Igor Tudor has explained the reason he was forced into a late tactical rethink ahead of Tottenham Hotspur’s trip to Anfield.

Tottenham Hotspur earned a vital point in their quest to avoid relegation when they travelled to Anfield to take on Liverpool.

Igor Tudor’s men found themselves a goal down for large spells of the game following Dominik Szoboszlai’s free-kick, one that Guglielmo Vicario should have done better to save.

However, a resilient Spurs side showed some much-needed fight and secured a point despite the difficult circumstances they came into the game in.

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Thirteen senior players were unavailable for selection for Tudor against Liverpool, and that prompted a sudden change in approach, according to the Spurs boss.

We saw Souza, a left-back by trade, featuring on the right wing as Tudor – who prefers a much narrower setup with two strikers – was forced to adapt.

Speaking to football.london, the Tottenham boss explained how late changes to his squad forced him to alter both the team and the system without proper preparation.

He said: “We were preparing one training session with Conor [Gallagher] in the middle, and other solutions, but we needed to change today, so it was a system, it was a...