively eliminated them.

"We created chances, more than the penalty ... we controlled the game, we did not let them run a lot," Guardiola said.

"The result is not the best one but we have to make these kind of comebacks."

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