Tottenham: Igor Tudor earns more time to solve Spurs' problems after draw at Liverpool boosts relegation battle

Igor Tudor has earned himself more time to get it right at Tottenham after their hard-earned point at Liverpool.

He will remain in charge for the Champions League last-16 second leg at home to Atletico Madrid on Tuesday and Sunday's crucial home game against Nottingham Forest, live on Sky Sports.

These two games could be decisive for his continued position as interim head coach, however, as well as Spurs' survival in the Premier League.

Tudor said on Sunday he "never thinks about" his future - "only training tomorrow…and what we can change" - but had they lost at Anfield on Sunday he may have been forced to do so.

The Tottenham hierarchy have been speaking to long-term options for the next permanent head coach in the summer, and all options have been under consideration including potentially another change should Tudor continue to lose games and Spurs head further towards the drop.

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The 1-1 draw at Anfield was a noticeable improvement, however, clinching a point with a late equaliser through Richarlison - and the board and the fans will want to see a continuation of that on Tuesday night.

A supporters group has actually cancelled a planned protest at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium before Tuesday night's game to make sure everyone gets behind the team at this important stage of the season.

Forest, who are just a point behind Tottenham, then visit on Sunday in what is going to be a pivotal game in the relegation battle.

Changing the head coach again would be another huge risk for Spurs, with limited interim options and a challenge to try and accelerate any summer plans given their perilous position in the Premier League.

One road Tottenham do not seem keen to want to go down is the club-legend route, despite the likes of Harry Redknapp and Jurgen Klinsmann throwing their hats into the ring.

Several ex-players are believed to have offered themselves up in various capacities, including in the dressing room, but so far those advances have been politely declined.

Tudor was brought in to try and make an immediate impact with his commanding presence - but he oversaw four straight defeats before the Liverpool draw while shipping 14 goals.

Sky Sports News has learned that Tudor was recommended as an alternative to Thomas Frank as early as last autumn by former Tottenham sporting director Fabio Paratici.

The Spurs hierarchy declined to pursue Tudor at that point, but Paratici then left Spurs in February and the club ended up following through on the recommendation when they sacked Frank a few weeks later.

Tudor says he does not think about his future

Tottenham boss Tudor, speaking his post-match press conference at Anfield, insisted his future in his role wasn't on his mind.

"I am coaching 15 years, never was thinking one second about my future," he said.

"I never think about my future, my past, I always think about training tomorrow, how to help the players.

"I don't read nothing, don't watch nothing, future is just imagination, future don't exist. It's a constant thing of today, of tomorrow, training."

Tudor said the result brought some "fresh air" and helped boost the confidence of players who had been on a seven-match losing run, which preceded his arrival.

"[It was a] good team spirit, seeing the circumstances the team was in today coming here at Anfield with 12 players [absent]," he said.

"So this is something big. We stayed in the game, we believed, I felt that we could score the goal, the players also felt it, so it's nice.

"It's a long way to our goal, which is to stay in the Premier League, but today was important to show what they showed, independent of the result."

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