A look at the pundit predictions for Tottenham’s Premier League clash with Liverpool.
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Tottenham take their crisis show to Liverpool this weekend, with Igor Tudor seemingly keeping hold of his interim role for now. Tudor has had a disastrous start to life at Spurs, losing all of his games so far, and pressure is already building on his position.
Spurs are just one point ahead of the drop zone and it feels as though this is a real low point in the club’s proud history. Slipping into the relegation zone would be an even bigger low, and Spurs have their work cut out against a Liverpool side that will want to bounce back from a mid-week defeat to Galatasaray in the Champions League.
Here we round up the pundit predictions for the game from SportsKeeda’s Paul Merson and BBC Sport’s Chris Sutton.
Chris Sutton
“How on earth can anyone back Spurs to get anything at the moment? Igor Tudor is making me look like I was a competent manager when I was in charge of Lincoln. The Spurs fans in Madrid were singing about playing Lincoln away next season - the Imps are top of League One - can you imagine me up against Tudor in the dugout?
“He has taken over a difficult situation but he has gone about things in a very odd way. It might be the done thing in Croatia or Italy to go into a club and tell the players some truths and say they are rubbish, but it is one thing doing it behind closed doors, and another to do it publicly.
“There just seems to be so many things wrong at Spurs. They sacked Thomas Frank, thinking they were going to get this short-term fix from Tudor, but they have got a guy who has had a short-term shocker. Liverpool are far from convincing either, mind you. It's not impossible that Spurs scramble a win here because Arne Slot's side were lousy in Turkey on Tuesday.
“Slot has got the second leg against Galatasaray to think about, and they will make changes, but they surely can't lose to Tottenham, can they? Prediction: 2-0.”
Paul Merson
“It's just a matter of by how many goals Liverpool can win! How long is Igor Tudor going to be around? My question is who wants the Spurs job at the moment?
“Tottenham will wait it out. They will get the Liverpool game out of the way before making a decision on Tudor. No one expects Spurs to win this game. I won't be surprised if they sack Tudor on Sunday. Time is running out and at some point they must make a change, so why not at the earliest?
“If Tottenham lose at Anfield, I will be shocked if Tudor is still in charge of the team for next weekend's massive relegation six-pointer against Nottingham Forest. I'm expecting Arne Slot to go with his best team for this game. I expect Liverpool to turn it around against Galatasaray in the second leg next week. But let's admit it, they have a better chance of finishing inside the top five rather than winning the Champions League.
“Tottenham will be hoping Fulham can do them a huge favour by beating Forest this weekend. If Forest win that game and beat Spurs next weekend, Vitor Pereira's team will be safe. Spurs are in trouble if that happens. Prediction: Liverpool 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur.”