Tottenham Hotspur will be hoping to bounce after defeat at Watford last time out, while Liverpool can extend their perfect start to the season.
Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino has spoken out to the press ahead of the Liverpool clash.
On Lloris
Of course he’s the first that regrets everything, and all that happened yesterday is not good. Of course he doesn’t feel great. He said he was guilty of this situation and it’s irresponsible. He’s a man. But I think the most important thing is everyone can make a mistake. He made a mistake and he’s suffering all the punishment of society.
Of course he’s punishing himself. But of course we’re not God, that we can judge people. Only we need to try, that he understands, and how he understands that it was a mistake. Then we’re all men and women and we can all make mistakes.
That is a massive lesson for everyone. He’s the first, he told me ‘gaffer it’s a massive lesson for me. I made a mistake and now I need to pay’. Like a man that he is, he’s going to pay and accept everything.
Will Lloris remain as captain?
Of course.
On Kane's form
For me it’s always, football is always about the collective. He needs to provide the team with his best, but maybe in the circumstances we are like a team, or when he plays with England it’s maybe not the best conditions for a striker to give the best. It’s not that I want to justify him, it’s only because the period during the season always change.
The most thing here is the confidence and trust we have in him. There’s no doubt that he’s one of the best strikers or players in England and in Europe. It’s only about time to score goals and to show the real quality. But of course for me I’m not disappointed with him. I’m happy because the circumstances of the summer were so different from another season.
It’s only time for the players to get their best. No doubt with Harry but because Harry’s so big a player everyone expect him in every single action for him to do something different. That’s why the expectations and perspective are completely different to another player.
Does Kane need a rest?
I respect all opinions and in football everyone has their opinions. It’s our 5th season at Tottenham and if someone knows him really well I think we do.
That doesn’t show that we are arrogant and show that we don’t accept the opinions of different people. Only that we know Harry Kane very well in the last more than four years we work with him. We know that it’s not a situation that worries us.
We are in a situation that is under control. But of course we respect all opinion and maybe some opinions are different to us. But the problems that we have in front, we are the coaching staff at Tottenham and we take the decision and we try to take the best decision for the player and of course the team.
Poch on whether Alderweireld might get a new contract after saying he didn't want to leave Spurs
Look, when in England the transfer window closed and in Europe closed I think we move on. All the situation from before we moved on, it’s in the past. For me it’s not important to talk about the past. Then like always I told you, I never talk about situations, that maybe yes or maybe no, the club is dealing or working. In that situation it’s not my job to talk about individual situations. I think it’s so clear, not only in his case, in all the players that have different situations, we are so clear, the club is so clear, when something happens we are going to communicate the news as soon as possible. I am not going to talk about individual things. It’s not going to help anyone.
Bonus –Son Heung Min’s message to the fans
https://twitter.com/SpursOfficial/status/1040222312556122112
