Striker Peter Crouch has saluted the character of 18th placed Tottenham Hotspur, who came back from being 4-1 down to Aston Villa to draw the game, but hopes Liverpool will get the better of Spurs in Sunday’s clash at Anfield.

The Reds are also going through a lack of form as suggested by their recent results that culminated into a shock 1-0 loss to Marseille at Anfield in the Champions League group game on Wednesday.

The England international said on Reds’ official website: “It would be nice to get a result against Tottenham as we were disappointed with our result and performance against Marseille.

“To have a game so soon is probably a good thing, on the back of a bad result you want to be playing again straight away.

“Tottenham will be an extremely difficult game. They've got a fantastic squad. They've had an indifferent start to the season so they'll come out and attack us from the start.

“They need a result as much as we do but hopefully our quality will shine through and we'll get the result.

“They showed great character to come back from 4-1 down against Aston Villa. You'd be disappointed to find yourself in that position but to come back from it shows fantastic character.”