Tottenham Hotspur welcome the Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday afternoon as they continue to battle through the games with their threadbare squad.
Ange Postecoglou's men have come through with back-to-back victories in matches against Southampton and Manchester United in the Premier League and Carabao Cup this week, scoring nine goals despite having 10 unavailable first team players for both of the games.
Now the small group of mostly overused Spurs players must go again against a Liverpool side that has had an extra day to recover and was able to make plenty of changes for their own Carabao Cup quarter-final at Southampton. There is plenty of mutual respect between Postecoglou and Arne Slot and the duo will do head-to-head to give their respective clubs' fans an early Christmas present.
With the Premier League still tightly packed, if Tottenham could pick up a point or three then they will begin to climb into a more respectable position, but they are going to have to put in a top performance against the side currently sitting at the summit if they are to do so.