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Tottenham host Liverpool in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final this evening with both teams hoping to gain an advantage over the other ahead of next month’s return fixture.
Spurs are in desperate need of a success story after a run of four matches without a win including a 6-3 defeat to Liverpool in the Premier League just a couple of weeks ago. Ange Postecoglou is under increasing pressure to turnaround Tottenham’s fortunes – they are 12th in the top flight table – but a poor season in the league will be forgiven if the manager can secure Spurs’ first silverware since 2008.
Liverpool, meanwhile, hope to move one step closer to securing Arne Slot’s first trophy since replacing Jurgen Klopp in the summer. The Reds look on course to lift the Premier League at the end of the season, despite a 2-2 draw with Man Utd last time out, and are performing strongly in the Champions League. Victory over Spurs tonight would move them within one match of a trip to Wembley and keep their strong momentum going.
Follow all the Carabao Cup action with our live blog below:
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
81 mins: Inside the last 10 minutes of play now. Will there be a winner? Liverpool’s substitutions have brought them a degree of control but Spurs are starting to push forward again.
Mike Jones8 January 2025 21:48
NO GOAL! Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
78 min: VAR wasn’t in place for the quarter-finals but was brought in for the semis. Referee Stuart Attwell delivers the verdict that the Spurs fans didn’t want to hear.
After the check, Solanke was just offside meaning the goal is ruled out.
Attwell announces the decision to the whole stadium in a new innovation for VAR which is being trialled during the semi-finals of the league cup.
Mike Jones8 January 2025 21:47
GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Liverpool (Dominic Solanke, 76’)
Tottenham take the lead through a former Liverpool player. Dominic Solanke makes a run in behind the Liverpool high line as the ball is played through.
He collects it and drives into the box before slipping a fine low shot past Alisson into the back of the net.
VAR is checking this, is Solanke onside? The flag stayed down.
Mike Jones8 January 2025 21:44
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
75 mins: Ange Postecoglou decides that Heung-Min Son has had enough and switches out his captain with Timo Werner. Postecoglou will be hoping the fresh legs will be a bigger threat to Liverpool in the final 20 minutes.
Mike Jones8 January 2025 21:41
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
72 mins: Off the line!
Tsimikas curls a cross into the box from the left and the ball sails through to Trent Alexander-Arnold. He decides to shoot from a tight angle and hits the ball cleanly.
It flies across the box and looks to be going in but Radu Dragusin clears the danger off the goal line!
Mike Jones8 January 2025 21:38
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.
Mike Jones8 January 2025 21:37
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.
Mike Jones8 January 2025 21:35
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.
Mike Jones8 January 2025 21:32
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?
Mike Jones8 January 2025 21:30
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.
Mike Jones8 January 2025 21:26