Tottenham v Liverpool live: Premier League team news and line-ups as Dominik Szoboszlai fit for Reds

And here are tonight’s teams – the big news is that Dominik Szoboszlai is deemed fit to start for Liverpool

… will be confirmed in the next few minutes from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

“This will take time. That’s not to say that we’re not going to do everything we can to beat Liverpool. I believe we have a good chance of doing that, but this is something where we are building.

“I’m very comfortable and confident that I will, how can I say, fix it, but just to make sure it’s not me. When this club comes out on top, there will be a lot of good people working together, aligned at the same time through the years.

“I just know one thing I’m pretty good at, I’m good at analysing things. I know what good looks like and I know where we should get, and one thing is I’m 1000 per cent sure, we haven’t seen any club be successful unless they had key people in the right decisions for a long time.

Arne Slot has told Florian Wirtz to take heart from the Premier League greats who made a slow start to life in England.

The Liverpool head coach admitted his £100m buy would rather have begun with a flurry of goals and assists, whereas, after 21 games, Wirtz is still yet to open his account for his new club.

But a host of imports have taken time to adjust to the division, with players such as Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, Eden Hazard, David Silva and Cristiano Ronaldo all displaying their finest form after getting used to the demands of English football.

Tottenham have only won four Premier League matches at home in 2025 – suffering 10 defeats under both Thomas Frank and Ange Postecoglou – and the visit of champions Liverpool is another test.

“If you are not respectful of a team that won the Premier League and what kind of threat they pose, then I think you don’t do well,” Frank said.

“As far as I know, in the last four times we played them, we got a good 1-0 win and then I know the three other scores you can check them. We conceded a few goals in those games.

“We work very hard on our breakthrough phase. We work very hard on our positions and then also worked very hard on our defensive side of the game.”

Mohamed Salah has apologised to his Liverpool team-mates for his controversial interview at Elland Road when he said he had been thrown under the bus by the club.

Midfielder Curtis Jones revealed that Salah was remorseful towards his team-mates after creating a storm when he accused Liverpool of breaking promises to him, said he had no relationship with manager Arne Slot and brought his future at Anfield into doubt.

Salah was subsequently omitted from the squad that travelled to Italy to face Inter Milan, when they were already depleted by injuries, though not disciplined by Liverpool.

Thomas Frank is steadfast in his belief that he can fix Tottenham if given time and has no doubts about the buy-in of his current squad.

Asked if buy-in had been difficult, Frank replied: “No, I think it has been a good buy-in. You could say that from the beginning of the season we started quite well without being sensational.

“I thought we were very good in some games and good in other games. And then, like in every season, you have some setbacks and spells where it is maybe not going the right way.

“But I don’t see anything that they are not with me or going in the same direction.”

Arne Slot revealed Dominik Szoboszlai could be available for Liverpool’s trip to Tottenham.

The versatile Szoboszlai, who has been Liverpool’s standout player in a troubled season for the champions, had played every minute in the Premier League this season until suffering a knock in the closing stages of last Saturday’s 2-0 win over Brighton at Anfield.

Liverpool had a rare free midweek, due to their early exit from the Carabao Cup, and Slot said that Szoboszlai returned to training on Thursday and could be in contention to feature at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Slot said on Friday: “It completely depends on how well he does today and then we speak to the player and the medical staff. If the player feels comfortable and does all the things he needs to do, then he will start. Dom would be a starter tomorrow if he’s completely fit.”

Liverpool will be without Mohamed Salah, as well as Cody Gakpo, Joe Gomez and Jeremie Frimpong. Conor Bradley returns from suspension but Dominik Szoboszlai is a doubt.

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Jones; Wirtz; Isak, Ekitike

Pape Sarr has gone to the Africa Cup of Nations while Thomas Frank continues to deal with a lengthy injury list that includes James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski.

Tottenham XI: Vicario; Porro, Van de Ven, Romero, Spence; Bentancur, Gray, Simons; Kudus, Richarlison, Odobert