Jose Mourinho is back to resume his rivalry with Liverpool on Saturday evening as Tottenham host the runaway Premier League leaders.
The Reds go into the game without a league defeat since January 3, 2019 – a run that stretches 37 games.
Tottenham, meanwhile will be looking to rediscover some form, after starting 2020 with a 1-0 away loss to Southampton before being held to a draw in the FA Cup by Championship side Middlesbrough.
Depending on the other results, a win for Tottenham would not only see them end Liverpool’s incredible unbeaten run, but could see the North London club climb into fifth and close the gap on the top four.
Whereas a win for Liverpool would only see Klopp’s side extend their lead at the top of the table as they look to take another giant step towards their first ever Premier League title.
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talkSPORT’s GameDay special will bring you all the action from this huge top clash and here’s how you can tune in to it all.
Tottenham vs Liverpool: How to listen
The Premier League clash will get underway at 17:30 on Saturday, January 11.
Full commentary from north London will be live on talkSPORT, with our coverage starting at 17:15.
talkSPORT will bring you all the build-up before progressing with live and exclusive commentary of the game.
To tune in, just click here for the live stream or click the radio player below.
You can also listen through the talkSPORT App, on DAB Digital Radio or on MW 1053 or 1089.
For more information about how to listen LIVE on talkSPORT click here.
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Tottenham vs Liverpool: Head-to-head
Recent history between the two sides favours Liverpool, with Klopp’s side winning four of the last five Premier League meetings as well as the 2019 Champions League final in Madrid.
Games between these two sides is never shy of goals with the last goalless draw coming in October 2015 and the last four games has seen the winning side find the back of the net twice, with the last stalemate being 2-2 in February 2018 when Harry Kane scored his 100th Premier League goal with a dramatic late penalty.
When the two sides last met in October, Tottenham took an early lead through Kane’s header.
However, Liverpool fought back in the second half, firstly with Jordan Henderson’s equaliser before Mohamed Salah’s penalty completed the turnaround.
Tottenham vs Liverpool: The facts
- Tottenham have won just one of their last 14 Premier League meetings with Liverpool (D4 L9), winning 4-1 at Wembley in October 2017.
- After a run of five consecutive away defeats against Tottenham between 2008-2012, Liverpool have lost just one of their six Premier League visits to Spurs (W3 D2).
- Tottenham have won six of their last 10 Premier League home games against sides starting the day top of the table (D1 L3), though they have lost their last two (vs Man City in April 2018 and Liverpool in September 2018).
- Liverpool are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League games in London (W5 D3), winning the last three in a row. The Reds haven’t won four consecutive league games in the capital since October 1989.
- Only bottom of the table Norwich City have kept as few Premier League clean sheets this season as Tottenham Hotspur (2). Meanwhile, Liverpool have scored in 29 consecutive matches – the last team to have a longer run in the Premier League were Manchester United in November 2008 (36).
- Liverpool have taken 85 points from their last 87 available in the Premier League (W28 D1), winning their last 11 matches in a row, scoring 28 goals.
- Liverpool have won 58 points from their opening 20 Premier League matches this season – more than they won in two previous full seasons in the competition; 52 in 2011/12 and 54 in 1998/99.
- Spurs manager José Mourinho has won just two of his 10 games against Jürgen Klopp in his managerial career (20%) – among the 114 managers he’s faced more than twice, only against Ronald Koeman (17%, 1 win in 6) does he have a worse win ratio.
- In all competitions, Tottenham have won just two of their last 12 games in which Harry Kane has played no part (D4 L6), failing to win any of their four such matches this term (D3 L1).
- Liverpool’s Sadio Mané has been involved in 11 goals in his last nine Premier League appearances, scoring six and assisting five. He’s only failed to register a goal involvement in one of those nine matches, the Reds’ 2-1 win against Brighton.
Tottenham vs Liverpool: Team news
Tottenham have had a number of first-team players join the injury list since their last Premier League outing with Kane and Sissoko picking up knocks.
Kane suffered a tear in his left hamstring during their New Year’s Day loss to Southampton and is out until April, while Sissoko has undergone surgery to the medial collateral ligament in his right knee after picking up an injury in the same game.
The game also saw Tanguy Ndombele leave the field with a hip problem and the Frenchman did not feature in the 1-1 FA Cup draw against Middlesbrough.
Those three will join Danny Rose (calf), Ben Davies (ankle) and Hugo Lloris (elbow) on the injury list.
There is some good news for Tottenham as Heung-Min Son has served all three games in his suspension and will once again be available for selection.
During Liverpool’s 1-0 win over Everton in the third round of the FA Cup James Milner was forced to limp off the field after just nine minutes having picked up an injury during an attempted challenge.
The league leaders are still waiting to find out the extent of the injury but Jurgen Klopp told press after the victory that Milner believes it is a muscle injury.
He said: “[Milner] has pain that says it’s serious. It’s [his] muscle.”
Meanwhile, Fabinho (ankle), Dejan Lovren (muscle), Joel Matip (knee), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (ankle) and Xherdan Shaqiri (hamstring) all missed the derby and are a doubt for the game against Tottenham.