Tottenham vs Chelsea LIVE: Carabao Cup result, final score and reaction tonight
Relive all the action from the semi-final second leg at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Chelsea booked their place in the Carabao Cup final with a 3-0 semi-final aggregate win over Tottenham, whose hopes of a comeback were denied by VAR misery.
Thomas Tuchel’s men did half the job in last week’s first leg at Stamford Bridge when they won 2-0 and Antonio Rudiger’s first-half goal in north London settled matters, setting up a Wembley date against either Liverpool or Arsenal next month.
They will get a chance to claim a sixth League Cup and give Tuchel the opportunity of winning a third trophy in just over 14 months in the job.
Spurs were well beaten over the course of the two games, but it could have been different had technology not ruled against them on three occasions in the second leg.
Referee Andre Marriner twice awarded penalties that were overturned while Harry Kane had a goal ruled out for offside as they missed out on a second successive appearance in the final.
Tottenham 0 - 0 Chelsea (0-2 agg)
Kick off: Chelsea get this semi-final second leg underway. Cesar Azpilicueta flicks the ball down the right wing and attempts to find Romelu Lukaku. He’s beaten to the ball by Ben Davies who prods it up to Matt Doherty and sends Tottenham into Chelsea’s half.
Tottenham vs Chelsea
There’s a light show at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium before the teams make their way out onto the pitch. Cesar Azpilicueta and Harry Kane lead out their respective sides.
There’s a big cheer for the home side, the fans certainly seem to think Spurs can get a result tonight.
Tottenham vs Chelsea
Harry Kane leads Tottenham in the absence of Hugo Lloris tonight. Can he inspire Spurs to a famous victory and get them to the Carabao cup final?
Tottenham vs Chelsea
Tottenham are looking to become just the second team to reach the League Cup final having lost the semi-final first leg by more than one goal, after Aston Villa in the 1993-94 campaign.
Tottenham vs Chelsea
In all competitions, Chelsea have progressed from each of their last 13 two-legged ties when winning the first leg, since going out to Liverpool in the 2006/07 Champions League semi-final.
Tottenham vs Chelsea: Chelsea weigh up Thiago Silva and N’Golo Kante ‘gamble’ for Tottenham
Chelsea are weighing up the calculated “gamble” of pitching Thiago Silva and N’Golo Kante into Wednesday’s Carabao Cup semi-final second leg at Tottenham.
Boss Thomas Tuchel has confirmed that Silva and Kante have completed their Covid-19 isolation and the influential Blues duo both start on the bench this evening.
Chelsea weigh up Thiago Silva and N’Golo Kante ‘gamble’ for Tottenham
The influential duo have completed their Covid isolation but it is not yet known if they will be able to feature in the Carabao Cup semi-final
Tottenham vs Chelsea: Spurs vs London teams
Tottenham are appearing in their third League Cup semi-final in the last four seasons and 17th overall. However, they last won the competition in 2007/08 and have been knocked out of the League Cup by London clubs in five of the past eight seasons last doing so in 2018/19 when Chelsea beat them at the semi-final stage.
Tottenham vs Chelsea: Blues looking to reach Carabao Cup final
Chelsea have successfully navigated five of their last seven League Cup semi-finals only failing to reach the final on two occasions. In 2012/13 when they lost out to Swansea and in 2017/18 when Arsenal were victorious against them.
If they knock out Tottenham tonight it will be a third final for the Blues in a year under manager Thomas Tuchel after Chelsea also reached the Champions League and FA Cup finals last season.
Tottenham vs Chelsea: Conte on Chelsea
Antonio Conte says that Chelsea have improved as a team with the signings they made over the summer including bringing Romelu Lukaku back to Stamford Bridge.
The Spurs boss acknowledged that the Blues are a formidable team but insists his Tottenham side are also improving and has urged them to show it on the pitch tonight. He said:
We know very well that they are a really good and important team in this moment.
“They won the Champions League last season, they tried to improve their team and their squad with good investment this summer but at the same time we want to continue to improve and to show, first of all to us, that we are improving, that our work is going well.
“We know that it’s an important game and we want to try to play a good game and try to give everything.”
Tottenham vs Chelsea: Spurs yet to lose at home under Conte
There are some encouraging signs for Tottenham fans going into tonight’s second leg. Spurs have a pretty strong record at home in League Cup semi finals and they are yet to lose at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium under manager Antonio Conte.
In eight games in north London since his arrival, Conte has picked up seven wins across four competitions (Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and Europa Conference League).
Three of those matches have also come against rival London sides in Brentford, West Ham and Crystal Palace where Spurs won every game scoring seven goals and conceding just once.
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