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Liverpool vs. Tottenham: Preview, team news, prediction for Carabao Cup semi-final, second leg
Liverpool look to erase a one-goal deficit in the Carabao Cup semi-finals when they host Tottenham Hotspur in the second leg on Thursday.
Spurs shocked the high-flying Reds with a 1-0 victory in North London last month in a result that went against the form of both clubs. Since then, the only match Liverpool have lost was their final Champions League league phase fixture against PSV, in which the Reds had already secured advancement to the last 16 and rested most of their regular starters.
Things have gone in the opposite direction for Tottenham since the first leg, as they continued their slide down the Premier League with three straight losses in the immediate aftermath. The beleaguered side did ring off victories in all three of their matches outside of the league during that time frame however, and they are coming off a two-goal league victory over Brentford on the weekend.
Liverpool vs. Tottenham: Kick-off, how to watch in Canada
- Date: Thursday, February 6
- Time: 8 p.m. GMT / 3 p.m. ET
- Live stream in Canada: DAZN
Liverpool vs. Tottenham: Head-to-head and recent statistics
- All-time meetings: 185
- Liverpool wins: 91
- Draws: 44
- Tottenham wins: 50
Liverpool hold the advantage in all-time meetings, with 91 wins in 185 matches.
Liverpool vs. Tottenham: Team news
Liverpool
- Injured: Gomez
- Suspended: None
Tottenham
- Injured: Dragusin, Romero, Maddison, Johnson, Udogie, Solanke, Werner, Vicario
- Suspended: None
Liverpool vs. Tottenham: What the managers are saying
Arne Slot, Liverpool
(via LiverpoolFC.com)
"From now until the end of the season, it's been already the whole season, and I think as long as Liverpool exists, if you play in this shirt, you need to win the game. That's for tomorrow, that's for Sunday, that's for Wednesday afterwards and the game after that. Even if we go 1-0 down in the league or whatever tournament we are in, we try and want to win the game. That's also what we tried in the away game against Tottenham – I think we were quite close to getting a result over there until the last few seconds, we were down to 10 and conceded a goal. Nothing changes for this game compared to others. If you wear this shirt, if you go out at Anfield, there is only one thing that is expected of you – and that's winning the game."
Ange Postecoglou, Tottenham
(via TottenhamHotspur.com)
"I think you need to embrace the challenge in front of you and it’s very easy to say it’s just going to be another game, because it’s not. Everyone knows the consequences of it, both us and the opposition. We’re playing away from home and you know certainly their crowd will give them a great deal of energy, which we have to deal with. And it’s a cup game, so there is a possibility of extra time, a possibility of penalties, so all those things are factored into it, so your preparation and information is a little bit different and you want to make it into a big game because ultimately you need to understand behaviour in big games and what it means and how you can overcome the challenges. So, (preparation) changes a little bit. The fundamentals of how we play won’t change, but in terms of how we go about it will be a bit different."
Liverpool vs. Tottenham: Prediction
Liverpool's overall form combined with Tottenham's injury woes could make this a very long day for the visitors.
Prediction: Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham
