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Sunday 4th February 4.30pm
Premier League
Anfield
Into the run of big games and we've started with a win.
The level of performance rose several levels from our previous two outings, too.
Next up is a trip to Anfield to take on a side that we're within touching distance of in the league.
Another victory would see us leapfrog them in the table and put us back into the top four.
Can we overcome our poor record at this ground and make a statement before two more massive matches?
Jurgen Klopp's men have had a largely positive season and have been very impressive at times.
Mohammed Salah has hit the ground running in his first season with the club and their attack is extremely dangerous.
Mane, Firmino and the Egyptian make up a very mobile, quick and fluid trio that we'll do well to stifle.
The loss of Coutinho in January has yet to slow them down significantly, but it is very early days on that front.
Virgil van Dijk was signed from Southampton in an attempt to shore up a slightly suspect defence.
Losses to West Brom and Swansea suggest that it hasn't been entirely successful yet.
The Dutchman was also absent for their comfortable 3-0 victory over Huddersfield on Tuesday.
He's expected to return to the starting line-up for this one, though.
Liverpool went on a very positive run from the end of October until the last few games.
Until their surprise loss to Swansea, they'd gone unbeaten in 18 matches, winning 13 of them.
They followed that defeat with another unexpected one though, crashing out of the FA Cup to West Brom.
Is this just a blip or can we take advantage of a weakness that's suddenly showing?
Our trip to Anfield last season was something of a disaster and easily one of our worst performances.
Two early goals from Sadio Mane gave us a mountain to climb and it could easily have been more.
An isolated Ben Davies was our weak point, as his side was targeted repeatedly and breached easily.
Hopefully we won't see a repeat of this tactical mistake:
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The game at Wembley earlier in the campaign was one of our best performances and a clear highlight.
An early Harry Kane goal set the tone, as we took full advantage of some very sloppy defending.
Heung-Min Son took full advantage of more poor decisions to make it 2-0 after just 12 minutes.
Mohammed Salah pulled one back for the visitors, as he sneaked a shot home, following some dubious refereeing.
Dele Alli restored the two goal lead just before the break and Kane added a fourth early on in the second half:
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Serge Aurier and Harry Winks have returned to full training, but are not available for this one.
The rest of the squad appears to be fit though, which means a possible return for Alderweireld and/or Rose.
Clyne, Klavan, Brewster and Bogdan are out for the hosts, while Lallana also looks unlikely to play.
Neither side has any suspensions.
Lineups for each side's last league game:
Spurs: Lloris; Trippier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies; Dier, Dembele; Eriksen, Alli, Son; Kane.
Subs: Vorm, Walker-Peters, Rose, Wanyama, Sissoko, Lamela, Llorente.
League form: WWDWDW.
Liverpool: Karius; Gomez, Matip, Lovren, Robertson; Can, Henderson, Milner; Salah, Firmino, Mane.
Subs: Mignolet, Alexander-Arnold, van Dijk, Wijnaldum, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Solanke, Ings.
League form: WWWWLW.
Referee: Jonathan Moss.
TV: Sky Sports.
Should we change anything from the side that beat Man Utd?
Does anything need to be altered on our bench?
How do we need to adapt tactically to deal with their lineup?







