Tottenham Hotspur will look to bounce back from their disappointing League Cup elimination when they head to Aston Villa for their FA Cup fourth-round clash on Sunday.
Tottenham went to Anfield boasting a 1-0 lead from the first leg but they were no match for the Reds, who beat them 4-0 on the night to reach the League Cup final.
Liverpool winger Cody Gakpo opened the scoring in the 34th minute before Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk put the Reds out of sight.
Ange Postecoglou will now look to prevent further speculation about his future by keeping Tottenham in the FA Cup, though Aston Villa will be a difficult opponent.
TBR Football looks at who Postecoglou could name in his starting XI for the match at Villa Park.
Tottenham team news v Aston Villa
Ange Postecoglou has confirmed that he doesn’t expect to have any injury returns for Sunday’s FA Cup tie at Villa, with Richarlison the latest to pick up a problem.
Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero, Guglielmo Vicario, Radu Dragusin, Destiny Udogie, James Maddison, Wilson Odobert, Timo Werner, Dominic Solanke and Brennan Johnson all remain sidelined.
Meanwhile, Dane Scarlett is cup-tied after playing in the FA Cup for Oxford United during his loan spell there.
As for Villa, they will be without Ollie Watkins, who joins Matty Cash, Pau Torres, Ross Barkley and Tyrone Mings on the sidelines.
January signing Axel Disasi is not available as he played for parent club Chelsea in the third round of the competition, but Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio are available.
Tottenham predicted XI v Aston Villa
Postecoglou is set to be without 12 players for the Villa game, so it’ll be another case of mostly fielding the players he can field, rather than those he wants.
Antonin Kinsky, who struggled against Liverpool, is likely to start again, although there could be one change in the back line.
Pedro Porro could come in at right-back, the £40million man to join Kevin Danso, Ben Davies and Djed Spence, in the back four.
Meanwhile, Archie Gray could be rested and, in wake of all the efforts he’s put in during Tottenham’s time of crisis, it would be well-deserved.
Yves Bissouma struggled against Liverpool, so he could be dropped in favour of Lucas Bergvall.
Meanwhile, Pape Matar Sarr and Rodrigo Bentancur could keep their spots in the middle three.
Mathys Tel, who did well on his Tottenham debut, is likely to come in and lead the line now Richarlison is out injured.
Son Heung-min and Dejan Kulusevski are likely to line up either side of the Bayern Munich loanee.