When Liverpool’s home match against Spurs was postponed from its scheduled date of 10th January due to snow, I thought it would be convenient for us seeing as we would have had to play the fixture with no fit right back. Ironically, had we played the game on its scheduled date we would have been able to field Gerrard, Torres and Benayoun against them whereas now that won’t happen.
I’ve heard some talk that Spurs are going to thrash us. Nonsense.
In the 17 previous seasons since the First Division was renamed ‘the Premiership’, Spurs have won at Anfield just once in the League and that was all the way back in the 1993-94 season. In 15 visits since they have managed 5 draws and suffered 10 defeats. Therefore it would be a massive achievement for Spurs just to win, let alone wipe the floor with us.
The likelihood of us winning looks pretty slim given the lack of attacking threat remaining in our decimated squad and, of course, there is another decisive factor that makes a Liverpool win unlikely – the game is in January.
Out of 20 League games played under Rafa Benitez in the month of January so far, Liverpool have won just 6 - and 4 of those came in the 2006-07 season. 1 League match was won in January in 2004-05 and in 2005-06 while in 2007-08, 2008-09 and this season so far, not a single League game was won.
Therefore a draw looks by far the most likely outcome. A win would close the gap between the two sides to just one point and seriously give us a fighting chance of finishing in the top four. A defeat would end any realistic hopes we have of finishing fourth and take the despair currently being felt by Liverpool supporters to even lower depths.
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