Ishaq Mustafa
Tottenham defeat Wolves in a penalty shootout to reach the Carabao Cup fourth round after blowing a two-goal lead in normal time.
Leander Dendoncker and Daniel Podence goals cancelled out earlier efforts from Tanguy Ndombele and Harry Kane to take the game to penalties.
But Ruben Neves, Dendoncker and Conor Coady all missed in the shootout as Bryan Gil’s penalty proved decisive for Tottenham.
French midfielder Ndombele broke into the box and turned defender Willy Boly to open the scoring at Molineux, before captain Kane made it 2-0 on 23 minutes for Spurs after being played though by Dele Alli.
Belgium midfielder Dendoncker headed in Rayan Ait-Nouri’s corner before the break and then set up Podence to equalise.
Goalkeeper John Ruddy kept Wolves in the game, denying Kane twice with superb blocks on the line to take the match to spot-kicks.
With the scores level at 2-2 in the shootout, Neves blasted over. Italian keeper Pierluigi Gollini, playing only his second game for Spurs, saved from Dendoncker after Gil had converted.
Wolves’ fate was then sealed when Coady hit the bar.
There was bad news too for the Midlands side when defender Yerson Mosquero was taken off on a stretcher in the fifth minute of his debut.
Line-ups
Wolves squad
Formation 3-4-3
21Ruddy
14Mosquera 15Boly 23Kilman
2Hoever 8Neves 32Dendoncker 3Aït-Nouri
10Podence 17Fábio Silva 26Hwang Hee-Chan
Substitutes
9Jiménez 11Machado Trincão 13Moulden 16Coady 22Nélson Semedo 28João Moutinho 37Traoré
Tottenham squad
Formation 4-3-3
22Gollini
25Tanganga 4Romero 6D Sánchez 33Davies
20Alli 29Skipp 28Ndombele
18Lo Celso 10Kane 11Gil
Substitutes
2Doherty 3Reguilón 5Højbjerg 7Son Heung-Min 14Rodon 40Austin 44Scarlett
