Tottenham on red alert over Suarez
GOALKEEPER Hugo Lloris admits Luis Suarez presents the biggest barrier to Tottenham’s efforts to continue their recent revival with victory over Liverpool tonight.
Andre Villas-Boas’ Spurs side have recovered impressively from the shock of losing 6-0 at Manchester City and will face the Reds at White Hart Lane knowing victory will bring them level on points with Brendan Rodgers’ team.
Since the City defeat, which came on the back of a home loss to Newcastle, Spurs have won four and drawn one to haul themselves back into contention in the English Premier League title race and wrap up qualification to the Europa League knock-out stages.
Another victory would enhance belief at the north Lon- don club that the season is back on track but the Frenchman knows they must cope with the threat of Suarez, the top-flight’s in-form striker who has scored 15 times already this season.
‘‘They have a very good team with a superb striker in Suarez,’’ Lloris said.
‘‘It’s true that, at the moment, maybe he’s the best player in the Premier League, but we have to show good resilience when we come up against him and against the team as a whole.
‘‘You know when you play against a great player that you have to expect anything at any moment, so we just have to make sure that we remain focused and concentrate on our game.
‘‘It’s important to get a win against Liverpool because there is only three points difference between them and us.’’
Villas- Boas must decide whether to recall striker Roberto Soldado, who pressed his claims with a hat-trick in the 4- 1 midweek Europa League victory over Anzhi Makhachkala after being replaced by Jermain Defoe in the last two Premier League line-ups.
Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen is also in contention after returning against Anzhi after a month’s absence with an ankle injury.