Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino expects a battle against Liverpool on Saturday after Jurgen Klopp's side demolished Barcelona in pre-season.
Spurs have taken four points from their opening two league games and face a tough test against Jurgen Klopp's Reds at White Hart Lane on Saturday lunchtime.
Liverpool impressed in pre-season with a stunning 4-0 victory over Spanish giants Barcelona at Wembley earlier in August, and then beat Arsenal 4-3 on the opening day of the Premier League season at Emirates Stadium.
But Liverpool's form has been erratic since Klopp's arrival last October, and the Reds then fell to a disappointing 2-0 defeat at Burnley last weekend.
Pochettino's side and Liverpool under Klopp have drawn many comparisons for their respective pressing games, but the Argentinian does not see them as the same tactics.
Asked about similarities between their approaches, Pochettino said: "I think in theory, yes, but they are a team that likes to play on the counter-attack.
"They are very comfortable playing deeper and running fast.
"You could see in the friendly game against Barcelona at Wembley.
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"[It was] 4-0 for them, that they wait and when they recover the ball, players like [Adam] Lallana, [Divock] Origi, [Philippe] Coutinho, [Georginio] Wijnaldum, [Sadio] Mane - they are very fast.
"They like to play in this style. I think we are very different, but I don't know. Maybe in the end we are maybe the same."
