Tottenham caretaker boss Mason: Facing Liverpool always a big game

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30 Apr 2023 • 9:17 AM MYT
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Tottenham caretaker boss Ryan Mason says they must be ready for the intensity for Liverpool's game on Sunday.

Spurs meet the Reds at Anfield as rank outsiders.

We feel confident that whenever we have the ball against any opposition, we can hurt them because we've got quality players, but at the same time we have to respect who we're coming up against, be a team, be humble together, work hard for each other and hopefully get a positive result," said Mason.

It's Anfield, it's in their stadium and they're a strong team so we'll have to be ready to play an intense game and impose our style on it, but it's a game of football at the end of the day so we have to be ready to fight, work for each other and take care of the things on the pitch.

Honestly, I think this game is always big, just because of the history of the two football clubs. You understand we've got five games left until the end of the season, the game on Sunday is not going to determine the outcome at the end of the season but of course we understand Tottenham and Liverpool at any stage of the season in any circumstances is going to be a big game for the players and fans as well."

On playing at Anfield, he continued: I've played there, I know what it's like, but playing football and coaching in England is special wherever I go because it's the country that I was born in, the country that I love and I feel like it's the best country in the world to be involved in football in.

From a personal point of view, the biggest pride I have is to represent this football club, it's not going up to compete against anyone else, it's the fact that I'm here and the fact that I'm trying to help the club as best I can.

They've had an extra day to recover than us (Liverpool won 2-1 at West Ham on Wednesday, 24 hours before our 2-2 home draw with Manchester United) but that's football. We have to go there, be ready for a fight, be together again and hopefully get a positive result."