The situation in Premier is far from ideal. But, after defeating City and beating United (4-3), Tottenham allowed themselves to dream of the Carabao Cup. They had to suffer when the match seemed already resolved. But, thanks to an Olympic goal from Son in the final stretch to seal the match before Evans put a damper on the result, the Spurs returned to the semi-finals two years later.
Even though the atmosphere was heated by Rashford’s new absence, Manchester United jumped out quite convinced of the plan they had to execute, giving Tottenham the initiative to try to get out quickly on the counterattack. But, when the first quarter of an hour was up, Solanke ‘hunted’ a dead rebound from Bayindir from Pedro Porro’s shot to make it 1-0.
United had to modify the initial plan and, with Eriksen back to what was once his home in command of operations, they came close to the goal defended by Forster on several occasions. However, they were losing steam as the minutes passed… and the worst news came with Lindelöf’s injury before heading to the locker room.
It was evident that Amorim needed to make several adjustments at halftime. But before they had any effect, Kulusevski took advantage of a poor clearance by Lisandro Martínez to double the lead. A terrible blow less than a minute after the ball was put back into play.
Amorim did not want to wait any longer to make modifications. But, when he was already preparing a double change… Solanke scored his double in the 54th minute with a shot that caught Bayindir on the wrong foot. The game already seemed completely doomed. However, after bringing on Mainoo, Diallo and Zirkzee in one fell swoop, two errors by Forster in a period of seven minutes added spice to the final stretch.
There was nothing to lose… and luck began to smile on United with two errors at the start of Forster in a period of seven minutes that, first Zirkzee and then Diallo, did not waste to spice up the final stretch.
The ‘red devils’ believed it and went all out on the attack. But, thanks to the genius of Son ‘nailing’ an Olympic goal in the final stretch, Tottenham was able to quell the reaction of a United team that put a damper on the contest with Evans’ goal in stoppage time.
