Key Battle: Alderweireld v Coutinho

Philippe Coutinho is on form and Liverpool have an impressive recent record at Tottenham. Toby Alderweireld will be out to stop them. We check the stats ahead of the key battle between the Spurs defender and Reds attacker…

Liverpool travel to Tottenham live on Sky Sports this Saturday lunchtime hoping to bounce back from their surprise Premier League defeat at Burnley last weekend.

Philippe Coutinho will be a key player for the Reds if they are to get another positive result at White Hart Lane, a ground on which they haven’t lost or conceded a goal at since November 2012.

The 24-year-old Brazilian is growing as a player and has developed a confidence fitting of somebody who opposition fans fear most in this Liverpool team. He has a determination to impose himself on games and as a result he has had increasing success at taking on opponents, which is illustrated by an increase in his dribble success from 46 per cent when he first joined to approaching 70 per cent now.

This in turn has led to him becoming the main creative force for his team and he is providing more opportunities per game (2.5) …

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