Igor Tudor knows harsh Tottenham reality ahead of Liverpool amid Premier League relegation threat

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Tottenham travel to Liverpool on Sunday with Igor Tudor's future in north London firmly in the balance

Igor Tudor takes his depleted Tottenham side to Liverpool knowing his job is firmly on the line as the threat of relegation from the Premier League looms large.

The Croatian's time in north London has so far not gone to plan, with the former Juventus man losing all four of his games in charge since taking over the reins from Thomas Frank.

Tudor has suffered 29 days of pain so far and Liverpool will be intent on heaping even more misery on the interim head coach. The 47-year-old's future hangs in the balance going into the clash and a heavy defeat at Anfield may even be the final straw for the Spurs hierarchy.

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Some would argue Tottenham's next three games are perhaps the most crucial of their season, with the Lilywhites welcoming Atletico Madrid to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Wednesday before a six-pointer clash against Nottingham Forest four days later.

Spurs have conceded 14 goals under Tudor and there is a sense his methods of working his players extremely hard in training are not benefiting the squad at all. Some players even feel Tudor has imposed himself too forcefully since his arrival at the club, with some viewing his approach as 'disrespectful' and others finding it 'borderline mocking,' football.london understands.

"Tough, for sure," Tudor said when asked how the last week has been. "Not just because of last game, but because of the period and the past. Not easy situation, not an easy moment and from other side a big challenge to change things.

"Like everything in life, you can choose how to see the situation. So, you can stay and cry or you can fight. You can be the victim or you can say I can change something. This is the message I want to start and what I told to the players."

Spurs will go to Anfield on Sunday with 12 players unavailable. Cristian Romero and Joao Palhinha are ruled out through concussion after an aerial collision late on in Madrid, Yves Bissouma has a muscle problem and Micky van de Ven is suspended.

Elsewhere Wilson Odobert, James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Rodrigo Bentancur, Mohammed Kudus, Ben Davies, Lucas Bergvall and Destiny Udogie are all out through injury. Conor Gallagher is suffering from a fever, although it is hoped the midfielder will recover in time.