After it looked like Tottenham were about to blow a three-goal lead thanks to Fraser Forster’s poor play in the EFL Cup quarter-finals, captain Heung-Min Son scored a critical insurance goal with an olympico for a possible 4-3 victory over Manchester United.
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From the corner, Lucas Bergvall did make contact with Manchester United goalkeeper Altay Bayindir, but with no VAR ahead of the EFL Cup semi-final and final, there was nothing to rule out the goal once it was over. This doesn’t take away from the turn Son put on the ball, as Bayindir needs to be stronger on corners, but both goalkeepers left a lot to be desired in the clash.
“Do we want this decision to be considered a foul on the pitch? The answer is yes from the referee. If there had been a VAR, that’s where we could start a discussion about whether “Whether or not this is a clear and obvious enough error to recommend this for VAR,” CBS Sports rules expert Christiana Unkel said. “But on the field, yes, it’s that left contact that’s being made, but what I was looking for and what we will be looking for when breaking down plays and how a referee may or may not have seen that, where the position of the referees. The referee is watching this mass of passing players and he may not be in the best position to appreciate the amount of contact that is happening. I know it may seem that way, but at the end of the day,. we don’t know. I don’t want that. That’s a mistake.”
Tottenham were chasing their first trophy since winning the 2008-09 EFL Cup and early in the game it looked like they would run away with it. Dominic Solanke scored a brace and Dejan Kulusevski scored in the first minute of the second half before United managed to score a goal before Spurs held on in the end.
