Islamabad, Oct 31: Carabao Cup Tottenham Defeats Manchester City 2-1; Quarter-Final Draw Recap
This came as a shock to the football fraternity
since Spurs ousted the defending champions to make their place in the semi-final.
From the first blow of the whistle, soccer fever could be seen right through their eyes,
but it was Spurs who drew blood first.
Ten minutes after the interval – in the 22nd minute precisely
Dejan Kulusevski stunned the entire setup of City after he fired an unstoppable shot from outside the box and Ederson could only watch it in despair.
The goal spurred the home supporters into celebration across Tottenham Hotspur Stadium,
who were keen for their side to overcome one of the league’s toughest teams.
Manchester City, mostly satisfied with attacking players, did not take long to step up the heat.
The equalizer came just before the start of the break making it 1-1
There was more football to be played in the second half.
The second half started with a lot of charge from both ends since each side wanted to secure the winner.
Tottenham was under pressure, but the guys answered just as great.
At the 10/ 65th minute, a fast-breaking decision
when a Spurs counterattack led to Harry Kane with some space in the box.
However, if ever there was a textbook moment it was when he sent a spectacular header home from a corner-kick to bring the score to 2-1 for Tottenham again.
The goal driven in wild celebrations among the Spurs fans, spurred their team, into increasing the search for a winner.
In the remaining time on the clock Manchester City increased the for of pressure to search for an equalizing goal but Tottenham stood rocks like.
Spurs remained ahead by a slender margin, thanks to some great saves by goalkeeper Fraser Forster.
The fulltime blew saw off Tottenham to the Semi-finals and the team will be looking forward to keeping up with the Carabao Cup.
After that match, it was possible to see the draw of the quarter-final: The potential meetings could be interesting.
