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Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino will make a late call on whether to risk his star trio of Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Mousa Dembele against Monaco on Tuesday night.

All three trained at Stade Louis II where Spurs face a real risk of being dumped out of the Champions League in the group stage if they don’t win in France.

Harry Kane is to be assessed after playing the whole match against West Ham on Saturday, having only just returned from a seven-week ankle injury layoff.

A late decision will also be made on Dele Alli and Mousa Dembele, but in a boost for fans they all appeared upbeat as they took part in a light run under lights.

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Alli has been struggling with a knee injury and Dembele has a niggling foot problem, adding potential set-backs to a line-up already without Erik Lamela (hip), Toby Alderweireld (leg) and Ben Davies (ankle).

"It's clear that tomorrow is the most important game," Pochettino said.

"Our selection for tomorrow will be if the players that are fit or not, that can play 90 minutes or not.

"We need to assess Harry Kane, Mousa Dembele and Dele Alli, if they can play 90 minutes and don't take any risks that can affect for the next games.

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"We have one day less than Monaco to recover because they play Friday, we play Saturday. Today is a very important day to assess and see if the players are fully recovered to play tomorrow."

Spurs have only have four points from their four games and trail Monaco by four points and second-placed Bayer Leverkusen by two, following successive home defeats at Wembley.

They need maximum points at Monaco to stay in the competition if Bayer Leverkusen beat CSKA Moscow.Spurs beat West Ham 3-2 on Saturday with Kane bagging two late goals.

He said three Premier League points against their London rivals was important for their European ambitions.

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Kane said: "If we'd lost, it would have been difficult to get going again for Tuesday."

Keeper Hugo Lloris goes further and says Kane's return can be the turning point in Tottenham's faltering campaign .

Kane, however, could provide the spark Spurs need.

"One thing is very important - the return of Kane," Lloris said.

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"He is bringing a lot of positive energy as we saw against Arsenal and West Ham. He is a very important player for us. Tomorrow he is going to be decisive hopefully.

"It's simple. He is one of the leaders and tomorrow is an important moment for Tottenham this season so we need all our top players at the top level.

"It's our responsibility tomorrow to play at that level."

Tottenham's pulsating win over West Ham kicked off a busy seven days, which continues against Monaco and ends with a crunch trip to Chelsea this weekend.