Slot looking to 'get the maximum' out of Liverpool

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Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has urged his players to "get the maximum" out of the remainder of their season but admitted he does not know what that will be. "What that’s exactly going to be, that’s not always so easy to say in advance because sometimes you need a little bit of luck." Slot is relying on his squad’s quality to get them over the line but, while on paper they are much better placed in that respect than Sunday’s opponents – who have lost six in a row – it is the application of that which has been lacking.

"As long as we cannot repair that then every game is going to be difficult, but I have confidence we are able to do better because of the quality players we have." While Slot is convinced luck continues to play a part, the statistics relating to encounters against Tottenham would suggest Sunday’s game is one they should win. Igor Tudor has hinted Tottenham will stick with a back-three for Sunday's trip to Liverpool, with "beautiful guy" Archie Gray in line to play centre-back.

A feature of Tudor’s disastrous four-match tenure at Spurs has been his tendency to put square pegs in round holes, with midfielder Joao Palhinha and right-back Pedro Porro used out of position in the Croatian’s favoured 3-4-2-1 formation. Archie Gray (R) could be in a new role at Anfield for Spurs Palhinha played centre-back in Tudor’s debut 4-1 loss to Arsenal and Porro was used there for last week’s worrying home defeat to Crystal Palace.