Tottenham triumph in comedy of errors, angry gamblers drive online abuse, Bottas to Mercedes
There were seven goals in the last League Cup quarter-final of 2024, but it certainly wasn’t a thriller
In many ways, Spurs are like the little girl with the little curl, when they are good they are very, very good – see the 4-0 win over Manchester City – and when they are bad they are horrid.
Fans have seen both sides of that split personality on several occasions this season, most notably in the 4-3 defeat at home to Chelsea. Tottenham scored four times overnight and still could have lost, so that’s where we’ll start our round-up of what happened while you were sleeping.
A comedy of errors
The last League Cup quarter-final had seven goals, but was less thriller and more comedy, although probably only funny if you’re a neutral, not a Tottenham or Manchester United supporter.
Like Shakespeare’s shortest play, this was 90+ minutes of ridiculousness, mostly on the part of the Fraser Forster and Altay Bayindir, two players who have somehow been mistaken for goalkeepers.
With nearly an hour gone, Tottenham were 3-0 up and cruising at home – thanks to a Dominic Solanke brace and Dejan Kulusevski strike – then two Foster howlers allowed Joshua Zirkzee and Amad Diallo to make it 3-2.
At that point, Bayindir got in on the act, flapping aimlessly at a Son Heung-min corner that went straight in to make it 4-2. There was still time for Foster to let a Jonny Evans header go through his arms, but Spurs held on to win 4-3.
In their own words
Sometimes it’s just better to sit back and let people dig their own graves, so, over to Ange Postegolou – for the record, no one has ever accused him of being “an astute tactician”.