With Son Heung-min and Lucas Moura both injured in the midweek win at Marseille, the attacking pair are replaced in Tottenham’s starting XI by right wing-back Emerson Royal and midfielder Yves Bissouma.
Those are the only two changes made by Antonio Conte. Which means it will be interesting to see how the hosts line-up in support of Harry Kane.
Better news injury-wise sees Sweden attacking midfielder Dejan Kulusevski back on the bench.
Spurs XI: Lloris, Dier, Lenglet, Davies, Emerson Royal, Højbjerg, Bentancur, Bissouma, Perisic, R Sessegnon, Kane.
Three changes for Liverpool from their midweek win over Napoli.
Andy Robertson, Darwin Nunez and Harvey Elliott all return to Jurgen Klopp’s starting XI.
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konaté, Van Dijk, Robertson, Elliott, Fabinho, Thiago, Salah, Firmino, Núñez.
We helped Man City win title ahead of Liverpool – Conte
Conte, has told his Liverpool counterpart, Jurgen Klopp, that “we cost you the title”.
Conte was referring to the 1-1 draw on Merseyside six months ago which cost the Reds dearly in the run-in.
When asked if Klopp had been ungracious after a damaging deadlock which handed Manchester City the advantage, Conte agreed: “Yeah, but if you remember he lost the Premier League for this result.
“I understood his frustration. They lost the title for these two points (dropped). But you know, instead we reached the Champions League with that draw.
“It’s OK, every coach has to speak for his team – and for every coach it’s important to understand the best strategy to reach a good result. Honestly, I have seen again the last game we played against Liverpool and, if there was a team that deserved to win, it was Tottenham, not Liverpool.
“But I understand after a game when you felt you lost the Premier League to say something wrong against another team, but he has said sorry because he understood. No problem for me. When you are angry, it’s very difficult sometimes to control your emotion.
