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Tottenham take on Liverpool at White Hart Lane on Sunday in a mouth-watering clash of sides with UEFA Champions League ambitions.Sixth-placed Spurs could go level with the second-placed Reds on 30 points with a win in the match.Andre Villas-Boas' side go into the game on the back of a five-match unbeaten run - including four wins - which has lifted some of the pressure on their under-fire boss after their lacklustre 6-0 rout at Manchester City.In the league, Spurs have followed up a creditable 2-2 home draw with Manchester United with successive 2-1 wins on the road over Fulham and Sunderland, while in the Europa League there have been 2-0 and 4-1 victories over Tromso and latterly Anzhi Makhachkala.Villas-Boas will be particularly pleased with the return of 12 goals from those five games - which followed just two strikes in the previous four matches - and the Spurs boss will be targeting more of the same on Sunday.But it will be tough against a Liverpool side who will be full of confidence after posting 5-1 and 4-1 wins over Norwich and West Ham at home to climb back up to second in the table.The genius of Luis Suarez has been pivotal in both of these successes - with the Uruguayan scoring four goals against the Canaries and then a brace against the Hammers to take his goal-scoring tally up to 15 goals in just ten Premier League appearances this term.But on the road, the Reds have picked up just two points from their last four outings - including a 3-1 defeat at Hull City in their last trip - and boss Brendan Rodgers knows they must get back to winning ways quickly away from home if they want to secure a top-four finish at the season's end.
TOTTENHAM Team News
Tottenham manager Villas-Boas will assess defender Danny Rose and midfielder Christian Eriksen over the weekend before deciding whether they should start against the Reds. Rose and Eriksen returned from long lay-offs on Thursday against Anzhi, but Villas-Boas is wary of rushing them back into league action following their respective toe and ankle injuries.Defender Jan Vertonghen is out with an ankle injury while centre-backs Vlad Chiriches (knee) and Younes Kaboul (quad) are doubts.
Liverpool Team News
Liverpool will be without talismanic skipper Steven Gerrard, who will be absent for up to six weeks with a hamstring injury sustained in the victory over the Hammers. Defensive midfielder Lucas Leiva, dropped for last weekend's win, is set to deputise for the England international.Striker Daniel Sturridge (ankle) and left-back Jose Enrique (knee) are still sidelined by injury but centre-back Daniel Agger returns after illness.
