Meanwhile, former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has revealed that the club refused to let him sign Mane’s former Southampton teammate Virgil van Dijk.
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“We have a lot to win: to put this club consistently in the top four and there are two more opportunities, the FA Cup and Europa League”, the Tottenham captain added. The reds have suffered a awful start to 2017, with Plymouth being their own victory. Liverpool is in a distant fifth place, 13 points behind The Blues.
Mauricio Pochettino’s side have been on a brilliant run in recent weeks in the Premier League since losing 1-0 to Manchester United in December and are now on a nine game unbeaten run which has seen them turn into the closest challengers to Antonio Conte’s Chelsea side.
Victories might be easier to come by now that Senegalese forward Sadio Mane is back from the Africa Cup of Nations.
While it looks as though they’ll fall short in that regard again this season, The Daily Telegraph’s Jeremy Wilson believes that their stadium move will pose the biggest threat to their continued success.
The Brazilian has had to fill in at centre-back on a number of occasions for the Reds this season with Dejan Lovren and Joel Matip being in and out the side.
Though Mane took most of the headlines with his brace, Liverpool rediscovered their brilliant best as a collective, swarming all over Spurs in search of goals under the floodlights. Klopp also has injury concerns.
Spurs have won just twice on the road since 24 September, including defeats at Chelsea and Manchester United in addition to draws at fellow top-six rivals Arsenal and Manchester City. We want to build the gap on Liverpool and if we beat them next week then we go seven points clear of them. And that’s exactly where they’re at right now, tied for fourth with Manchester City on 49 points.
We said that Wijnaldum’s best moment of the match was his assist for Mane’s opener but he also produced a lovely back-heel flick into the path of Lallana during the first-half.
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Danny Rose is to miss the trip to Anfield as he recovers from a knee injury, but Tottenham have allayed fears the England leftback would be sidelined for two months. Saved. This time, the ball fell back to Mane on the far left.
