Liverpool will face a resurgent Tottenham on Saturday. A week ago, Spurs were adrift at the foot of the table and defender Jonathan Woodgate had described them as “rudderless” under the management of Juande Ramos.

But all that changed when Ramos was shown the door last Saturday night, with Redknapp quitting Portsmouth to take over. Since then, they have beaten Bolton at home for their first win of the season, and on Wednesday night they scored twice in the final minutes to snatch a 4-4 draw at arch-rivals Arsenal.

That will make them a much tougher proposition than they might have been for Rafael Benitez’s Liverpool, who are three points clear of Chelsea at the top after beating Redknapp’s old club Portsmouth 1-0 on Wednesday.

Saturday’s game will also mark the return to North London of Robbie Keane, whose £20 million switch to Liverpool in the summer was one of the two key deals that seemed to undermine the Ramos regime by ridding him of his main source of goals - the other being the sale of Dimitar Berbatov to Manchester United.

If Liverpool slip up at the Lane, Chelsea will be looking to capitalise as they host Sunderland at Stamford Bridge.

Last weekend, Liverpool ended the Blues’ proud 86-match unbeaten league run at the Bridge, and Luiz Felipe Scolari will be eager to begin a new one to follow up their midweek victory at Hull.

Arsenal were stung by Spurs’ late equalisers at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday, as it cost them not only North London pride but two valuable points as they bid to stay in touch with the leaders.

They go into Saturday’s trip to Stoke four points behind Liverpool, and will be eager to quiet Potters fans energised by Wednesday’s 1-0 win over Sunderland.

Hull’s fairytale season suffered a blip with the loss to Chelsea, and there could be another one this weekend as they face a daunting trip to face Manchester United at Old Trafford.

The winner will be get to overhaul fourth-placed Aston Villa, at least temporarily, as the Villains do not play until Monday night’s trip to Newcastle.

Like Spurs, the Magpies are in the process of recovering from a dire start to the season, and they moved out of the relegation zone with Tuesday night’s 2-0 win over West Brom.

While Tottenham have been grabbing all the headlines with their capture of Redknapp, it is Portsmouth who are left to pick up the pieces.

Redknapp’s former assistant Tony Adams has stepped into the breach but always faced a tough task at Liverpool on Wednesday night.

However, if he is to convince fans he can maintain standards at the club, he will be under pressure to win on Saturday as lowly Wigan visit Fratton Park.

On Sunday, inconsistent Manchester City visit local rivals Bolton.

The high-spending Blues have scored the most goals of any club in the Premier League this season, but find themselves in eighth place on the back of Wednesday’s 2-0 loss to Middlesbrough.

Also this weekend, Everton host Fulham, Blackburn go to West Brom and West Ham travel to Middlesbrough.