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.
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Your support makes all the difference.Lucas Bergvall earned Tottenham a slim lead over Liverpool in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.
A match lacking in talking points will be overshadowed by the injury to Rodrigo Bentancur who collapsed in the early stages of the first half and needed to be subbed off the pitch and taken to hospital.
The game was paused for eight minutes while the midfielder was treated and following the resumption the players were visible shook by the incident.
The second half saw an increase in tempo. Trent Alexander-Arnold, making an appearance off the bench, had a shot cleared off the line and Dominic Solanke saw a goal ruled out by VAR for being offside.
The match looked to be heading for a stalemate before Solanke picked out Bergvall in the box and set up the youngster’s first goal for Spurs as the hosts clinched a 1-0 win and take a lead into the second leg at Anfield.
Relive the Carabao Cup action with our live blog below:
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.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
63 mins: Arne Slot has seen enough and calls for his big guns. He makes a triple substitution which sees Trent Alexander-Arnold, Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz all introduced in place of Conor Bradley, Diogo Jota and Cody Gakpo.
Can the changes inspire Liverpool to go on and win this game?
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
60 mins: Mo Salah takes a strange shot, or was it a cross, from the right edge of the box and forces an awkward moment of Antonin Kinsky.
The Tottenham goalkeeper is forces to juggle the ball on the line before bringing it under control.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
57 mins: Chance!
Massive moment for Tottenham but they left Liverpool off the hook. Pedro Porro pushes up the pitch which allows Lucas Bergvall to press Alisson.
The goalkeeper misplaces a pass back to Porro who shoots towards the open goal only for Virgil van Dijk to block the effort. The ball bobbles back to Porro who checks to the right and dinks a second shot wide of the far post!
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
54 mins: Tottenham will feel they have a strong chance of winning this game as Liverpool aren’t at their best. The hosts need to string together a strong period of possession and put some added pressure on Alisson who has had a quiet half so far.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
51 mins: Close!
Possibly the best chance of the game as Curtis Jones picks out Salah on the right side of the pitch. He cuts inside then floats a cross over to the back post where Cody Gakpo is free.
Gakpo leaps towards the ball but it skims over his head and out of play.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
48 mins: Virgil van Dijk takes out Brennan Johnson in a heavy but fair challenge before a misplaced pass from Ryan Gravenberch forces Conor Bradley to send the ball out of play.
Just a little sign of Liverpool not quite communicating and clicking with each other.
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