Tottenham to assess fitness of Son Heung-min and James Maddison ahead of Liverpool clash

Tottenham will need to assess the fitness of captain Son Heung-min and James Maddison before the visit of Liverpool on Saturday. The influential duo were forced off late in Sunday’s 2-2 draw at Arsenal with minor muscle problems and have missed parts of training this week.

Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou said: ‘From last week, Brennan (Johnson) will miss out. Nothing too serious, but he won’t play this week. Madders and Sonny trained today, they seemed to get through it OK, but we’ll see how they pull up because they were sore last week.’

Son Heung-min and James Maddison’s Recent Form

Both players featured prominently in last weekend’s encouraging 2-2 draw against Arsenal in the north London derby which underlined the progress Spurs have made in a short space of time under their new manager. Despite another encouraging display, Postecoglou insists the feeling inside the away dressing room was of regret at a missed opportunity.

‘The players are the ones embracing what we are doing,’ said the Australian ahead of another acid test against Liverpool on Saturday evening. ‘It wasn’t euphoric in the dressing room; we knew it would be tough. Arsenal are going to be a force but we held out own and the lads were disappointed they couldn’t finish it off. That is a good indicator of where they are at.’

Tottenham’s Resilience

‘It is fair to say the lads have shown a fair bit of resilience this year and we’ve had to just the nature of the way the games have gone. We have had a lot of things in the context of a football game that haven’t gone our way. Right from the first game we had a fair bit going on in the first 45 minutes but the players have all reacted really well to that.

‘Sometimes these things can become a little bit overblown because opposition supporters are obviously looking for any kind of sore point that a football club may have.’

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Conclusion

Tottenham face a tough test against Liverpool this weekend and will need to assess the fitness of captain Son Heung-min and James Maddison before making any decisions on their availability. Both players have been influential for Spurs this season and their absence could be a major blow for the team. However, Tottenham have shown resilience in recent weeks and will be hoping to put in another strong performance against Liverpool.