Thomas Frank’s Tottenham Hotspur will welcome Liverpool to North London for a 5:30pm Premier League kick-off on December 20.
Arne Slot held his pre-Spurs press conference earlier on Friday and shared some interesting updates.
Slot praised Hugo Ekitike’s efforts away from the final third, saying the Frenchman is doing something else that is a ‘big help’ to the Reds.
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Elsewhere, the Dutchman gave a Liverpool injury update, with a couple of key stars expected to miss the fixture.
Cody Gakpo and Joe Gomez were ruled out of the tie, while Slot did not confirm if Dominik Szoboszlai would feature.
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Szoboszlai was injured against Brighton and Hove Albion after he was forced to fill in at right-back for the aforementioned Gomez.
Speaking about the Hungarian on Friday, Slot said: “Dominik trained in parts yesterday for the first time, so let’s see how he is today and tomorrow.”
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While the Liverpool coach would not give a definitive answer on whether Szoboszlai will feature or not, Thomas Frank thinks he knows what is going to happen.
When addressing the media at his own press conference on Friday afternoon, the Dane labelled the Liverpool midfielder a ‘beast’ and said he will play on Saturday.
Frank stated: “Szoboszlai is a beast, he will play tomorrow, of course.”
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The Hungarian is not the only Liverpool star Frank had high praise for on Friday.
He was also quick to comment upon Ekitike, Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak, the latter of whom he is expecting to come good.
Frank said: “They’re an excellent team, they’re the champions. They started very well. They signed fantastic players, Hugo Ekitike, what a season he’s having.
“Isak is a top striker, he will come good and Wirtz is fantastic but still adapting to the league.”