Online Reporter
TROUBLED Tottenham head to Liverpool tomorrow searching for salvation in their increasingly desperate fight against relegation in the English Premiership football.
Arsenal can move closer to their first English Premier League title for 22 years with a win over Everton, while Manchester United meet Aston Villa in a crucial clash in the race for Champions League qualification.
In grave danger of playing in England’s second tier for the first time since 1977-78, Tottenham could hardly have picked a worse venue for their latest attempt to ease the threat of relegation.
If third-bottom West Ham beat Manchester City today, Igor Tudor’s 16th-placed side will have slipped even closer to oblivion by the time they face Liverpool at Anfield.
Beaten in their last six games in all competitions for the first time in their history, Tottenham are just one point ahead of West Ham and fourth-bottom Nottingham Forest, who host Fulham tomorrow.
They were humiliated in a 5-2 defeat at Atletico Madrid in the Champions League last-16 first leg on Wednesday – a calamitous night that featured Tudor substituting keeper Antonin Kinsky after just 17 minutes due to a pair of mistakes that led directly to goals.
Tottenham’s plight is so acute that the club this week told fans they would be given “an extended period” to decide if they want to renew their season tickets due to the “seriousness of the current league position”.
With just nine games to save themselves, Tottenham – winless in their last 11 league matches – could have done without a trip to Anfield, where they haven’t won since 2011.
“Everybody has given everything they’ve got. It’s down to us to dig a little deeper and give it just that bit more,” Tottenham defender Kevin Danso said.
“Sometimes there’s difficult moments and this is the time to show character.”
Just eight games lie between Arsenal and their holy grail – a first English crown since Arsene Wenger’s “Invincibles” lifted the Premier League trophy in 2004.
Fixtures:
Today: Burnley v Bournemouth, Sunderland v Brighton (both 5pm), Chelsea v Newcastle, Arsenal v Everton (both 7:30pm), West Ham v Manchester City (10pm) – AFP Sport.
