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The all-time Premier League top scorer has delivered a scathing verdict on Spurs ahead of the clash at Anfield.

The home supporters will be turning up expecting to celebrate long into the night.

While they have been able to make progress in the Europa League - they have a semi-final first leg to come against Bodo/Glimt on Thursday - they are down in 16th place in the Premier League table.

Ange Postecoglou's side have lost a whopping 18 games from their 33 top flight matches and there are serious doubts as to whether the club keep faith with him next season.

Speaking ahead of the game, the Tottenham boss hinted that he could rotate his squad for the Liverpool clash.

With a trophy up for grabs in the Europa League - and subsequent qualification for the Champions League - the league is clearly no longer their priority.

Nevertheless, in his Betfair column Shearer has taken aim at he current state of Spurs and has backed Liverpool to pile on the misery this weekend.

"It could get messy," he said.

"When you look at the two teams, how could you take any Spurs players and put them into a combined XI, with how Liverpool have been in the league?

So if you're asking me what the combined XI is for Spurs and Liverpool, it's Liverpool 1-11.

"That will be pretty embarrassing for any Spurs fan to read but unfortunately, it's reality.

"If you've gone through that many managers with that amount of finance then you've got to question other things.

It would be a remarkable situation with how bad they've been in the league that they could go on and actually win that competition."

Tottenham have been beaten heavily by Liverpool twice this season - 6-3 in the Premier League and 4-0 in the League Cup semi-final second leg - although did earn a rare win over the Reds in the first leg of the League Cup semi-final.


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