Big?! It’s bloody massive! Liverpool go to Spurs; Auba reunites with Arsenal; Emery gets hold of Villa; and Christ knows what we’ll get from Leeds. Then there’s Serie A and a huge Champo game…
Game to watch – Tottenham v Liverpool
Apologies, dear reader. If you’ve come here looking for insight into the biggest game of the Premier League weekend, we are sorry to disappoint you. For we have not a f***ing clue what to expect.
Anyone who claims to know is lying to you, the scoundrels. But that’s partly what makes Liverpool’s trip to Spurs so enticing. One or both sides could turn it on and dazzle us all; just as likely, either could sh*t their own sheets. Again. Either way, it’s a must-watch.
Both sides enjoyed spirit-lifting Champions League victories in midweek. Tottenham’s was far more consequential, with Spurs’ trip to Marseille going as well as it could, ending with top spot in Group D when the potential was the calamity of a third-placed finish. For Liverpool, it was never really about chasing the four-goal win that would have seen them leapfrog Napoli, but rather to raise the mood after consecutive Premier League defeats to sides mired in the bottom three.
Injuries haven’t helped either side during their recent struggles and absences could play a major part in north London on Sunday. The hosts could be missing Son Heung-min, Dejan Kulusevski, Richarlison and Cristian Romero – three nailed-on starters and their £50million summer signing.
As Klopp has never tired of reminding us, Liverpool too are missing big players, but Antonio Conte could reasonably claim the greater handicap.
Still, the carrot for Conte is a 13-point gap between his side and Klopp’s come Sunday night. Which would be significant since, despite their stodginess and sloppiness, and all the reasons right there before us for why they won’t, we’re still waiting for Liverpool to go on one of those winning runs that propels them up the table.
Team to watch – Leeds United
As unfathomable as Spurs and Liverpool have been, Leeds are arguably the Premier League’s biggest headf*ck this season.
Prior to last week, they were eight games without a win and the screw was turning on Jesse Marsch. Then they went to Merseyside and outfought and out-thought Jurgen Klopp’s men to end the hosts’ 30-game unbeaten streak at Anfield.
In truth, it wasn’t a huge shock to see Leeds larging it up in Liverpool, and not just because of the Reds’ problems. Even…
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