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Robbie Keane is set to make his first return to White Hart Lane since his controversial summer transfer to Liverpool when Rafa Benitez's side travel to the capital this weekend.

The departures of Keane and Dimitar Berbatov have contributed to Spurs' awful start to the current campaign and led to the departure of Juande Ramos in dramatic circumstances last weekend.

Harry Redknapp has since left Portsmouth to succeed the former Sevilla coach and watched his new side clinch their first victory of the campaign last weekend when they beat Bolton Wanderers 2-0.

Spurs then showed their renewed spirit by snatching a 4-4 draw at north London rivals Arsenal in midweek, having trailed by two goals going into the final minute of normal time.

Redknapp said after that display: "We got back into the game at 3-2 then gave a terrible goal away and it looked all over at 4-2, but we kept going and pulled an amazing result out of the bag.

"So, credit to the lads. We kept going and showed a lot of character.

"It's going to be a long season, but there was a great atmosphere in that dressing room. I've tried to make them believe in themselves and there's ability in the squad."

Centre-back Michael Dawson misses the game as he is serving the third and final game of his suspension for a red card in the recent defeat at Stoke City.

Benitez brings his top-of-the-table side to north London on the back of a ten-match unbeaten start to the campaign.

With more than a quarter of the season gone, Liverpool finally appear to be genuine title challengers as they continue their attempts to win the league for the first time since 1990.

Victory at Chelsea last weekend, following their 2-1 win against Manchester United in September, showed that they are capable of beating the two teams that have dominated the Premier League in the last four seasons.

Liverpool have maintained their form despite being without Fernando Torres recently and the Spain international is once again expected to be absent with a hamstring injury.

Match Report

Roman Pavlyuchenko fired a dramatic injury-time winner to make it a dream first week in charge at Spurs for Harry Redknapp and inflict on Liverpool a first league defeat of the season.

After beating Bolton in his first game in charge and seeing his side produce a miraculous comeback to snatch a point against arch rivals Arsenal, Redknapp weaved his magic again to steer his side to a memorable victory over the league leaders.

Despite falling behind to an early strike from Dirk Kuyt, Tottenham showed all their fighting qualities in the second half and an own goal from Jamie Carragher and a late strike from Pavlyuchenko helped them move off the bottom of the table.

Redknapp might be planning changes in the January transfer window, but there is no question he has already installed a fighting spirit which can see his team move away from the bottom three.

Tottenham fans made their feelings known towards Robbie Keane who was making his first appearance back in north London since making a £20million move to Anfield during the summer.

The boo-boys were quickly silenced as Keane played an instrumental role in helping Liverpool get off to a dream start on three minutes.

Keane turned Ledley King inside the box and laid the ball in to Kuyt, who smashed a right-foot shot past Heurelho Gomes into the roof of the net.

The league leaders could have doubled their lead on five minutes. Steven Gerrard's inswinging corner caused all kinds of problems for Darren Bent standing on the goal-line and he luckily deflected his shot on to the post.

Redknapp believes Luka Modric can become the new hero at White Hart Lane and the Croatian star finally burst into action on 40 minutes.

The ball fell to the talented midfielder on the edge of the box and he somehow managed to squeeze his shot through the Liverpool defence, which forced a fine save from Pepe Reina, who held on to the ball at the second attempt.

Disgruntled Tottenham fans were making their feelings known towards Redknapp before the break and were once again calling for the return of Jermain Defoe to the club.

The Spurs manager was clearly unhappy with his team's first-half display and made a double substitution at half-time bringing on Alan Hutton and Pavlyuchenko.

The move paid off straight away as Pavlyuchenko almost got his side back on level terms within the opening 60 seconds of the second half, when he drilled a low shot just past the post.

But Liverpool always looked dangerous on the counter-attack and had two golden chances to add a second early in the second half.

Gerrard's shot deflected off King's elbow and Gomes did well to tip the ball on to the post on 49 minutes.

The woodwork came to Tottenham's rescue once again on 52 minutes. Gomes produced yet another howler when his weak pass to King was intercepted by Keane who laid the ball to Gerrard.

The England midfielder only had one thing on his mind but saw his shot bounce off the top of the bar.

Liverpool were dominating the proceedings and came close again on 57 minutes.

Gerrard's free-kick picked out Xabi Alonso who was totally unmarked at the far post, but he somehow directed his close-range effort the wrong side of the post.

Liverpool were made to pay for all their missed opportunities when Tottenham snatched an equaliser on 68 minutes.

David Bentley's corner caused all kinds of problems for the Liverpool defence as King rose with Carragher, but it was the Liverpool defender who turned the ball past his own keeper.

Tottenham fans would have settled for a point at that stage, but the evening was to get even better for the home supporters as Pavlyuchenko snatched an unlikely victory right at the death.

Bentley's shot was saved by Reina, before Darren Bent cut the ball back for Pavlyuchenko to slide the ball into the back of the net from close range.

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