Surely this team would be guaranteed of a top-four finish?
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Tottenham Hotspur visit Anfield on Tuesday night for a Premier League match which could go a long way to determining which side – if either – can qualify for the Champions League at the end of the season.
Liverpool are expected to lineup in a 3-4-2-1 formation, while Spurs will stick with 4-2-3-1, which is used by many top teams nowadays.
Reds manager Brendan Rodgers has received both criticism and praise for his use of 3-4-2-1 this season.
Ironically, Liverpool’s system would probably suit Tottenham better than it does the Anfield side. Perhaps that’s why six Spurs players make it into our combined Liverpool and Tottenham XI, which you can check out below…
Goalkeeper and defence
Hugo Lloris; Martin Skrtel, Jan Vertonghen, Mamadou Sakho
Lloris is widely considered to be among the best goalkeepers in the world, while Liverpool don’t have much faith in their number one – Simon Mignolet – so there is no discussion on who to put between the sticks.
Sakho and Skrtel have done very well in Liverpool’s back three – and they are largely to thank for the Reds keeping five clean sheets this year.
Emre Can has also impressed at times in defence, but the versatile young midfielder is not consistent enough to challenge Tottenham’s Vertonghen for a place in this team.
Wing-backs
Kyle Walker, Danny Rose
Tottenham’s full-backs would be perfect for a 3-4-2-1 formation. Both are incredibly fit and strong players, and they would have no trouble bombing up and down the pitch for 90 minutes.
The English duo are both capable of delivering a decent final ball, as well as keeping things tight at the back when required to do so.
Midfield
Jordan Henderson, Christian Eriksen
Liverpool often pick Lazar Markovic at right wing-back, which means whoever is playing on the right side of their midfield-two gets left with much more defensive work than is ideal.
However, with Walker and Rose on the flanks, this team can afford to stick a creative and less defence-minded player in the centre of the park. That’s where Eriksen fits in, leaving Henderson to do the dirty – but equally important – work.
Attack
Raheem Sterling, Philippe Coutinho; Harry Kane
With Eriksen playing deeper in midfield, there is space for tricky Liverpool twosome Sterling and Coutinho to roam free just behind the striker.
That lone striker simply has to be Kane. Daniel Sturridge has looked fairly sharp since his return from injury, but Kane has been sensational all season, smashing in 22 goals in all competitions.
