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 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:
Half-time! Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
45+11 mins: The whistle goes to end the first half with nothing to separate the two teams.
Diogo Jota has a shto blocked inside the box but as things stand the teams head into the break on level terms.
All to play for in the second half.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
45+9 mins: Liverpool are pressing the advantage in the closing stages of this first half. Spurs need to dig deep and maintain their clean sheet until the break.
The Reds seem to have finally clicked into gear and look very imposing.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
45+6 mins: Cody Gakpo goes on a driving run up the pitch with no options available to him on either side. He manages to create enough space to get a shot away and drills a dipping effort at goal.
Antonin Kinsky fumbles the ball but manages to keep it out.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
45+3 mins: Neither team looks likely to open the scoring in this half and both seem to be going through the motions a bit. Tsimikas gets a cross into the box but it’s not the best and Dragusin heads it clear without too much trouble.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
45 mins: There will be 11 added minutes at the end of this first half after the two injuries to Bentancur and Quansah.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
42 mins: Liverpool win another free kick that Tsimikas once again bends into the box. Gray is there it head the ball away first before Spurs complete the clearance.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
39 mins: Liverpool have been a bit frustrating in this half and haven’t really been the free-flowing, attacking team we’re used to under Arne Slot.
Mo Salah has had about six or seven touches in total and has been on the fringes of play. Spurs have been the more controlling side.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
36 mins: Mo Salah comes up against Archie Gray who holds his own and wins a throw in for Tottenham. The hosts look to play out from the back but don’t get far.
Diogo Jota recovers the ball but can’t set up a chance as he’s quickly hounded by Radu Dragusin who comes away with the ball.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
33 mins: Yves Bissouma collects the first booking of the game in a tussle with Diogo Jota who looks to drive the ball into the final third.
Liverpool win a free kick in a dangerous area and could test Spurs’ new goalkeeper. Kostas Tsimikas swings the ball into the middle and finds Alexis Mac Allister.
Mac Allister can’t generate any power and nods the ball into the arms of Antonin Kinsky.
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
30 mins: There’s a subdued feel to the game still following the Bentancur injury. Both teams are trying to assert some control with limited success.
Quansah has gone off the pitch with Arne Slot replacing him Wataru Endo which is an intriguing switch.
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