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CHANCE! Mac Allister is starting to receive possession in little pockets of space and pull the strings slightly more from a central area. He finds Gakpo to his left, and the Dutchman backs his man into the box, cuts onto his stronger foot and guides a powerful effort just beyond the top right corner.

And now Quansah drops to his haunches inside the penalty area, signalling that there's some kind of issue with his lower leg. Could the visitors also be forced into an early change here in North London?

GOOD SAVE! Superb vision from Salah, who threads a well-weighted ball around the outside of Gray and into the path of Nunez down the right-hand side of the penalty area. The Liverpool substitute takes aim from the angle, his firm drive forcing Kinsky to stand tall and make the save. 

We enter 11 additional minutes, in large part due to the lengthy injury stoppage for Bentancur early in the half. 

A huge ovation from all corners of the ground as Rodrigo Bentancur is stretchered from the field of play. On in his place comes Brennan Johnson. 

CLOSE! A first shot in anger from the visitors as Salah cuts inside from the right then exchanges a quick one-two Gakpo as he approaches the edge of the box. The Egyptian's firm strike is a good one, whistling just wide of the right-hand post.

A cheap turnaround of possession gives Spurs the opportunity to spring into life. Bergvall drives into the final third then looks to slide a pass right for the unmarked Kulusevski, but the ball strikes a team-mate instead and ricochets into the path of a Liverpool man.

SPURS TEAM NEWS: Goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky makes his debut, days after joining the club in a £12.5m move from Slavia Prague. That is one of four changes from their 2-1 defeat to Newcastle United at the weekend, with Yves Bissouma, Rodrigo Bentancur and Heung-Min Son also coming into the XI. The quartet who make way are Brandon Austin, Pape Sarr, Brennan Johnson and Timo Werner.

Celebrations aplenty amongst the Spurs players as they hang on to a potentially crucial victory in this Carabao Cup semi-final first leg. They left it late to strike, and it came in somewhat controversial circumstances - teenager Lucas Bergvall firing emphatically beyond Alisson, having been lucky to avoid a second yellow card minutes earlier. The hosts produced a much-improved display following their weekend defeat to Newcastle United and could've won by more, Dominic Solanke seeing a goal of his own ruled out for offside by VAR. A word too for Antonin Kinsky, who only joined the club a few days ago but earns a well-deserved clean sheet on debut. At the end, it's a slender advantage for Ange Postecoglou's men ahead of the second leg on Merseyside on February 6. 

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Another searching ball down the left channel has Solanke interested, and under pressure from the Spurs frontman, Quansah is forced to clear the ball high into the stands. Arne Slot's Premier League leaders have found things really difficult in these early stages.

First booking of the night, and it goes the way of Bissouma. A rather clumsy challenge after letting Jota burst the wrong side of him, and one which means he'll be walking a tightrope for the remainder of this game. Free-kick to Liverpool, 30 yards out and fairly central. 

CHANCE! Good from Spurs! Not giving Liverpool an inch, they win the ball back inside the attacking half as Bissouma fires a ball into the path of Son near the left corner of the box. He takes his man on the outside then fires a ball towards the six-yard box. Solanke makes a play at the ball, but he can't adjust his body quickly enough to the pace of the delivery and diverts his effort wide of the near post.

CHANCE! In a flash, Werner uses his pace to burst away from the helpless Alexander-Arnold down the Spurs left and enters the final third. He goes a little wide as he drives into the box then pulls the trigger, firing into Alisson's side-netting. 

CHANCE! Nice idea from Kulusevski, who tries to angle a deft ball around the corner of a Liverpool defender to pick out Son down the left-hand side of the penalty area. The pass is slightly too heavy on this occasion though, running through for Alisson to gather.

THIS ONE WILL COUNT! Spurs hit the front in North London! A clipped ball down the right channel picks out the run of Solanke, who uses his strength to hold off Konate then swivel inside the box. With two up in support, he slides a pass inside and picks out Lucas Bergvall, who rifles a low, first-time shot beyond Alisson at his near post. The Liverpool bench are furious that the man who scored should've been shown a red card minutes earlier - a yellow card being waved in the direction of a member of the Reds' coaching staff.

Such drama - now the hosts have a lead to protect. Ange Postecoglou's wait for a first goalless draw continues. His side are heading towards an important victory. Yes, Liverpool haven't been at the races, but boy have Spurs answered their critics at both ends of the field.  

CHANCE! Liverpool's best moment of the half! After a burst forward down the left, Gakpo's dangerous cutback drops invitingly inside the box. Salah and Mac Allister both want to take the shot on and get in each other's way, and in the end, the Egyptian shifts onto his weaker right foot and fires wide of goal. 

GOOD SAVE! Nearly the opener for Spurs! A deep, outswinging corner from the right doesn't cause too many issues in the first instance. But on the follow-up, Son's angled cross-shot towards the centre of the box finds Dragusin who turns it goalwards, and Alisson is forced to get down smartly to his right and push it away before the ball is put behind for a corner.

After a difficult opening few minutes, Liverpool are slowly starting to edge their way up the pitch and cause more problems for a so-often-suspect Spurs backline. Thus far, however, the home side have looked fairly resolute at the back.

GOOD SAVE! Now Nunez goes close! Diaz digs out a cross from the left-hand side of the box and Nunez somehow manages to contort his body and turn the ball goalwards. His effort looks destined for the bottom left corner, but Kinsky makes a fine reflect stop to push it round the post. 

Still we play! A corner from the right for Liverpool causes panic inside the Spurs box. Jones goes to ground in the midst of things under the challenge of Kulusevski. No penalty, says the referee. There appeared to be contact and VAR took a long, hard look at it, but play is allowed to continue. 

LIVERPOOL TEAM NEWS: The visitors also make four changes following their most recent result, a 2-2 draw at home to Manchester United. Conor Bradley, Jarell Quansah, Kostas Tsimikas and Diogo Jota come in for Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konate, Andy Robertson and Luis Diaz, all of whom drop to the bench. 

Another alteration for Liverpool as Ibrahim Konate comes on for Alexis Mac Allister. He slots into central defence, with Endo moving further forward.

SPURS ARE DENIED BY VAR! Dominic Solanke wheels away in celebration, but his joy is short-lived and the goal won't stand! Pedro Porro angles a delightful ball in-behind the Liverpool backline, allowing Solanke to race onto it and slide calmly beyond the onrushing Alisson. He looked like he might've gone a fraction too early on first viewing, and so it proves. The decision is relayed over the tannoy by the referee, in a new innovation brought in for the latter stages of this competition. 

Bradley fancies his chances at making headway down the right but Spence has other ideas, using his upper body strength to barge the Northern Irishman to the ground, at the expense of a throw-in. 

A yellow card - it's been quite a while since we've had one of those! Pedro Perro is unsuccessful in his attempts to bring down Diaz, but Bergvall makes no mistake on the slide. Down goes the Colombian in front of the two benches, and out comes the referee's card.

GOOD SAVE! More work for Kinsky to do. Gakpo surges on and on, evading the attempts of a couple of retreating Spurs players to bring him down. He fires goalwards from 20 yards out with a fierce, dipping effort which bounces in front of the Spurs  goalkeeper, who keeps his composure and just about manages to hold onto the shot. 

Cool as you like from Kinsky on debut! The young goalkeeper backpedals into his own penalty area and watches a bouncing ball all the way, with Jota racing towards him. The Liverpool man puts him under all kinds of pressure but the Czech shot-stopper deals with the situation well. 

CHANCE! Diaz rises well to try and get his head on the end of Alexander-Arnold's cross from the right, but he does so unfairly, in the eyes of the referee. A stray arm appeared to catch a defender in the face as he jumped, and the referee is quick to blow for the foul.  

Johnson is stripped and ready to go on halfway for Spurs. But in the meantime, his team-mate continues to receive medical attention. 

This has been quite the delay to proceedings - edging towards 6/7 minutes now. All the time will be added on, of course, but still an unexpected stoppage for the players, who are trying to keep themselves warm while medical attention continues to be administered.

A long ball forward is won well by Solanke in the air, but his headed lay-off for Bergvall doesn't find its mark, with Gravenberch able to sniff out the danger and intercept. 

Unusually sloppy from Liverpool in possession during this first half. Endo spots a team-mate in acres of space down the left flank, but the switch of play goes awry and Tsimikas can't stop it from going out for a throw-in. 

Hello, and welcome to Tribe's live coverage of the Carabao Cup! Tonight's action comes from the capital as Tottenham Hotspur host Liverpool in their semi-final first leg. My name is James Messenger, and I'll be guiding you through all the action as it happens. 

That's all we've got time for on Tribe, I'm afraid. Until next time, this is James Messenger saying goodbye!

CHANCE! Tsimikas stands over the free-kick and angles a lovely ball towards the centre of the box. It finds the head of Gakpo, who steers his effort straight at Kinsky. Either side of the goalkeeper, and it might've caused a few headaches.

CHANCE! Like the Red Arrows, Liverpool sweep forward in one seamless motion in attack as they run at a retreating Spurs backline and move the ball from right to left. The overlapping Tsimikas ends up being found by Gakpo down the left-hand side of the box and his dangerous cross is cleared away by Bergvall. 

Now it's the home side on the back foot as we edge deeper into stoppage time. A cross coming in from the Liverpool left needs dealing with and Dragusin, who has impressed at the back so far tonight, duly obliges with the clearance. 

In his attempts to escape a little bit of trouble at the back, Pedro Porro is blocked off by Diaz and makes sure the referee knows about it. The Spaniard throws himself to ground and the referee blows up for the foul. 

This doesn't look good at all. Players from both teams quickly usher medical personnel on, with Bentancur down inside the box following that passage of play. What caused the incident looked innocuous enough, but the Uruguayan has stayed down, rather worryingly, and looks in some distress.

Every precaution being taken, with the stretcher now called for. An early stoppage in this one while the Spurs midfielder is given the very best medical attention. 

OFF THE LINE! Take a bow, Radu Dragusin! And how about this for a strike from Alexander-Arnold! A left-wing cross bounces all the way through for the right-back, and boy does he hit it sweetly! Kinsky is beaten as the ball whistles across the face of him, but Dragusin comes to the rescue with a clearance on the line before Salah fires just wide on the follow-up from 14 yards out. 

Jarell Quansah trudges towards the sidelines, to be replaced by Wataru Endo. It looks like the orthodox midfielder will slot into the centre of defence alongside Van Dijk. 

Moments before that chance, Tsimikas was left stricken inside his own half after a mistimed slide challenge from Bergvall, who is already on a yellow card. It wasn't a pretty tackle at all, and the Spurs man leaves the scene a little sheepishly. He can count himself very, very lucky not to be issued with his marching orders. 

The hosts have started brightly, restricting Liverpool to very little in an attacking sense. Spurs' latest move comes down the right as Pedro Porro finds Johnson, whose early cross is charged down by a Liverpool leg. 

Solanke makes another dangerous run down the left channel as Spence clips a ball forward. On this occasion, the pass is a little wayward and runs out of play harmlessly for a throw-in. 

The referee calls time on a fairly even first half in the capital. The score remains goalless, in a first half overshadowed by a rather worrying-looking injury to Spurs midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur. A lengthy delay saw treatment administered for several minutes after the Uruguayan went down off the ball following a corner, before he was stretched away for further medical assessment. In terms of chances, Spurs' best came moments before that incident, Radu Dragusin forcing a low reflect stop out of Alisson as he turned Heung-Min Son's cross-shot goalwards. At the other end, the on-debut Antonin Kinsky has remained relatively untroubled, aside from a couple of efforts which were fired straight at him. The hosts so often guilty of leaking chances for fun. The visitors so often hellbent on racking up the goals. Goalless at half-time. Who would've thought it?!

A really controlled spell of possession from Liverpool as they start to ask more and more questions of the Spurs back four. Crosses coming in, clearances being made - how Ange Postecoglou would love his side to show their resilience and go into the break level. 

KICK-OFF! No changes, so off we go again!

PENALTY APPEAL! Diaz bursts away from Pedro Porro down the left-hand side of the box then throws himself to ground after a shove in the back. It was a clumsy challenge to say the least, but the referee says no penalty and a quick VAR check confirms the on-field decision. 

Inside the final 60 seconds, and Spurs have themselves a free-kick inside the Liverpool half. You'd imagine they'll take as long as possible over this set-piece.

Play resumes with an inswinging corner from the Spurs left which is plucked out of the air confidently by Alisson near the edge of his six-yard box. 

Arne Slot calls for reinforcements as we reach the hour mark. He makes a triple substitution, sending on Darwin Nunez, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Luis Diaz to replace Diogo Jota, Conor Bradley and Cody Gakpo. 

CHANCE! Another crisp effort, this time from Gravenberch. He lets fly from distance but fires straight at Kinsky, who catches at the first attempt. 

Spurs look to break forward down the right flank from midway inside their own half, the ball coming the way of Johnson. After escaping the first challenge, he looks to beat Van Dijk on the outside before stopping in his tracks and hitting the deck under pressure. Free-kick is the cry, but the referee waves play-on. 

CHANCE! A heart-in-mouth moment for Spurs' backline as the ball is moved right towards Salah. Assessing his options in the final third, he skips inside then clips a ball into the penalty area which is a fraction too high for the leaping Gakpo to get on the end of. 

Spurs have looked far more pragmatic than usual tonight, maintaining a good shape and restricting Liverpool's opportunities in the final third. How they'd love to nick a goal to take into the all-important second leg at Anfield. 

The expectant vs the incumbents. Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou made clear back in September that he "always wins things" in his second year at a club. But to move a step closer to Carabao Cup glory, they'll need to get the better of the defending champions and 10-time winners of this competition. Realistically, Spurs' best chance of silverware this season will come via the Carabao Cup - but given their current defensive frailties, there will need to be stark improvement in the manner of their performance following Saturday's home defeat to Newcastle United. Liverpool also have some issues of their own, having failed to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table at the weekend as Manchester United earned a point from their trip to Anfield. But having made this competition their own in recent years, it's hard to look past Arne Slot's side coming into this tie as slight favourites to progress.

As he seems to have done a few times already this half, Bradley sneaks an extra 10 yards or so while preparing to take a Liverpool throw-in. It's fair to say the Northern Irishman won't be winning too many new admirers in North London tonight!

Liverpool are starting to wrestle a little more control of this game following those changes, and you wonder how long it'll be before Ange Postecoglou turns to his Spurs bench. Fair to say the Australian doesn't have quite so many luxurious options to call upon, in comparison to the Dutchman in the opposite dugout.  

The hosts make their second change of the night, sending on Timo Werner to replace Heung-Min Son. 

GREAT CHANCE! So nearly a horror moment at the back for Alisson, who has his pocket picked by Bergvall while trying to clear his lines. The loose ball drops for Pedro Porro whose initial shot is blocked, then on the follow-up, the Spurs right-back is played in again and he clips a deft effort just wide of the far post, with the Liverpool goalkeeper beaten. The hosts won't get many chances better!

A sore one for Johnson, who is inadvertently trodden on by Tsimikas as the Liverpool left-back looked to come away with a loose ball near halfway. Free-kick but nothing more, says the referee.

CHANCE! Liverpool play on, with Son down in backplay after a strong but fair challenge from Bradley. Salah shifts inside from the right and angles the ball goalwards with his wand of a left foot. Kinsky is forced to backpedal hurriedly and gather on his goal-line, throw the ball in the air then pick it up at the second attempt to prevent him from carrying it over his own goal-line. 

CHANCE! Nunez is called straight into the action as Tsimikas sends in a peach of a cross from the left. It finds the Uruguayan between two defenders, but he guides his firm header straight at Kinsky. 

Alexander-Arnold spots Diaz in acres of space down the left and tries to pick him out, but somewhat surprisingly, his radar is off and the ball skips away from the Colombian for a goal-kick. 

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