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Tottenham predicted XI v Newcastle

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Tottenham left it late again in the Premier League, beating Watford with two goals in the final ten minutes of the game.

Fernando Llorente kept his Tottenham career alive after missing two sitters with the winner in the 87th minute and we’re expecting Mauricio Pochettino to give him another start against Newcastle on Saturday morning.

The big decision for Pochettino is whether to start Heung-min Son again. He was the player who got Tottenham back into the game on Wednesday, but he talked about fatigue after the Asian Cup and looked out on his feet towards the end of the game.

Needs must though and we think that Son will be asked to step up again with Lucas Moura on the bench.

An easier decision is to replace £80k-a-week man Serge Aurier with Kieran Trippier on the right. Aurier was awful on Wednesday and was hooked off at half-time with Moussa Sissoko taking over his position.

The only other change is Eric Dier for Harry Winks – Winks has played a lot recently and could do with a rest.

Another howler from goalkeeper Huge Lloris should probably lead to him losing his place to Paulo Gazzaniga, but we don’t think he will.

This is the starting XI we expect Pochettino to put out at Wembley tomorrow lunchtime:

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