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Tottenham Hotspur return to Premier League action on Sunday as they host Liverpool
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Tottenham Hotspur welcome Liverpool to North London on Sunday afternoon aiming to push towards the Champions League places. Spurs won 5-0 at Southampton last weekend in what proved to be the final game in charge for Russell Martin as he was sacked by the Saints shortly after the defeat.
On Thursday, Spurs beat Manchester United 4-3 in a dramatic Carabao Cup clash that was strewn with errors from both goalkeepers. That victory set up a semi-final with Liverpool with both legs to played in 2025 after the busy festive Premier League schedule. Liverpool will hope to remain top of the table over Christmas amid pressure from in-form Chelsea. Ahead of Sunday's game in North London, Spurs have a host of injury problems to contend with while Liverpool's selection problems have lessened in recent weeks.
Tottenham Hotspur injury news
Timo Werner missed the win over the Red Devils with illness while left-back Destiny Udogie was another omission on Thursday due to a knock. Postecoglou said: "Hopefully, we'll see. The boys are just coming in now from a late night. Timo [Werner] was unwell yesterday, we've got 48 hours before the game so hopefully he will recover and the plan is Destiny [Udogie] should be okay."
Guglielmo Vicario, Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero, Ben Davies, Wilson Odobert and Richarlison will all remain out while Rodrigo Bentancur remains suspended for this weekend's visit of Liverpool. Mikey Moore will also need more time in training before returning, as the Spurs boss added: "He hasn't been involved so we'll need to get a least a couple of weeks training into Mikey and get him back up to full speed. But hopefully he is not too far away."
Liverpool injury news
Conor Bradley and Ibrahima Konate remain out for Liverpool after they were injured in a 2-0 win over Real Madrid at the end of November. Reds boss Arne Slot said on Friday: "These are the two still in red, so they do not train with us at the moment. They are on their way back but they don't train with the team yet. It is quite difficult [to predict when they will return]. Let's wait and see but we have a very good rehab personnel over here and they have done good work already with Alisson and a few others. The main thing is if they come back they are ready to come back and we must not focus on one, two or three games. It is more important in the long-term they are fit afterwards."
Harvey Elliott, Kostas Tsimikas and Federico Chiesa all returned for Liverpool in midweek as they beat Southampton 2-1 in the Carabao Cup. Left-back Andy Robertson was suspended for that game but will return against Spurs while Diogo Jota overcame an injury scare to be named on the bench against the Saints.