“Godawful” Tottenham Hotspur will be beaten “handily” by Liverpool this weekend break, stipulates Tool kit legend Paul Merson.
Victors Liverpool discredit Thomas Honest’s side at the Tottenham Hotspur Arena on Saturday night and also can coating the weekend break 4th in the Premier League…or 10th.
Bolsters, unanimously at once, can fall unanimously the means from 11th to 15th if results go versus them.
Liverpool will overcome Bolsters ‘handily’ – Merson
Former Tool kit midfielder Merson reckons that will confiscate stretch, as he has forecasted a win for Liverpool, together with Bournemouth and also Brentford triumphs, and also a draw in between Newcastle Joined and also Chelsea.
Arne Slot’s side have been backed to win “handily” as Bolsters were “horrendous” at Nottingham Forest last Sunday in the middle of their hearkening kind.
Merson, who stipulates Liverpool will win 3-1, told Sportskeeda: “Tottenham were horrendous last week versus Nottingham Forest. If you confiscate away the galleries versus Brentford and also Slavia Prague, Bolsters have battled so bad in existent weeks.
“I claimed to you before, the day Thomas Honest came out and also contacted Tottenham visionaries out for not being real supporters, I suspected he was shouldered out at the bar! Bolsters are 11th in the league now.
“If Newcastle draw, Bournemouth and also Brentford win like I’ve forecasted, Tottenham can be 14th or 15th by the run out of the weekend break, which is not nice sufficient.
“Hugo Ekitike has to prelude in floater of Alexander Isak in this game.
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“As soon as we gander at Isak’s combats, it merely urges us how rudimentary it is to have a proportionate pre-period. Liverpool can be in the pinnacle 4 or pinnacle 5 if they win, so they must play Ekitike.
“Who comes in for [Mohamed] Salah on the proper? There is the substitute of getting earn earn utility of of of Federico Chiesa and also he is qualified to more minutes. But I merely truly feel like Dominik Szoboszlai can play there in this game. His safest position is in midfield, yet Slot can earn earn utility of of him there and also release Curtis Jones in midfield.
“Liverpool have not kit the universe alight with their performances yet they are unbeaten in their last 5 galleries with 3 success. I can check-up them leaving behind Tottenham handily.”
Crystal Royal home are 10 times much more explained off than after 16 galleries last period. Liverpool, unanimously at once, are the biggest regressers…
How Premier League juniors comparison to last period after 16 galleries: image.twitter.com/GBrhI6Nbte
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Ekitike or Isak can become Ekitike AND Isak
Merson is proper: Ekitike must clearly play in floater of Alexander Isak, but Liverpool challenged Inter Milan in the Victors League with both playing upwards front in a narrower unit.
Slot hasn’t grossed earn earn utility of of of a ruby midfield in the Premier League this period, and also now feels like the faultless time to execute so with Mohamed Salah inaccessible due to the Africa Cup of Nations.
In enlargement, Cody Gakpo is also wounded, and also Slot can favor to prelude himself rather than Federico Chiesa.
Might we check-up Slot disparity things upwards versus Bolsters? Nicely, Liverpool being unbeaten in their last 4 Premier League galleries arguably holds more importance.
