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“Hello Rob, increasingly tense Liverpool fan here,” says Graeme Neill. “Not a big fan of the Ange Postecoglou era. Spurs are meant to be a laughing stock, not a quite likeable bunch of lads managed by your cuddly uncle who would have bought you booze when you were 15.”
This feels like a litmus test for both teams. I know you beat Newcastle, but that was a slightly freakish (if glorious) victory. Away form will decide whether you challenge for the league, so this and next week’s trip to Brighton are pretty significant.
Premier League results
Fair to say it’s been an extremely good day so far for Liverpool, with Everton and both Manchester clubs losing.
Aston Villa 6-1 Brighton
Bournemouth 0-4 Arsenal
Everton 1-2 Luton
Man Utd 0-1 Crystal Palace
Newcastle 2-0 Burnley
West Ham 2-0 Sheff Utd
Wolves 2-1 Man City
Wolves’ shock win over Manchester City means Liverpool will go top of the table if they win today
There’s plenty going on in the 3pm games. Get the latest news with Barry Glendenning.
Team news: Richarlison starts
Both teams make one change from their last Premier League games. Richarlison replaces the injured Brennan Johnson for Spurs; Cody Gakpo is preferred to Darwin Nunez for Liverpool. Trent Alexander-Arnold is fit enough for the bench.
Spurs (4-1-2-3ish) Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Bissouma; Sarr, Maddison; Kulusevski, Son, Richarlison.
Substitutes: Forster, Emerson Royal, Davies, Phillips, Hojbjerg, Skipp, Solomon, Veliz, Donley.
Liverpool (4-1-2-3ish) Alisson; Gomez, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Mac Allister; Szoboszlai, Jones; Salah, Gakpo, Diaz.
Substitutes: Kelleher, Endo, Konate, Nunez, Elliott, Jota, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Alexander-Arnold.
Referee Simon Hooper.
Preamble
The advantage of having a Big Seven – as opposed to, say, a Big One – is that you get more Big games. There are 42 a season in the league alone, and this weekend’s is particularly mouthwatering: born-again Spurs against rebooted Liverpool.
Both teams are unbeaten in the Premier League, scoring goals galore and furnishing their fans with fresh hope – Spurs of finishing in the top four, Liverpool of challenging Manchester City. Both passed their toughest test to date, Spurs at Arsenal and Liverpool at Newcastle.
Jurgen Klopp started life as Liverpool manager with a goalless draw away to Spurs. Since then he has had Spurs’ number, with 11 wins and only one defeat. Ange Postecoglou, managing for the first time against the team he adored as a kid, would love to change that.
Kick off 5.30pm.
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