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Spurs team confirmed vs Red Star Belgrade: Serge Aurier starts, Giovani Lo Celso on the bench

Mauricio Pochettino has named his Tottenham team to face Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League.

Returning to action on Saturday following the international break, the team couldn't get back on track as they needed a late Dele Alli goal to salvage a draw against Watford.

Everyone connected with the club will be hoping this is the game that Spurs finally get back to winning ways as they only have one point on the board from their first two European games.

Tonight's visitors are actually ahead of the Lilywhites in Group B and they will be looking to keep it that way ahead of the reverse fixture at Rajko Mitic Stadium at the start of November.

Failing to win since beating Southampton 2-1 just under a month ago, Pochettino is well aware that Red Star will make it tough for the team as they look to put things right after a difficult spell.

"Every game is important to win. Not only tomorrow," he said at his pre-match press conference. "For us it is important to understand that tomorrow is a different competition, so it is important to win and be in a good position in the table, of course.

"It will be tough because every single game is tough.

"In this type of period our worst opponent are ourselves, and of course we need to compete more with the opponent and with ourselves and try to build our confidence and of course to be solid and perform in the way that we want to perform."

Here's the team that Pochettino has selected for the game:

Spurs starting XI: Gazzaniga, Aurier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies: Sissoko, Ndombele; Son, Alli, Lamela; Kane.

Substitutes: Austin, Winks, Dier, Lo Celso, Foyth, Eriksen, Lucas.

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