Toby Alderweireld knows Tottenham are in a no-win situation against non-League Marine.. Win and they were supposed to beat a club eight tiers below them in the football pyramid.
Lose and, well, Jose Mourinho’s men will be a laughing stock. But even so, the Belgium international is relishing the trip to Merseyside for the chance to pit his wits against the team that lies sixth in the Northern Premier League North West Division One.
Alderweireld said: “You can’t really win the game. If you win, you’re expected to. “So it’s pressure but it is good to have pressure — if you have no pressure, you are a little bit sloppy. “Everyone expects us to win easily but it’s never that easy because, for most of those guys, it’s the game of their lives,
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