Salah faces Kane as Liverpool, Spurs battle for top four

Liverpool head into the game looking to get back to back victories after back to back defeats. Languid, lethargic and curiously lacking in intensity, Tottenham were outplayed from start to finish by Liverpool, who scored twice in quick succession early on and coasted to a 2-0 victory. Update: so apparently there’s a rule that states that new signings can not play in an FA Cup replay if they were not registered for the first match, which rules Lucas out vs. Newport.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will be hopeful of a return to the side here, perhaps in place of James Milner, while Virgil Van Dijk could also be due a recall after being left out in midweek. “It would be better for him to train for next 10 days before Southampton game”.

The boss said: “I’m very happy with him but there will always be up and downs”. ‘We will all see Van Dijk at his best after the summer but we don’t have the time to wait until then, why should we?

“Then, the senior players we gave on loan, I think that made sense as well”. To be competitive in every competition it is important to have players fit and available.

The loss of Coutinho notwithstanding, Liverpool still has firepower with the EPL’s No. 2 scorer, Mohamed Salah, along with Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino.

“Exciting? No. We signed a player that is not playing at PSG”, Pochettino said at a press conference. You don’t normally get that many opportunities against United.

Serge Aurier (calf) and Harry Winks (ankle) seem to have recovered from their respective injuries and are in contention to feature on Sunday.

But defeat would leave them five points adrift of Jürgen Klopp’s men and eight points behind United, while Arsenal won convincingly on Saturday and Chelsea are likely to bounce back from defeat against an out-of-sorts Watford on Monday night. In the meantime, we’ll be keeping you updated with all the buildup to the game, including team news as it’s released, our live matchday thread, and post-match recaps from The Liverpool Offside staff.

One look at the list of Premier League transfer spending for the 2017/18 season told a tale of the goings on at Anfield. Sunday’s game could go a long way to showing us where Tottenham perceive themselves in the grand scheme of things.

After failing to score against United Kane remains on 99 Premier League goals.

With Tottenham just two points behind third-placed Liverpool, the game represents a crucial match in the battle for a Champions League place. Both managers demand high intensity, high pressing football, so don’t expect to see either team sit back and defend.

“We played well against Liverpool at Wembley so we have to go to Anfield full of confidence”.

Mauricio Pochettino’s side will travel to Anfield on Sunday, just four months after they comprehensively humbled their hosts in October’s corresponding fixture.