Harry Kane is targetting a knock-out blow on Liverpool's title ambitions when Tottenham travel to Anfield on Saturday.
Victory for Spurs would put them seven points clear of Liverpool, who could fall 16 points behind league leaders Chelsea if the Blues beat Burnley a day later.
Tottenham will fancy their chances given Jurgen Klopp's side have managed only one win in their last 10 matches, their dip reaching a new low in Saturday's 2-0 defeat at struggling Hull.
Mauricio Pochettino's men, meanwhile, along with a resurgent Manchester City, have emerged as the most likely contenders to halt Chelsea's charge but they can ill-afford to let a nine-point gap grow any bigger.