Tottenham are vying to maintain their run of home victories when they host a resurgent Liverpool on Saturday. BBC Sport examines some of the key talking point going into this meeting. Eroded optimism The optimism and confidence generated by back-to-back Spurs home wins over Brentford and Slavia Prague was quickly eroded during the 3-0 reverse at

RW: Dominik Szoboszlai —Szoboszlai enters the fixture as a slight injury doubt, but should feature against Spurs given his significance to Slot’s team. Liverpool’s player of the season will be used on the right-hand side in place of the absent Salah.

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Spurs have no new injuries to contend with, and (unlike Liverpool) will have spent the week without a mid-week fixture building on the positives and addressing the negatives with an almost fully-fit side — though Pape Matar Sarr and Yves Bissouma are now away at AFCON, and Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison and Dominic Solanke remain sidelined.

Liverpool comes up against a manager under pressure in Thomas Frank on Saturday, although the under-fire Tottenham boss can count Jurgen Klopp as one of his biggest fans

AFCON absences, injuries, Isak's form and more talking points ahead of Liverpool's visit to Tottenham Hotspur.

If Egypt advance in the tournament, which concludes on 18 January, Salah could miss up to five more club matches. Liverpool have away games against Fulham and Arsenal, followed by home matches against Barnsley and Burnley, before their penultimate Champions League league phase fixture at Marseille on 21 January.

Everything you need to know including predictions, expected line-ups and how to watch, as Tottenham clash with Liverpool in the Premier League.

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Spurs are determined to win the race for Bournemouth talisman Antoine Semenyo in January, despite Liverpool and Man City lurking with intent