The injury and absence of J. Maddison seems to have had a big impact on the sharpness of the Tottenham squad's attacks this season. And not only Maddison but there are around 10 other Tottenham players who are currently absent due to injury. So we can understand that Spurs have been bad in these few matches. Because they are being hit by a storm of injuries this season.
Maddison replaces Harry Kane very well as a play maker for Tottenham Hotspur. With his appearance, Son Heung Min replaces Harry Kane as a main striker for them and let's say they need two players to replace only one player, Harry Kane.
It is their big success to lead the league for a while even losing Harry Kane to Bayern Munich. Now they have to return to reality that they have to fight hard for top four. Winning Premier League is a too ambitious target that looks untouchable for Tottenham with what they have in this season.
If only Spurs could play with the maximum squad, I think Spurs would win this match easily.
It is a very big condition, big if. In reality it won't happen and Tottenham Hotspur will have to play a long season with many unexpected things like player injuries so they have to figure out good alternative tactics that can be switched and used in a match when they have to replace main players with substitute players or have to start a match with alternative players when main players are injured.