Welcome to Premier League game week 34, where Spurs have 5 crunch ties remaining. Today’s crunch tie sees Ryan Mason and his band of merry minstrels travelling to the North West, to Liverpool.

The near hysterics which greeted us salvaging a draw at home against Manchester United have subsided and the grim reality of having to ‘dig deep’ once more.

Mason’s options are restricted, with 5 players, Hugo Lloris, Ryan Sessegnon, Rodrigo Bentancur, Yves Bissouma, and Emerson Royal all ‘currently being assessed’. Therein lie the tragedy, if those players were all available, would we be much improved?

Where we are with this squad, is that the club is either trying to save face or persevere their way through matters by preferring Richarlison to Danjuma, when there’s barely tuppence between them as footballers.

The form guide paints a very accurate picture of a side in 5th place, waiting to discover its fate, adrift and very much at the mercy of the footballing gods.

What stands out for me is that Klopp’s boys have been scoring lots of goals, 13 in their last 5 outings. Liverpool’s goal difference is 22 and Tottenham’s barely a third of that, just 7.

Worse yet, one’s eye needs to scan down to the ‘wrong’ end of the table to find a side that has conceded so many goals. Only 6 teams in the division have picked the ball out of their own net more times. So anyone even attempting to defend Hugo, Dier et al., really does need their bumps felt.

The bookies have Spurs priced accordingly, at 4/1 which might be the longest we’ve been all season. Liverpool are 8/15 on, and the draw is 15/4. In simple terms, Liverpool are approximately 60% nailed on to win, and Spurs or the draw are approximately 20% chances.

Triffic.