Tottenham v Fiorentina key talking points: From Mauricio Pochettino's rotation headache to where Christian Eriksen will play

 

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Tom Collomosse19 February 2015

Tottenham go into tonight's Europa League round of 32 first leg match against Fiorentina relatively fresh as they haven't played since defeat at Liverpool eight days ago.

The Spurs workload is set to increase, however, with six games in the next 17 days. Mauricio Pochettino manager has said he is not worried by the prospect of so many games in such a short space of time but understands Fiorentina will pose a strong challenge.

Tottenham do have the added benefit of being able to field a full strength squad with no players suffering from knocks or injuries. Harry Kane, who has been prolific this season, scoring 23 so far, is expected to lead the line for Spurs at White Hart Lane.

Vincenzo Montella's men, including on-loan Manchester City defender Micah Richards, are unbeaten in their last eight games and have also reached the last four of the Coppa Italia. Thursday's visitors sit fourth in Serie A as they look to qualify for next season's Champions League.

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