CARABAO CUP SEMI-FINAL : WEDNESDAY – 08/01/2025 (PHOTO – LUCAS BERGVALL CELEBRATES)

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR HAD A GOOD NIGHT LAST NIGHT WITH THEIR ALL-STAR YOUNG CAST, IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST LIVERPOOL, (APART FROM THE FACT THAT RODRIGO BENTANCUR SUSTAINED AN INJURY EARLY IN THE MATCH, WHEN DIVING LOW FOR THE BALL, AND WORRYINGLY NEEDED TO BE STRETCHERED-OFF). TOTTENHAM’S WELL-ORGANISED TEAM CREATED 9 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON TARGET, (INCLUDING SOME GREAT EFFORTS BY SON, PEDRO PORRO AND DOMINIC SOLANKE WHICH WEREN’T TO BE), AND MADE 377 PASSES THROUGHOUT THE MATCH WITH A 78% PASS ACCURACY, WITH LIVERPOOL CREATING 14 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON TARGET, (INCLUDING A STUNNER FROM TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD WHICH WAS CLEARED BY RAGU DRAGUSIN), AND MADE 565 PASSES, WITH A PASS ACCURACY OF 86% (WITH 61% POSSESSION.) LUCAS BERGVALL BECAME THE STAR OF THE SHOW IN THE 86TH MINUTE, WHICH GAVE ARNE SLOT THE HUMP, (FOR WHICH HE WAS CAUTIONED) BECAUSE BERGVALL ALREADY HAD A YELLOW CARD, AND JUST BEFORE THAT HAD MADE A CONTROVERSIAL TACKLE ON KOSTAS TSIMIKAS (WHICH MANY THOUGHT THE REF HADN’T SEEN!) BUT, IT WAS A GREAT GOAL, AND THE ONLY ONE OF THE MATCH, SO WORTHY OF ADMIRATION! ALL-IN-ALL IT WAS SUPERB ENTERTAINMENT! (MAYBE NOT FOR LIVERPOOL, AS IT IS ONLY THE SECOND MATCH THEY HAVE LOST UNDER ARNE SLOT IN HIS FIRST 28 MATCHES, IN ALL COMPETITIONS, BUT IT PROVES HE IS HUMAN AFTER ALL – AND A ONE-GOAL-DEFICIT HE CAN PROBABLY SWALLOW! NO DOUBT “HE’LL BE BACK”😂) AND CONGRATULATIONS TO BIG ANGE FOR PROVING HIS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR MANTRA OF “ACQUIRING PROMISING YOUNG STARS TO BUILD A BRIGHT FUTURE” TO BE ULTIMATELY SUCCESSFUL! (WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WISH RODRIGO BENTANCUR A FULL AND SPEEDY RECOVERY AND WILL BRING YOU ANY NEWS AS SOON AS WE CAN!)

CARABAO CUP SEMI-FINAL FIRST LEG : TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR VS LIVERPOOL 08/01/2025

WORDS BY AMANDA WATERS