Harry Kane makes claim about Anfield and Liverpool before this weekend’s game

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Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane has labelled Anfield as a ‘very tough place to go’ ahead of their game with Liverpool on Sunday.

Spurs head to Merseyside this weekend looking for a first win away at Liverpool since May 2011. As the two sides jostle for European qualification, a win will be a big one for either side. And in quotes from the Evening Standard after his team drew 2-2 with Manchester United last night, Kane has stressed the difficulty of playing at Anfield.

“We spoke about these two games this week, just getting results, finding a way to win, finding a way to come away with something,” said the England captain.

“Liverpool’s going to be the same. Anfield is a very tough place to go. They’re in a similar position of fighting for the spots we’re fighting for, so there’s a lot riding on it.

“It’s down to us to recover and show the character we did in the second half and be brave away at Anfield.”

Spurs looking for rare Anfield win

Spurs and Liverpool have had similar seasons in some ways. Both not quite where they’d want to be in the table, they’ve had some good days and some very, very bad days in 2022/23.

In that respect, Spurs’ 6-1 loss at Newcastle United last weekend was the very worst of the lot. But you have to hand it to them, they bounced back having gone 2-0 down in the first half against United last night.

That should give them a little confidence going to Anfield. Although as Kane suggests, the North Londoners usually find the going tough at L4.

They did get a point there under Antonio Conte last season, but by then they were upwardly mobile on a top-four hunt. This time around they’ve fired Conte, interim manager Christian Stellini and will come to Liverpool with Ryan Mason at the helm.

In terms of experience of the two managers, Sunday’s game is a non-contest. On paper Jurgen Klopp should win every time.

But games between these two are rarely one-sided. Only twice in the last 11 meetings has this fixture been settled by more than one goal. Liverpool won out on both of those occasions, one being the Champions League final in 2019. A similar result on Sunday would be nice. Kane usually has his say, though.