Tottenham must learn from their mistakes in previous clashes with Liverpool if they are to be successful in the Champions League final in Madrid on Saturday.
That's the verdict of former Spurs midfielder Jermaine Jenas, who has identified one key factor for his old side as they look to try and counter Liverpool's attacking threats.
And he says that Spurs must not repeat the same error that they made in the last meeting between the two sides in the Premier League this season.
"There's no doubt the battle of the full-backs will be crucial," he said in a column for Mail Online .
"Those assist stats from Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson are phenomenal. And Tottenham must be ready for them.
"The last time they played in March, when Tottenham lost in the last minute to Toby Alderweireld's own goal from Hugo Lloris' error, is a case in point.
"In the first half, Spurs played a back three as Kieran Trippier and Danny Rose ended up deep in a back five. That can't happen again. Even if it is a back four, they need to get high up the pitch and get in the faces of Alexander-Arnold and Robertson."
And Jenas says it is important that both full-backs have good games at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, adding that although Trippier has come in for some criticism at times this season, he feels he is capable of nullifying Liverpool's threat from out wide.
"I would have no worries about [Danny] Rose," he said.
"In the second half of the season, he's been up there with Moussa Sissoko as Spurs' best player. [Kieran] Trippier has had a lot of stick after his extraordinary World Cup. He didn't have the best game in the first leg against Ajax and was at fault for one of the second leg goals.
"But I've been there, when you're playing injured. He could just tell the manager he's not really fit and hide. But he's not done that. Kieran has dug in all year, put himself out there though his groin clearly isn't right.
"But he will have had three weeks to get right since the end of the season. In the second half at Ajax, when he played a lot higher, you saw the best of him. Tottenham will need that."
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