Tottenham vs Manchester United LIVE: Carabao Cup score and ...
Tottenham host Manchester United in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup, with both sides looking to take another step towards the first major final of the season.
Ange Postecoglou’s side sit 10th in the Premier League after a string of mixed results, and the 2008 edition of this competition marks the last time Spurs won a trophy.
United sit even lower in the table despite their derby win last weekend, and Ruben Amorim will be aware of the merits of going far in this competition in his first season in charge.
The big news before kick-off is that Marcus Rashford is not in the United squad just days after he gave an interview saying he is ready for a “new challenge” away from the club.
Amorim dropped Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho from his squad to face Manchester City last weekend and although Garnacho is named on the bench, Rashford has not travelled to London.
Follow all the Carabao Cup action with our live blog below:
Oh no, Fraser Forster. This is turning into a disaster for the Spurs keeper!
The ball is played back to Forster who takes way too long, thinks he has more time than he does and by the time he gets round to clearing the ball, Amad Diallo is on him and sliding tackles the ball into the net. Great perserverance from Diallo but Forster is having a nightmare.
United are right back in this now.
Luke Baker19 December 2024 21:31
Mainoo drags down Maddison on halfway and the Spurs man is making the most of it to try and waste time.
Luke Baker19 December 2024 21:29
This is getting nervy now for Spurs! Another ball across from Fernandes and it’s straight to Bissouma but he panics and the ball bounces off his leg, just inches wide of the post. I don’t think Forster would have got there!
It wasn’t clear if Bissouma was trying to clear the ball or pass abck to Forster but either way, it was nearly disaster.
Luke Baker19 December 2024 21:27
From the sublime to the ridiculous from Fraser Forster. A horrible error just seconds after his superb save and Man Utd have hope!
Forster receives the backpass in his own six-yard box and plays a pass to his right without even looking to see where the United players are. It’s straight to Fernandes and he squares the ball to Joshua Zirkzee for a tap-in.
Still a way to go for United but that is a lifeline Spurs didn’t need to give them.
Luke Baker19 December 2024 21:24
A lunge from Bissouma on Diallo but he just about gets the ball before taking out the man with the follow through - lucky he did because that was reckless otherwise.
Then it’s a great stop by Forster. Quick throw from United on the left, Fernandes slips in Dalot who hangs up a cross, Zirkzee with the header into the floor and it’s destined for the left corner before a full-stretch Forster claws it away!
Luke Baker19 December 2024 21:22
A brilliant opening 15 minutes of the second half for Spurs and here’s how they turned that 1-0 advantage into a 3-0 lead.
Luke Baker19 December 2024 21:20
Ruben Amorim was preparing to make a triple substitution jsut before that goal went in. It might be too late now but he’s got to try.
Joshua Zirkzee, Amad Diallo and Kobbie Mainoo all chucked on as Hojlund, Antony and Eriksen depart. Big ask for that trio to turn this one around.
Luke Baker19 December 2024 21:16
Sublime from Dominic Solanke! Absolutely superb.
A ball dinked over the top and Solanke races on to it. Martinez gets back but Solanke cuts inside him, then fires a shot through Evans’s legs that finds the corner of the net. Too easy for the striker really but Spurs are basically in the semi-finals now.
Luke Baker19 December 2024 21:14
Spurs pushing on for a third. Spence tries to find Maddison running to the byline but the pass is a shade too strong and out for a goal-kick.
Luke Baker19 December 2024 21:11
A defensive mistake for each of Spurs’s goals you’d have to say and it’s an uphill task for Man Utd now. They haven’t exactly been free-scoring this season but must now find the net at least twice.
Luke Baker19 December 2024 21:09
