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Tottenham made light of their grueling schedule when they eliminated Chelsea from the Carabao Cup on penalties.
The Spurs, on a four-game streak in eight days and playing on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday this week, won the penalty shoot-out 5-4 after the competition ended 1-1 after 90 minutes in North London .
Timo Werner scored his first goal at Chelsea as Frank Lampard’s men took the lead in the first half, but Erik Lamela’s late shot sent him to the points, where Mason Mount missed the 10th penalty for the visitors.
It gives José Mourinho his first win over his former midfielder as a coach after three previous losses and also sends his team to the quarter-finals of a competition they need to win just three more games to win.
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Chelsea will see this as a missed opportunity against a weakened Spurs team, but they did little in the second half by failing to build on their early lead.
Having played just 48 hours earlier against Newcastle in the league, Mourinho had ruled out his team’s chances of winning in his pre-game press conference due to his schedule, and playing without a recognized striker in his starting eleven did little to suggest. a change of thought.
Chelsea named a strong side and started better, with Callum Hudson-Odoi having a shot saved by Hugo Lloris before Werner overtook them in the 19th minute when he opened his Blues account.
Tottenham rookie Sergio Reguilón gave up possession and was later fooled by compatriot Cesar Azpilicueta, who threw the ball for Werner to clinically shoot into the bottom corner.
The Spurs, playing winger Steven Bergwijn and No. 10 Lamela in attack, began to improve and had two great opportunities to level.
The first went to Gedson Fernandes, who was turned away twice by a strong tackle from Kurt Zouma when he was on goal, then Edouard Mendy made the first save of his Chelsea career when he kept Lamela’s low shot out with his foot .
Between those two opportunities there was a brawl between former allies Mourinho and Lampard on the touchline, as the Portuguese was unhappy after Lampard spoke when appealing against a decision.
Spurs were the best team immediately after the break and Mendy justified his £ 22 million price tag with a brilliant save to deny Reguilon a draw.
The hosts came in from the right and Serge Aurier returned the ball to the Spaniard, whose fierce first shot was parried by the Frenchman.
Aurier then made a tame effort and Steven Bergwijn cut one as Spurs besieged Chelsea’s goal.
Mourinho called Kane in the 70th minute and as Spurs chased the game, holes were ripped open at the other end, which should have seen Chelsea kill the game.
Werner fired straight at Lloris from a good position and then Hudson-Odoi went into a two-on-one situation.
Kane had an opening when he snuggled in before the Spurs finally got their reward with seven minutes left.
A long diagonal ball from Toby Alderweireld found Reguillon, whose cross was delivered by Lamela at the far post to send him to penalties.
The first nine shots from the spot were successful and then Mount hit the outside of the post with the decisive effort, ending a three-game losing streak on penalties for the Spurs.
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