Tottenham Hotspur will seek to take advantage of their rivals’ FA Cup distractions this weekend by gaining ground in the race for Champions League football with a rare victory at Liverpool.
With league leaders Manchester United, second-placed champions Manchester City and fourth-placed Chelsea in cup action and fifth-placed Arsenal’s next league game not until March 16, Spurs can go two points behind the runners-up spot.
Andre Villas-Boas’s side, in buoyant mood after a 2-1 victory over rivals Arsenal in last weekend’s north London derby and the 3-0 thumping of Inter in the Europa League, have 54 points from 28 games with City on 59 and United leading the way with 71.
Spurs mean business having lost out on a Champions League place last season when fourth place was unusually not enough because Chelsea, who finished sixth, took the last of England’s four places by winning Europe’s elite club competition.
The fact Tottenham missed out on third spot to Arsenal also stung after they looked certain of a top-three finish for much of the season before a late collapse.
Tomorrow, Spurs face a challenge to take the points away from Anfield, having won there only twice in the Premier...
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