Antonio Conte had made three changes as he attempts to get Tottenham's season back on track with Nottingham Forest with the visitors Saturday afternoon.
Spurs' campaign has come off the rails in the past week with lacklustre exits from the FA Cup and Champions League at the hands of Sheffield United and AC Milan respectively. Conte's future has been under scrutiny following three games without a goal and with Liverpool chasing behind, Tottenham need to get back to winning ways to maintain their spot in the top four.
Conte admitted on Friday that both Emerson Royal and Ivan Perisic are injury doubts ahead of the game, with the Brazilian having missed training that day. Perisic is on the bench and Emerson misses out entirely.
