Tottenham 1 Liverpool 0: Bergvall’s winner gives Spurs first-leg advantage but game overshadowed by Bentancur injury
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IT was the night when Tottenham’s youth recruitment drive finally started to make sense. As 18-year-old Swedish midfielder Lucas Bergvall netted the late winner, his fellow teenager Archie Gray shone in defence and Ange Postecoglou had a rare night of joy and optimism.
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Liverpool were fuming that Bergvall was still on the pitch when, on a yellow card for hacking down Luis Diaz, escaped punishment for a late sliding foul on Kostas Tsimikas. The Reds’ Greek left-back was still off the pitch when Bergvall netted the winner from a slick move.
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Spurs now take a slender lead to Anfield for the distant return leg of this Carabao Cup semi-final on February 6. And Postecoglou’s boast of always winning a trophy in his second season at a club remains on course for fruition. Dominic Solanke had an effort disallowed for offside - followed by a historic VAR announcement from miked-up ref Stuart Attwell.
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But before all that drama, it felt as if everybody froze on a Siberian night in north London. First they froze in horror when Rodrigo Bentancur lay motionless on the floor after an awkward fall and was carried off on a stretcher wearing an oxygen mask.
The news of Tottenham’s Uruguayan was positive but after that early shock two side who had served up a nine-goal thriller in the Premier League here last month, threatened a stalemate. BEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERS. Meanwhile supporters were freezing their wotsits off in Scott of the Antarctic temperatures.
