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‘Liverpool have one big injury - Van Dijk’ - Spurs boss Mourinho quashes talk of ‘crisis’ at Anfield

The Tottenham manager is not buying that a Premier League title rival is in trouble after suffering a run of unfortunate fitness setbacks

Jose Mourinho has started to fan the flames ahead of Tottenham’s crunch clash with Liverpool at Anfield, with the Portuguese rubbishing claims that the Reds are suffering an injury crisis.

For the Spurs boss, his opposite number, Jurgen Klopp, is contending with just one “big injury”.

He concedes that Netherlands international Virgil van Dijk is almost impossible to replace, with the Dutch defender having been sidelined with knee ligament damage since October.