Tottenham Hotspur: Do Tottenham have what it takes over two-legs against Liverpool?

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00:00And that brings me neatly onto that, because that is, of course, Spurs' next game.

00:03Newcastle, your previous opponents, have also got their semi-final on Tuesday night.

00:07They're away against Arsenal, so they're staying in north London.

00:10As are Spurs, of course, they are at home to Liverpool.

00:15Now, to be fair, when that draw happened towards the back end of December,

00:19I think there was probably a lot of groans because, let's be honest, Liverpool were flying

00:23and they went on to beat Spurs 6-3 at White Hart Lane

00:27just a couple of weeks later in the Premier League.

00:29But Spurs, as we mentioned with that performance,

00:33have shown a bit of impetus and a bit of positivity.

00:37And Liverpool themselves had a disappointing performance against Manchester United

00:42in the Premier League, a 2-2 draw against a, let's be honest,

00:45very average Manchester United side, who they let impose themselves at Anfield.

00:50And so there is encouragement there for Spurs.

00:53And what is an important game in terms of the context of Spurs' season?

00:58Yeah, it's just a shame for me that the second leg isn't at home, I think,

01:02because I think Wednesday night is all about hanging in there, really,

01:06and having a game to play for at Anfield when we go back there in February.

01:10We're missing Sar, we're missing Madison and obviously all the injured players

01:14that we know about. How some of the others are going to recover after the weekend

01:18and the bout of illness remains to be seen.

01:20I think, as I say, Austin will probably continue in goal.

01:24There's a chance Richarlison and Mikey Moore might be back on the bench,

01:27but it's going to be tough, it really will be tough.

01:31That said, I think we showed in the game we lost 6-3 against Liverpool,

01:34they tore us to bits in the second half in particular,

01:37but we did hurt them and we can hurt any team.

01:41Andy only wants us to play one way.

01:43We need to get a good rest in these next couple of days,

01:46try and freshen up as much as we possibly can.

01:49And as I say, I think it's just about hanging in there, isn't it?

01:53We're not going to change the way we play and our tactics,

01:55but we have to go to Anfield with something still in the game

01:58and something left to play for, because when we come to February 6th

02:02for the second leg, we're going to have the likes of Van der Ven, Romero

02:06back among some of the others as well.

02:07So we're going to be much, much stronger.

02:10So whether we can hang in there remains to be seen.

02:12I think Liverpool will obviously rotate a little bit, or I'm hoping so.

02:16Perhaps Mo Salah could do with a rest, as could the rest of the front three,

02:20maybe bring a few kids in.

02:22But, you know, obviously they're the best team in the country at the moment.

02:25They were poor at the weekend, fair to say.

02:27That's probably one of their poorest performances of the season.

02:31So let's hope that continues on Wednesday night.

02:33And we've still got something to talk about come February 6th,

02:36because it's a huge, huge game for Spurs,

02:37and the final would be absolutely fantastic for us.

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