Christian Eriksen and Hugo Lloris are hoping to hand Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino a Champions League boost for the visit of Barcelona on Wednesday night.

Eriksen missed the Premier League victory over Huddersfield Town with a stomach injury, but trained on Monday and is now aiming to return.

Lloris has been out with a thigh injury since helping Spurs to a 3-0 victory over Manchester United, but the goalkeeper returned to training last week.

Paulo Gazzaniga has impressed in Tottenham’s last three games since replacing Michel Vorm, who had been deputising for Lloris. But Pochettino would see the return of his captain and first-choice goalkeeper as a boost ahead of the Barça game.

Having lost their first Group B game to Internazionale, Tottenham will face an uphill struggle to qualify for the knockout stages if they are beaten by Barcelona at Wembley.

Pochettino is already without Dele Alli, who suffered a recurrence of his hamstring injury, while Jan Vertonghen and Mousa Dembélé had to be withdrawn at half-time at Huddersfield.