Tottenham supervisor Ange Postecoglou is with out one other member of his Spurs squad alongside winger Wilson Odobert, who was compelled off throughout their smash-and-grab 2-1 win away to Coventry on Wednesday.

Spurs keep away from embarrassment with dramatic late victory at Coventry

The north Londoners have been on the verge of an embarrassing outcome within the EFL Cup third spherical on Wednesday night, and have been practically knocked out of the competitors very early doorways by the Championship facet.

Following a lacklustre attacking show within the first half, which carried on by way of into the second interval, Spurs have been made to pay when Brandon Thomas-Asante buried a detailed vary effort previous Fraser Forster – giving Lilywhites supporters an actual fright.

The prospect of an EFL Cup run and potential silverware was dwindling by the minute, and it took two last-gasp strikes to make sure Postecoglou was not critically humbled on a nervy night time within the West Midlands.

Djed Spence buried an equaliser for Spurs within the 88th minute earlier than Wales worldwide Brennan Johnson, who deactivated all of his social media accounts within the build-up to this recreation following on-line abuse, bagged an added-time winner to silence his critics.

Spence was additionally on the verge of becoming a member of Genoa in the summertime, after spending the second half of 23/24 on a short lived spell on the Serie A facet, however the Englishman has since fought his method again into Postecoglou’s plans. It was a relieving finish to the 90 for Tottenham’s head coach, who subsequently praised his gamers for holding their nerve and coming by way of a really robust take a look at.

“I believed I used to be a typical cup recreation. I believed Coventry have been actually good,” stated Postecoglou on Tottenham’s win at Coventry.

“They put some actual vitality into the sport, and we could not actually get a grip on it. So we needed to hold in there. We needed to work actually, actually arduous simply to remain within the recreation and clearly going a aim behind makes it much more difficult. However such as you stated on the finish there we confirmed some actual spirit and character, which might be what’s been lacking within the first 4 video games. We have had the efficiency, however we’ve not had that relentlessness to to get a outcome. You sense that within the final 10 minutes, we bought actual perception out of that, and hopefully that is a great signal shifting ahead.”

Postecoglou with out Richarlison alongside Odobert after harm replace

A draw back of the hard-fought win was summer season signing Odobert being compelled off, with what has been described as a probably important harm by Postecoglou. Nonetheless, the ex-Burnley winger is not their solely absence forward of Brentford on Saturday.

Certainly, Richarlison has missed Tottenham’s previous couple of video games by way of harm, and he is not any nearer to returning. Talking in a pre-match press convention earlier than Brentford, Postecoglou confirmed that Richarlison will miss Brentford with Odobert, and the £134,000-per-week Brazilian is not anticipated again for some time.

“[Richarlison] is a good method off,”stated Postecoglou. “You are higher off not asking about him till I give an replace as a result of he isn’t with the primary staff.”

Being with out each Richarlison and Odobert earlier than Brentford is an actual blow, because it leaves Spurs in need of choices within the attacking areas. Postecoglou can be hoping the previous can return as quickly as attainable, as he wants an alternative choice to summer season signing Dominic Solanke going ahead.