Tottenham vs Liverpool LIVE: Carabao Cup result and reaction as Lucas Bergvall scores late winner
Tottenham 1-0 Liverpool: Bergvall’s late goal ensures Spurs take a lead into the second leg at Anfield.
Lucas Bergvall struck an 86th-minute winner to earn Tottenham a 1-0 victory over Liverpool and a slender advantage after a cagey Carabao Cup semi-final first leg.
Spurs were without 10 players for this tie and had lost 6-3 to Arne Slot’s irresistible Premier League leaders last month, but turned the form table on its head - albeit with a touch of fortune.
Match-winner Bergvall was lucky to avoid a second yellow card for a late tackle on Kostas Tsimikas moments before he fired home his first goal for the club to earn Tottenham and Ange Postecoglou a much-needed win.
Postecoglou had faced external pressure after a nightmare run of form amid a horror injury crisis, which deepened with Rodrigo Bentancur forced off early amid worrying scenes, but his injury-hit team with debutant goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky managed to shut out Liverpool to head to Anfield next month with a narrow lead.
Relive the Carabao Cup action with our live blog below:
Tottenham 1-0 Liverpool
90 mins: Seven minutes of added time to play before the end of this game.
GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Liverpool (Lucas Bergvall, 86’)
Huge!
This one is going to stand. After another short break for a knock, Tottenham get the match going again and play down the right wing.
A long ball comes up to Dominic Solanke who shrugs off Ibrahima Konate and collects the ball. He rolls it across to Lucas Bergvall who slots a first time effort into the bottom corner and gives Spurs the lead.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
81 mins: Inside the last 10 minutes of play now. Will there be a winner? Liverpool’s substitutions have brought them a degree of control but Spurs are starting to push forward again.
NO GOAL! Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
78 min: VAR wasn’t in place for the quarter-finals but was brought in for the semis. Referee Stuart Attwell delivers the verdict that the Spurs fans didn’t want to hear.
After the check, Solanke was just offside meaning the goal is ruled out.
Attwell announces the decision to the whole stadium in a new innovation for VAR which is being trialled during the semi-finals of the league cup.
GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Liverpool (Dominic Solanke, 76’)
Massive!
Tottenham take the lead through a former Liverpool player. Dominic Solanke makes a run in behind the Liverpool high line as the ball is played through.
He collects it and drives into the box before slipping a fine low shot past Alisson into the back of the net.
VAR is checking this, is Solanke onside? The flag stayed down.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
75 mins: Ange Postecoglou decides that Heung-Min Son has had enough and switches out his captain with Timo Werner. Postecoglou will be hoping the fresh legs will be a bigger threat to Liverpool in the final 20 minutes.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
72 mins: Off the line!
Tsimikas curls a cross into the box from the left and the ball sails through to Trent Alexander-Arnold. He decides to shoot from a tight angle and hits the ball cleanly.
It flies across the box and looks to be going in but Radu Dragusin clears the danger off the goal line!
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
70 mins: Save!
Salah, who has had a quiet evening, slots a lovely pass in behind the Spurs defence. Darwin Nunez goes sprinting into the box and gets to it first.
He rattles a strike at goal but Kinsky drops low and makes a fine save.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
69 mins: Brennan Johnson does great work to take the ball around Kostas Tsimikas and feed Kulusevski’s run. Again, Tottenham don’t have the men in the box for the winger to find and another pass is intercepted and cleared.
That’s a sign of Spurs’ unwillingness to overcommit. They were heavily punished for that in the Premier League clash with Liverpool and Ange Postecoglou has made them more secure tonight.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
66 mins: Dejan Kulusevski manages to get into space after a superbly threaded pass from Archie Gray. Kulusevski carries the ball into the box and tries to weave past the defenders.
Dominic Solanke is his only option and he looks to square the ball only for Virgil van Dijk to intercept.
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