Liverpool v Tottenham: Carabao Cup semi-final, second leg – reside | Carabao Cup

“Kudos to Spurs for signing Kevin Danso,” says Peter Oh. “Apparently they gazumped Wolverhampton for his companies. Personally, I want he had opted for Molineux, as a result of Danso’s With Wolves would have been box-“workplace gold.”

A reminder of the groups

Liverpool (4-3-3) Kelleher; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Jones; Salah, Nunez, Gakpo.
Substitutes: Jaros, Endo, Diaz, Mac Allister, Chiesa, Elliott, Jota, Tsimikas, Quansah.

Spurs (4-3-3) Kinsky; Grey, Danso, Davies, Spence; Sarr, Bentancur, Bissouma; Kulusevski, Richarlison, Son.
Substitutes: Austin, Porro, Reguilon, Bergvall, Ajayi, Cassanova, Olusesi, Moore, Tel.

Referee Craig Pawson.

“Inform Phil Moseley that from my standpoint, 30 miles or so from him in Durham, North Carolina, the extra doubtless end result here’s a heroic, dramatic Spurs win tonight, adopted by an abject, tail-between-legs disappointment at Wembley,” says Gregory Phillips.

“Is there a case to be made that the League Cup is extra gratifying competitors than the FA Cup?” asks Michal Pac Pomarnacki. “It’s over and accomplished with just about midway by means of the season and in contrast to the FA Cup it doesn’t take up any full weekends. A lot of the video games are performed within the evenings/late afternoon including to the spectacle. Possibly it’s me being a Liverpool fan, however I’ve all the time most well-liked the League Cup to the extra revered FA Cup.”

As a toddler of the eighties I’ll all the time have a keenness for … really each competitions have been nice within the eighties so scratch that. I assume the FA Cup will all the time be extra prestigious however I see your level concerning the League Cup being extra gratifying.

“Come alongside Mr Mosley, don’t be too fatalistic,” says Dean Kinsella. “The entire thing with being Spursy is that sooner or later they carry out a lot worse than they need to and the subsequent they’re marvelous (eg the Metropolis thrashing in November). Tonight might effectively be a kind of marvellous nights. Why not?”

A pessimist isn’t disenchanted (half 2)

“Ah, Rob, you needed to go and point out the Q-word!” says Matt Dony. “I’m nonetheless anticipating a sticky patch within the league, and for Arsenal to sneak by means of. What Slot has accomplished, with basically final yr’s staff, is astonishing. Profitable only one trophy in his first season could be an achievement. 4 trophies is unquestionably an excessive amount of to hope for, even within the craziest late-night, Stinking-Bishop-and-red-wine-induced reveries.

“Preventing on 4 fronts is ridiculous. And it has the added complication (which I’m stunned isn’t confused extra) of swapping between 4 totally different match balls. All of us snigger when a supervisor will get in a strop over a specific ball, however the truth is they’re all totally different and behave in another way. On the pointy finish of the season, the place Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League video games come thick and quick, consistently swapping ball have to be a real problem.

“Anyway. Let’s not get forward of ourselves. For now, I’ll simply fear about tonight. (Heavy emphasis on ‘fear’. Being a soccer fan actually isn’t as a lot enjoyable correctly, is it?)”

Funnily sufficient Roy Keane made precisely the identical level concerning the balls on Follow Soccer this week.

The winners will meet Newcastle, who accomplished a 4-0 combination win over Arsenal final night time, within the closing.

“Good afternoon from Raleigh, North Carolina,” writes Phil Moseley. “Can’t watch the sport as I don’t subscribe to Paramount Plus, so counting on you to chart our inevitable pasting by Liverpool, falling on the final or last-but-one hurdle but once more within the Levy Period.”

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Recent from overseeing a dogged 2-0 win in opposition to Brentford on Sunday, Postecoglou sat down and spoke for 43 minutes earlier than a second that would outline his time in north London. The pinnacle coach thought-about the possibility for Spurs “to make a huge impact” by going to Anfield and constructing on their 1-0 win within the first leg. He thought of his captain, Son Heung-min, nonetheless being trophyless after almost 10 years on the membership. He appeared energised by sealing offers for the centre-back Kevin Danso and the French ahead Mathys Tel on the finish of a troublesome switch window.

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