Tottenham held 0-0 by Bournemouth in Premier League

What a glorious weekend it was for Liverpool.

The Tottenham boss continued to explain that “football is a collective sport” and that “we assess the team and take the best solution to try and play in every game with freshness”.

The fact Spurs remain unbeaten will be little consolation, though, given that victory would have seen them top the table.

Now after slowly progressing and earning a place in Eddie Howe’s team he was allowed the full 90-minutes against Spurs suggesting he is ready play more regularly.

“Listen, it’s not easy to play three times in a row away”.

“It’s always hard to play a big team like Liverpool, it’ll be tough”, he told a pre-match news conference. Next up for Mauricio Pochettino’s men is an EFL Cup trip to Anfield.

Lucas Leiva, Daniel Sturridge, Ragnar Klavan, Divock Origi and Alberto Moreno will also be among those hoping to get a chance to shine on Tuesday night. Youngsters Trent Arnold and Marko Grujic are likely to feature, with Kevin Stewart and Danny Ings also coming into the side.

“Probably more proud than I was this time last week (when Bournemouth beat Hull City 6-1), partly because of the quality of the opposition we were playing against”.

Janssen finished as the Eredivisie’s leading goal-scoring last season after a return of 27 goals in 34 appearances in all competitions. Sadly he has not yet had the chance to prove it.

Tottenham’s dominance meant that Bournemouth were struggling to make more chances, a header and a shot from Callum Wilson — both off target — their only further efforts before the interval. “But it wasn’t bad intention, it was because we felt exhausted at the beginning”. Only the last few games he has been on the bench. If not Jordan Henderson because he’s suspended, he can play Lucas Leiva.

Mauricio Pochettino’s side have established themselves as one of the title contenders this season after beating Manchester City 4-1 at White Hart Lane earlier in the season, and will be favourites going into the game against the Cherries.

Dave Usher is one of ESPN’s Liverpool bloggers and the founder of LFC fanzine and website The Liverpool Way. Both teams have bigger fish to fry this season and that will probably be reflected in the lineups.