Liverpool can secure only their second-ever Premier League title – and Arne Slot’s first – by beating Tottenham Hotspur on what could be a day of unbridled jubilation at Anfield.
Beating Tottenham Hotspur, by the way, is something few teams have had problems with during a traumatic campaign for an increasingly-curmudgeonly Ange Postecoglou.
Ipswich Town and Leicester City may make up two-thirds of the Premier League’s cut-adrift bottom three but both triumphed at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Liverpool, meanwhile, scored ten goals in their two victories over the rickety Londoners.
A 6-3 league victory and a 4-0 EFL Cup semi-final trouncing which emphatically wiped out that first-leg defeat.
Gary Neville is predicting another handsome Liverpool win at Anfield. The Manchester United legend believes a 4-1 shellacking could be on the cards from a Reds side fired up by the prospect of securing the title in front of their own supporters.
And, just to lengthen the odds facing the ever-capitulating visitors, Postecoglou used his Friday press conference to confirm that Heung-Min Son will be unavailable for the trop to Merseyside.
Tottenham’s long-serving number seven – Jurgen Klopp wanted Heung-Min Son at Borussia Dortmund back in the day – boasts one of the Premier League’s more impressive records against Liverpool.
In fact, with seven from 19 matches, the South Korean superstar ranks joint-fourth for goals fired past the runaway leaders. Only Andy Cole, Harry Kane, Thierry Henry and Jamie Vardy have scored more.
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And while Son is clearly no longer the same fearsome force of old – his 33rd birthday is rapidly approaching – his absence still robs Spurs of this season’s third-highest goalscorer and their best assist-provider.
“Sonny is improving, which is a positive for us. [But] not for Sunday,” Postecoglou says, . “You just need to give him some rest and some time off it and give him some treatment.
“The main thing is to get him off his feet for a week and allow [the injury] to settle so he can start the process of getting back.”
Postecoglou does confirm that defensive duo Cristian Romero and Micky van de Van will be ‘fine’ to feature at Anfield. Both were subbed off at half-time during last week’s 2-1 home defeat by Champions League-chasing Nottingham Forest, Ben Davies and Kevin Danso taking their place.
However, those changes were pre-planned on the back of spells on the sidelines for both the Argentine and the once-Liverpool-linked Dutchman.
Arne Slot confirms Conor Bradley can play but Joe Gomez absent
Over in the Reds’ camp, Arne Slot is hopeful Conor Bradley can play 90 minutes for the first time since November. The right-back is looking to ace his audition with Trent Alexander-Arnold’s departure looming.
There will be no return this time around for the luckless Joe Gomez, however. Though Slot is not giving up on having the England international back at his disposal before the curtain falls.
“If his recovery goes well, he would be able to [play] maybe in the last one or two games of the season,” Slot says. “[Gomez] is still not training with us yet, but he is coming closer and closer to train with the team.
“But then he’s been out for a long time. We were just discussing Conor Bradley – it took him a while before he could even come in or have a long start.
“I think he [Gomez] will be available in the last one, two or three games if his recovery goes the way as planned.”