Tottenham 2-1 Man Metropolis: Spurs finish Metropolis's unbeaten begin to attain Carabao Cup quarter-finals • The Tycoon Herald

Manchester Metropolis’s unbeaten begin to the season got here to an finish as Tottenham secured a 2-1 victory to achieve the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup.

Spurs flew out of the traps, and so they have been forward as early because the fifth minute when Timo Werner latched onto Dejan Kulusevski’s cross earlier than emphatically ending previous Stefan Ortega for his first objective since March 10.

There was a blow for the hosts as a distraught Micky van de Ven left the pitch with a suspected hamstring damage, however it by no means halted Spurs’ momentum.

Pep Guardiola stated after the final spherical that he didn’t need to “waste energy” on the Carabao Cup and his participant have been taking part in like they believed their supervisor’s phrases. A lacklustre Man Metropolis had no reply and Pape Sarr’s long-range strike beat Ortega to double the lead within the twenty fifth minute.

Metropolis ultimately began to develop into the competition and commenced dominating the ball as Spurs seemed to get in on the break with their two-goal benefit. Nevertheless, Savinho – typically the brilliant spark for Metropolis within the opening 45 minutes – delivered a cross to the far submit the place Matheus Nunes transformed to provide the guests an enormous lifeline simply earlier than the break.

Accidents plagued the second half with Savinho stretchered off, whereas Spurs needed to change Cristian Romero and Werner because the rhythm of the sport was disrupted.

Spurs have been a menace on the counter as Metropolis pushed for an equaliser, and the guests had goalkeeper Ortega to thank for 2 wonderful stops to disclaim Brennan Johnson and Kulusevski.

Spurs’ huge likelihood to win the sport fell to substitute Richarlison, who was despatched via on objective by a wayward Josko Gvardiol throw, however the striker wasted the golden likelihood by sending a weak effort straight at Ortega.

It was an opportunity he was virtually left to rue however for team-mate Yves Bissouma. The midfielder got here up up with an excellent block proper on the objective line to maintain out Nico O’Reilly’s last-gasp effort as Spurs stored alive their hopes of a primary trophy since 2008.