Reds in search of momentum
PREMIER LEAGUE Liverpool manager Klopp says lethargy not behind poor run, wants better effort against Tottenham
LIVERPOOL: wAs nAmed Premier LeAgue plAyer of the month for JAnuAry. He sCored five goAls in six gAmes Premier LeAgue mAtChes Spurs hAve now gone undefeAted
goAls Spurs hAve ConCeded from open plAy this seAson, leAst in the Premier LeAgue
Premier LeAgue goAls HArry KAne hAs sCored in 2017, tied highest with Romelu LukAku
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live on StAr Sports SHD1, 11:00pm. MAnChester United wAs Built on A sturdy BACkBone of English internAtionAls. ApArt from TottenhAm, no other
Current teAm hAs in the trAnsfer mArket hAs Also pAid dividends. The Argentine mAnAger held onto importAnt plAyers And strengthened in the right AreAs.
ViCtor WAnyAmA hAs stArted every Premier LeAgue gAme for the teAm while Ben DAvies And Kevin Wimmer — Both of whom PoChettino held on to despite
Bids from other CluBs — hAve Been effeCtive Centre-BACks when Alderweireld And Vertonghen hAve Been injured. AdditionAlly, PoChettino tied down key plAyers like KAne, Alli, WAlker, Rose, Dier, Vertonghen And ChristiAn Erisken with new ContrACts this seAson. mAnAged relAtive suCCess while Built on An English Core. Kyle WAlker, DAnny Rose, EriC Dier, Dele Alli And HArry KAne form the English Core of the Spurs side
And Also feAture prominently in the nAtionAl teAm. LAst seAson, mAnAger MAuriCio PoChettino identified them As the key to Spurs’ suCCess whiCh hAs CArried on this term As well.
the meAnest defenCe in the Premier LeAgue this seAson,
ConCeding just 16 goAls in 24 mAtChes. The CentrAl defensive pAiring of ToBy Alderweireld And JAn Vertonghen hAs onCe AgAin worked wonders.
A woBBly pAtCh when Alderweireld wAs sidelined for two months By A knee injury. However, his return to the side hAs Been direCtly relAted to An exCellent run of form for the teAm. Spurs Are now on A nine-mAtCh unBeAten run in the Premier LeAgue during whiCh spell they hAve ConCeded only five goAls. The mAtCh will Be vitAl for Liverpool to get their fAltering seAson
BACk on trACk. They hAve only mAnAged one win in 10 mAtChes in 2017; An FA Cup third round replAy AgAinst Plymouth. side Are likely to enjoy less possession
AgAinst Spurs But more ChAnCes to
Counter-AttACk, something At whiCh they exCel. A win
Could Be the turning point for the Reds.