![]() The Spurs fans wanted to see Djed Spence in action but Cristian Stellini's words to football.london about the 22-year-old on Tuesday appeared to suggest that he was not going to get his first start just yet. Here are Alasdair's thoughts on that Spurs line-upĪntonio Conte has gone with a strong team to face a much-changed Nottingham Forest side, with nine alterations to their last line-up. Scroll down for all of our latest updates from the City Ground. Tottenham correspondent Alasdair Gold is covering the match and will bring you all the build-up and the action as it happens. Therefore, winning at the City Ground is imperative and Spurs' boss will not be taking anything for granted. Many hope that they will finally end their trophy drought under Conte and the EFL cup is a great opportunity to do just that. However, their immediate attention will be on finishing strongly before Qatar 2022. ![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, they will be looking forward to a Round of 16 Champions League date with AC Milan early on in 2023 as Spurs look to progress to the latter stages of the competition once again. Tottenham sit fourth in the Premier League, just one point adrift of Newcastle United in third. READ MORE: Chelsea and Tottenham face Premier League fixture chaos after Champions League dates confirmed Spurs have just two games to go until the World Cup break, starting with this evening's Carabao Cup clash against Nottingham Forest.Īntonio Conte's side suffered a 2-1 home Premier League defeat to Liverpool at the weekend but despite a reasonably inconsistent past few weeks, the Italian will be relatively happy with how things are going at this stage of the project. Spurs managed to get in the game, though never really threatened before the break apart from when Ivan Perisic’s cross found its way to Matt Doherty at the far post and the Irishman’s first-time effort was beaten away by Wayne Hennessey.Ĭonte’s men, who have now gone eight games without scoring in the first half, would have been hoping for a customary strong showing after the break, but it did not come as Forest started strongly.Hello and welcome along to football.london's live Tottenham Hotspur matchday blog! It was another nondescript start from Spurs, who have been dogged by poor first-half performances recently, and Forest continued to push as Lingard had an effort deflected over and then Forster saved at point-blank range from Joe Worrall. Tottenham showed their intent by naming a strong team, with no hint of a rest for Harry Kane, who has started every game this season.įorest made nine changes but started strongly and could have gone ahead inside the opening 10 minutes.ĭavinson Sanchez’s attempted clearance crashed into Taiwo Awoniyi and the ball deflected past Fraser Forster into the post, with the Spurs goalkeeper forced to sprawl across goal and keep out Lingard’s header from the rebound. Forest, who had to play the final 14 minutes with 10 men after Orel Mangala had been sent off, may be bottom of the Premier League but they have a rich history in the League Cup, having won it four times, and now at the last-16 stage, they will begin to dream again after a resounding victory.
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