The big news for Tottenham: a Premier League debut for 20-year-old defender Japhet Tanganga. He’s one of five changes to the team that lost at Southampton on New Year’s Day. Danny Rose, Son Heung-min, Harry Winks and Davison Sanchez come in; Ryan Sessegnon and Jan Vertonghen drop to the bench, while Moussa Sissoko, Tanguy NDombele and the hamstrung Harry Kane are out altogether.
Liverpool make one change to the XI that saw off Sheffield United. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces the injured James Milner. On the bench, and back from injury: Xherdan Shaqiri. Alongside him, hoping to make his Premier League debut: Takumi Minamino.
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The teams
Tottenham Hotspur: Gazzaniga, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Tanganga, Aurier, Winks, Eriksen, Rose, Lucas Moura, Alli, Son.
Subs: Vertonghen, Lamela, Vorm, Dier, Lo Celso, Sessegnon, Skipp.
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Salah, Firmino, Mane.
Subs: Adrian, Minamino, Lallana, Shaqiri, Origi, Phillips, Williams.
Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire).
Preamble
A picture paints a thousand words …
And if you’ve been thinking about it, you can be damn sure he is. Kick off is at 5.30pm. It’s on!
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