Tottenham 1-0 Liverpool: Late Lucas Bergvall winner gives Spurs semi-final advantage in Carabao Cup | OneFootball

Spurs will take narrow lead to Anfield for next month’s second leg

Lucas Bergvall’s 86th-minute strike gave Tottenham a 1-0 win over Liverpool in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final tie.

It was a more controlled affair, though, with 11 minutes of stoppage-time played in the first-half after Rodrigo Bentancur was stretchered off, having landed awkwardly when trying to flick on a header at the near post.

Dominic Solanke thought he had broken the deadlock with 15 minutes to be remaining, only for VAR to rule it out for an incredibly tight offside goal.

The Spurs striker played his role when the goal did come, running in behind and laying the ball off for Bergvall to sweep home, a timely moment for his first goal for the club.

Liverpool were furious that Bergvall was on the pitch to provide that winner, arguing minutes earlier that he should have been dismissed for a second yellow card having slid in and wiped out Kostas Tsimikas.