Spurs game offers Klopp first chance to erase Liverpool top-six hoodoo

Can the Reds go and win at Wembley?

The Premier League roars back into action this weekend, and bursts from the shackles of the international break with a cracker between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool.

The Reds are entering their third full season under Jurgen Klopp, and have begun the season in style with four wins from four.

A serious and sustained Premier League challenge for the first time in five years is the aim, and so far they’re on target.

But a trip to Spurs represents Klopp and his side’s first major hurdle of the campaign. They’re 7/5 favourites to win at Wembley but the game has the potential to derail or accelerate Liverpool’s momentum. 

Klopp’s top-six travel woes

Granted, Liverpool lost more points to Manchester City in their home games last season than they did on the road, but the Anfield outfit must improve their form in the big away games.

On their five visits to the rest of the established big-six last term, the Merseysiders collected a single point from a possible 15.

Their only point came in that fascinating but error-strewn 3-3 clash with Arsenal. City on the other hand, won four of their five games on the road.

If Liverpool are to push Pep Guardiola’s side all the way this season, they cannot afford to drop so many points in the big matches.

Liverpool conceded 15 goals in those five games, and a failure to learn from last season’s issues could prove to be Klopp’s undoing as he seeks to end the Reds’ 28-year title wait.