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Rob Guest

'Atrocious, lost already!' - Spurs fans cannot believe what Pochettino has done vs Liverpool

It's fair to say that Mauricio Pochettino's Tottenham team for this afternoon's game against Liverpool hasn't gone down that well with the club's supporters.

Having salvaged a late draw against Watford last Saturday courtesy of Dele Alli's goal, the Lilywhites got back on track in midweek with a 5-0 victory over Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League.

It was like the Spurs of old had returned and, in fact, they probably could have won by more with the team having a number of chances.

Plenty of supporters had called for the manager to keep the same team for the game against the league leaders, yet he has elected to shake things up.

Tanguy Ndombele, who starred against the Serbian team in midweek, has dropped down to the bench with Harry Winks taking his place, while Erik Lamela misses out on the squad altogether as Christian Eriksen comes back in.

The manager has also made a couple of changes at the back as Toby Alderweireld and Danny Rose, who were absent on Tuesday, replace Jan Vertonghen and Ben Davies in the starting XI.

The news that Ndombele has dropped down to the bench and Eriksen has come in has not gone down well at all with supporters.

Here's what the fans have had to say:

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