Ange Postecoglou offers worrying Richarlison injury update as Tottenham problems grow

This was lone the sixth commencement Richarlison had made successful each competitions this season, having suffered a drawstring of wounded problems successful a frustrating campaign.

Richarlison stayed down aft sprinting for the shot precocious successful the first-half, pounding the turf successful vexation arsenic helium was forced disconnected and replaced by debutant Mathys Tel.

Asked aft the lucifer for an update connected Richarlison, Postecoglou said: "It looks similar his calf. It didn't look excessively bully aft the game, truthful astir apt 1 to adhd to the list."

Tel mostly struggled to person an interaction against Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate, connected a frustrating evening for the teen conscionable a fewer days aft helium completed his indebtedness determination from Bayern Munich.

With the likes of Timo Werner, Brennan Johnson and Dominic Solanke presently out, Postecoglou opted to displacement Djed Spence into a close helping relation successful the second-half, but Spurs offered small successful attack.

They failed to registry a azygous changeable connected target, successful what turned into a tame extremity to their hopes of Carabao Cup silverware.

Cody Gakpo scored successful the first-half to hitch retired Tottenham’s first-leg advantage, earlier Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk struck aft the interruption arsenic Liverpool cruised to a Wembley day with Newcastle adjacent month.