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Andrew Madley ???????
TEAM FORM
Spurs - LLDWW ------- Liverpool - WLWLW
We take on Liverpool in a huge clash in the Premier League on Sunday. The visitors are languishing eight points behind the top four places ahead of the weekend's action, while we are five points behind league leaders Arsenal.
Having secured a crucial 2-1 win away to Marseille to secure top spot in Group D of the Champions League on Tuesday, We should head into Sunday's encounter against Liverpool with plenty of confidence.
We fell behind yet again to Chancel Mbemba's powerful header on the stroke of half-time as we looked to be on the verge of being eliminated from Europe's elite competition, but Lenglet's equaliser moved us back into second place, before PEH's rasping injury-time winner clinched top spot.
It was the second successive match where we came from behind to win after being on the cusp of suffering a third successive Premier League defeat when trailing Bournemouth 2-0 last weekend, but goals from Sessegnon, Davies and another injury-time winner via Bentancur turned the match on its head.
That win ensured we will remain in the top four positions regardless of our result against Liverpool, although the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea and their forthcoming opponents all have a game in hand on us, making it a great opportunity to extend their lead over them.
Having failed to beat Liverpool in any of their last 10 meetings in all competitions, however, there may be a psychological hurdle for us to overcome when the Reds arrive in North London.
While Liverpool have massively struggled for consistency this season, their 2-0 win against Napoli in the Champions League on Tuesday was further evidence that they can still mix it with any team on their day.
Klopp’s side are the only team to have beaten Manchester City, Newcastle and the Italian league leaders so far this season, yet they have fallen to successive Premier League defeats to Nottingham Forest and Leeds United in recent weeks.
While Liverpool's performances have been patchy to say the least throughout the course of the season, Klopp's side are consistently creating chances, with Nunez and Firmino both guilty of missing presentable chances with the scoreline level against Leeds, who admittedly benefitted from having an inspired Meslier between the posts.
The German will be demanding more ruthlessness from his attacking players at theour on Sunday, as they surely cannot afford to fall 13 points behind the top three teams in the table, which would be the case should they succumb to a third consecutive league loss.
Andrew Madley ???????
TEAM FORM
Spurs - LLDWW ------- Liverpool - WLWLW
We take on Liverpool in a huge clash in the Premier League on Sunday. The visitors are languishing eight points behind the top four places ahead of the weekend's action, while we are five points behind league leaders Arsenal.
Having secured a crucial 2-1 win away to Marseille to secure top spot in Group D of the Champions League on Tuesday, We should head into Sunday's encounter against Liverpool with plenty of confidence.
We fell behind yet again to Chancel Mbemba's powerful header on the stroke of half-time as we looked to be on the verge of being eliminated from Europe's elite competition, but Lenglet's equaliser moved us back into second place, before PEH's rasping injury-time winner clinched top spot.
It was the second successive match where we came from behind to win after being on the cusp of suffering a third successive Premier League defeat when trailing Bournemouth 2-0 last weekend, but goals from Sessegnon, Davies and another injury-time winner via Bentancur turned the match on its head.
That win ensured we will remain in the top four positions regardless of our result against Liverpool, although the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea and their forthcoming opponents all have a game in hand on us, making it a great opportunity to extend their lead over them.
Having failed to beat Liverpool in any of their last 10 meetings in all competitions, however, there may be a psychological hurdle for us to overcome when the Reds arrive in North London.
While Liverpool have massively struggled for consistency this season, their 2-0 win against Napoli in the Champions League on Tuesday was further evidence that they can still mix it with any team on their day.
Klopp’s side are the only team to have beaten Manchester City, Newcastle and the Italian league leaders so far this season, yet they have fallen to successive Premier League defeats to Nottingham Forest and Leeds United in recent weeks.
While Liverpool's performances have been patchy to say the least throughout the course of the season, Klopp's side are consistently creating chances, with Nunez and Firmino both guilty of missing presentable chances with the scoreline level against Leeds, who admittedly benefitted from having an inspired Meslier between the posts.
The German will be demanding more ruthlessness from his attacking players at theour on Sunday, as they surely cannot afford to fall 13 points behind the top three teams in the table, which would be the case should they succumb to a third consecutive league loss.
Team News
We suffered a major blow at Stade Velodrome in midweek, with Son withdrawn during the first half having suffered a fractured eye socket in a collision with Mbemba.
The South Korea forward is now a major doubt to appear for his country at the World Cup in Qatar later this month, and his personal blow compounds Spurs' attacking woes with Richarlison also ruled out due to a muscle injury and Kulusevski unlikely to be able to start having only returned to light training in the past day or two.
Crristian Romero has missed his side's last two matches with a muscle strain and may not be risked with the World Cup beginning exactly two weeks after this fixture, with Dier potentially filling in as a right-sided centre-half once again in order to allow left-footers Lenglet and Davies to complete Conte's back three.
Liverpool, meanwhile, were boosted by the return of Konate to their backline against Napoli, and the France defender is likely to receive the nod ahead of Gomez alongside van Dijk against us.
Nunez scored from the bench against Napoli's side and should replace Curtis Jones on the left flank, while Robertson and Henderson were both rested altogether and should freshen up the side in place of Tsimikas and Milner, who has been ruled out of contention after suffering concussion on Tuesday.
Diaz, Jota, Arthur, Keita and Matif, remain sidelined with long-term injuries
The South Korea forward is now a major doubt to appear for his country at the World Cup in Qatar later this month, and his personal blow compounds Spurs' attacking woes with Richarlison also ruled out due to a muscle injury and Kulusevski unlikely to be able to start having only returned to light training in the past day or two.
Crristian Romero has missed his side's last two matches with a muscle strain and may not be risked with the World Cup beginning exactly two weeks after this fixture, with Dier potentially filling in as a right-sided centre-half once again in order to allow left-footers Lenglet and Davies to complete Conte's back three.
Liverpool, meanwhile, were boosted by the return of Konate to their backline against Napoli, and the France defender is likely to receive the nod ahead of Gomez alongside van Dijk against us.
Nunez scored from the bench against Napoli's side and should replace Curtis Jones on the left flank, while Robertson and Henderson were both rested altogether and should freshen up the side in place of Tsimikas and Milner, who has been ruled out of contention after suffering concussion on Tuesday.
Diaz, Jota, Arthur, Keita and Matif, remain sidelined with long-term injuries
Head-to-Head
We first played each other on Saturday 13th November 1909 where beat them 1-0 in the League at home.
Since then we have played each other 177 times where we have won 48, they won 84 and 45 games have been drawn.
League: We have won 42, they have won 75 and 41 games have been drawn
League Cup: We have won 4, they have won 2 and 4 games have been drawn
FA Cup: We have won 1, they have won 4 and 2 games were drawn
Other Cup: We have won 1, they have won 3 and none drawn
Since then we have played each other 177 times where we have won 48, they won 84 and 45 games have been drawn.
League: We have won 42, they have won 75 and 41 games have been drawn
League Cup: We have won 4, they have won 2 and 4 games have been drawn
FA Cup: We have won 1, they have won 4 and 2 games were drawn
Other Cup: We have won 1, they have won 3 and none drawn
