Seven pundits predict Liverpool vs Tottenham with scathing assessments made

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Liverpool will welcome Tottenham Hotspur to Anfield on Sunday, with both teams in desperate need of points at either end of the table. While the Reds are looking to bounce back from their midweek Champions League defeat to Galatasaray , Spurs are looking to beat the drop.

The Lilywhites are perilously close to the relegation zone after a dreadful run of results under new boss Igor Tudor and are battling a major injury crisis. A win for Liverpool, coupled with positive results for West Ham and Nottingham Forest, will only push Tudor's side deeper into the mire.

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Arne Slot has not enjoyed a straightforward season with Liverpool. Struggling for consistency, the Reds now find themselves in a major battle to finish in the top four. Here, Mirror Football takes a look at what seven of the game's top pundits have predicted when the two sides meet this weekend.

Ex-Arsenal star Merson believes Liverpool will beat Spurs 3-0 and the result will cost Tudor his job. He said: "It’s just a matter of by how many goals Liverpool can win. How long is Igor Tudor going to be around? My question is who wants the Spurs job at the moment?

" Tottenham will wait it out. They will get the Liverpool game out of the way before making a decision on Tudor. No one expects Spurs to win this game.

“If Tottenham lose at Anfield, I will be shocked if Tudor is still in charge of the team for next weekend’s massive relegation six-pointer against Nottingham Forest . I’m expecting Arne Slot to go with his best team for this game. I expect Liverpool to turn it around against Galatasaray in the second leg next week.”

Former Blackburn Rovers star Sutton thinks that Liverpool, while dealing with their own struggles, will have too much for Spurs and run out comfortable winners.

The Premier League winner said: “There just seems to be so many things wrong at Spurs. They sacked Thomas Frank , thinking they were going to get this short-term fix from Tudor, but they have got a guy who has had a short-term shocker.

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"Liverpool are far from convincing either, mind you. It's not impossible that Spurs scramble a win here because Arne Slot 's side were lousy in Turkey on Tuesday. Slot has got the second leg against Galatasaray to think about, and they will make changes, but they surely can't lose to Tottenham, can they? Prediction: 2-0.”

Manchester United icon Rooney believes the Reds will thrash Spurs. Speaking on the latest episode of the Stick To Football podcast, the former England international suggested Slot’s team could run riot at Anfield and rack up something akin to a cricket score, while tipping the north London side to go down.

"I think six," Rooney said. "The players need to look at themselves because I think they’ve been an absolute disgrace The performances, the attitude, the lack of desire, the lack of fight and there’s a lack of everything in them. After seeing what’s happened in the last couple of games I think they will go down."

Speaking on Sky Sports , the ex-Liverpool defender claimed the idea of playing Spurs during their recent troubles will be music to his old club's ears. The former centre-back is of the opinion that Slot's side will win by a big margin.

“Liverpool will be over the moon playing a Spurs side in disarray, and should win big," he said. Last month, Carragher also claimed the very concept of Spurs going down would be one of the Premier League's greatest ever shocks.

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“It is often said that a club are too big, or even too good, to go down. No one is making that claim about Tottenham Hotspur ,” the former Liverpool defender wrote in The Telegraph .

“If they drop into the Championship it would be the most shocking descent of the Premier League era, and the most embarrassing for a club of such wealth and stature since Denis Law’s back-heel for Manchester City sent Manchester United into the old Second Division in 1974."

Former United captain Neville plucked for a 5-1 home win for the Reds. However, he ultimately backed Spurs to beat the drop.

"I don’t think they will go down," he said on Stick to Football . "I think if you’re going to make another change [of manager] that, for me, probably needs to be today or tomorrow because you don’t wait. My view is they will make a change and stay up just. That’s what I think will happen."

Newcastle United icon Alan Shearer tipped the Anfield outfit for an easy stroll to three points. Speaking to Betfair, he said: "I have no confidence whatsoever in Spurs, so Liverpool home win. It could be messy. Anything could happen at Anfield, if Liverpool score early, then Spurs could capitulate.

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"The size of the game for Tottenham, I know Liverpool have got a huge game against Galatasaray which they have to get through and win, but the magnitude of this for Tottenham is incredible. I have no belief or confidence that they'll go there and win. Liverpool win"

Speaking to NewBettingOffers, the former Spurs interim boss claimed Spurs could earn a point, or even more, at Anfield if they dig in and defend well.

He said: “Liverpool haven't been great, but Anfield is never an easy ground for Tottenham. It's historically a disastrous ground for them, even in their best periods.

"They need to go there, try to frustrate the home crowd, who need points for their own Champions League aspirations, and be well organized with a counter-attacking threat.

“Hopefully, they can nick something, maybe from a set piece or a quick counter-attack, and then they have something to hold onto, forcing them to really fight, dig in, and defend their box, as all teams at the bottom of the table must do."

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