Tottenham are one of the best sides in world football, insists CSKA Moscow boss Leonid Slutsky

Sam Long27 September 2016

Tottenham are one of the best sides in world football, according to CSKA Moscow manager Leonid Slutsky.

Spurs travel to the Arena CSKA tonight in need of a victory, having lost their opening Champions League group game to Monaco earlier this month.

Mauricio Pochettino is set to be without the services of Harry Kane, who has been sidelined with an ankle injury, as well as Eric Dier, Mousa Dembele, Danny Rose and Moussa Sissoko.

However, Slutsky is adamant the north Londoners have enough quality in their squad to cope with such a setback and is wary of several members of Tottenham's front line.

"Tottenham are one of the best sides in England, which automatically makes them one of the best in the world," Slutsky told the Daily Mail.

"Last year, Spurs had an amazing team and tried to win the [Premier League] title. This season, they play a little different because many teams sit back against them.

"We can talk about Son [Heung-min], [Vincent] Janssen, [Christian] Eriksen, [Erik] Lamela - all these players are pretty dangerous," he added.

The South Korean has rarely been deployed in such a role at Spurs but did so on a number of occasion at his former club Bayer Leverkusen.

Spurs are currently bottom of Group E and three points tonight would kick start their European campaign, with Pochettino keen to see his players step up to the mark.

"It will be a tough game, we must win because we need to go to the next round and to have the possibility to go through to the next round we need to take the three points," said the Argentine.

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