Spurs are poised to ruin the Klopp show

After a dreary international break, in which the only real highlights were Dele Alli’s apparently controversial call-up and a Harry Kane goal/own goal, we finally see the return of real football as we play host to Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool side in the early kick-off tomorrow afternoon.

Doubtless, the focus of the media will be on Klopp and his Liverpool side, who are now without Danny Ings and Joe Gomez. Klopp’s first game in the Premier League will be an interesting watch, and while Spurs will play second-fiddle in the build up to the game, after seven – yes, seven – games unbeaten, involving a convincing 4-1 demolition of the title favourites Manchester City, there is a good chance that we could heap yet more misery on the suffering Liverpool fans.

[linequote]How Liverpool handle Alli will be the deciding factor in this game.[/linequote]

With one of our brightest youngsters, Eric Dier, unavailable, the pressure will be on the returning players like Ryan Mason and Nabil Bentaleb to step-up to the challenge of covering for him. Pochettino may be tempted to draft summer signing Toby Alderweireld in as a holding midfielder, but personally I would want to keep the same back five that started against Manchester City.

Korean Heung Min-Son looks set to miss the game after failing to recover from a foot injury sustained against Manchester City, so it will be interesting to see how Pochettino adapts to this problem. He may opt to start Dele Alli as the 10, pushing the youngster further forward to provide a more incisive edge to the team. Alli, as well as Dier, have been the surprise packages so far of this season. How Liverpool handle Alli will be the deciding factor in this game.

Hopefully we will see the enigmatic Christian Eriksen continue his run of good form. After two sublime free kicks against Swansea, Spurs fans everywhere will be hoping to see the Danish game changer that shone for us at the turn of 2015. Eriksen is, in my view, our best outfield player, and we look a much stronger team with him in it and on form.

The Liverpool back line that Rodgers built has many weaknesses and isn’t the complete article by any stretch of the imagination – Sakho, Skrtel and Clyne have all struggled at times already this season – and this must be something we look to exploit. Hopefully the technical ability and movement of Eriksen and Lamela will be too much for them to handle, although much will depend on how the Argentine feels after having travelled to South America midweek for World Cup qualifying games.

[linequote]It may be a new chapter for Liverpool, but with the right attitude and performance, we can continue our unbeaten run that stretches back to our opening game of the season.[/linequote]

The attention will no doubt be on Liverpool, but with the onus on them to produce a performance similar to those that saw Dortmund reach the Champions League final under Klopp, we may get revenge on the recent our recent thrashings.

It may be a new chapter for Liverpool, but with the right attitude and performance, we can continue our unbeaten run that stretches back to our opening game of the season.

As ever, come on you Spurs!