Confirmed: Conte makes Ivan Perisic decision as Tottenham v Liverpool lineups emerge

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Tottenham Hotspur starting XI: Lloris; Dier, Lenglet, Davies; Emerson, Bentancur, Bissouma, Hojbjerg, Sessegnon; Kane, Perisic.

Tottenham Hotspur substitutes: Forster, Tanganga, Doherty, Sanchez, Skipp, Sarr, Kulusevski, Gil, Lucas.

Liverpool starting XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Fabinho, Thiago, Elliott; Salah, Firmino, Nunez.

Liverpool substitutes: Kelleher, Gomez, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Tsimikas, Ramsay, Carvalho, Bajcetic.

Tottenham Hotspur return to Premier League action this afternoon as they play host to Liverpool in North London.

Spurs beat Marseille in midweek to advance into the last 16 of the Champions League but are facing a number of injury problems.

Son Heung-min and Cristian Romero both miss out today with Richarlison still missing.

Hugo Lloris starts in goal with Eric Dier again playing on the right side in place of Romero.

Clement Lenglet and Ben Davies join Dier in the back three as Davinson Sanchez has to make do with a spot on the bench.

Emerson Royal and Ryan Sessegnon are the wing backs today and Antonio Conte has gone with a 3-5-2.

That means Yves Bissouma starts and joins Rodrigo Bentancur and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in midfield.

Harry Kane leads the line up top but with Son out and Lucas Moura only just back from injury, Ivan Perisic is forced to play as a striker.

There is great news on the bench though with Dejan Kulusevski back in the matchday squad after more than a month out through injury.

Fraser Forster, Japhet Tanganga, Matt Doherty, Davinson Sanchez, Oliver Skipp, Pape Matar Sarr, Bryan Gil and Lucas join Kulusevski on the bench.

Liverpool go with Alisson In goal as usual whilst Ibrahima Konate gets the nod at centre back ahead of Joe Gomez, partnering Virgil van Dijk at the back.

Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson feature as the full backs today, as the often do.

Fabinho will protect the back four today with Thiago and Harvey Elliott joining the Brazilian in midfield.

Roberto Firmino starts in attack, so it looks like Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez will flank him in attack.

Gomez drops to the bench, joining Caoimhin Kelleher, Jordan Henderson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Curtis Jones, Kostas Tsimikas, Calvin Ramsay, Fabio Carvalho and Stefan Bajcetic.