It appears that Togolese international Emmanuel Adebayor is still recovering from his knee injury sustained last Sunday against Arsenal. He is notably absent from the list of 18 players called up by Andre Villas-Boas to face Liverpool this Sunday.
Despite previous assurances from the Portuguese coach that Adebayor was improving, it seems the striker will miss his second consecutive match for Spurs since his return from the 2013 African Cup of Nations. Meanwhile, Cameroonian Benoît Assou-Ekotto has been named as a starter for this Premier League fixture.
The starting eleven for the match includes Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Vertonghen, Assou-Ekotto, Parker, Livermore, Sigurdsson, Dembele, Bale, and Defoe. The substitutes are Friedel, Naughton, Caulker, Gallas, Huddlestone, Carroll, and Holtby.
