Spurs weary but future-proof

Liverpool 1 Tottenham 1: IT may have done little for their chances of winning the 2016 league title, but this Anfield performance yet again proved Mauricio Pochettino’s claim that his Tottenham side can be a force for years to come.

With five of his players having made impressive impacts for England during the international break, it was perhaps inevitable that a number of key Spurs stars looked fatigued as they returned to domestic duty.

Dele Alli, one of the sensations of this or any other season at both domestic and international levels, was just one player who was short of his usually imperious best in the Anfield stalemate but, as Pochettino proudly pointed out in its aftermath, the midfielder, who turns 20 a week today, can and will only improve from such experiences.