Spence helped to keep Salah quiet as Spurs won the first leg 1-0 in north London last month and the 24-year-old, who has been deputising at left-back for Ange Postecoglou's depleted side, is likely to be in direct competition with the Egyptian again at Anfield.

Tottenham ended their run of four successive Premier League defeats with a hard-fought 2-0 victory at Brentford on Sunday. In a week where they travel to Anfield and Villa Park in the Carabao and FA Cup, the win was timely given it was their first in the top flight since before Christmas.

Djed Spence is making up for lost time with a string of impressive performances for Tottenham during Ange Postecoglou's never-ending injury crisis - and now the defender is eyeing an England call