Tottenham 1-0 Liverpool: Lucas Bergvall headline act as young Spurs show remarkable maturity

Bergvall was the centre of consideration with a assured, stylish, feisty – Liverpool would counsel too feisty efficiency in midfield.

This was a landmark second for the younger Swede, inventive and aggressive as he made essentially the most probabilities of Spurs’ gamers – three from open play, in addition to scoring the winner.

Bergvall completed emphatically previous Alisson with 4 minutes left, becoming a member of illustrious firm as, at 18 years and 341 days, he’s the membership’s youngest League Cup scorer since Gareth Bale, who was 18 years and 72 days when he scored towards Middlesbrough in September 2007.

The £8.5m paid to Djurgarden in February 2024 – earlier than loaning him again to the Swedish membership for the remainder of the season – already appears to be like a snip. On a efficiency like this, simply his fourth begin for the membership, it’s simple to see why Barcelona additionally wished to signal him.

Simply as exceptional was the story of Kinsky, who solely bought his work allow on Monday after arriving from Slavia Prague however was thrown straight in by Postecoglou, who’s with out injured Guglielmo Vicario and Fraser Forster, selecting the teen forward of Brandon Austin.

Kinsky confirmed exceptional confidence with the ball at his ft, finishing one catch after a neat juggle early on, all the time keen to take the constructive choice – though he escaped within the first half when he slipped as he went to gather Cody Gakpo’s routine shot.

And he responded fantastically when put to the take a look at as Liverpool lastly utilized strain late on, dashing from his purpose to dam Darwin Nunez’s angled shot earlier than making his finest save of the night time, reacting to dive away to his proper to show away the striker’s header within the closing seconds.

It was a dream introduction, admittedly of venture by Postecoglou however one which labored, the keeper falling to the arms of an admirer on the ultimate whistle as tears had been shed.