A corner kick goal like an explosive Son Heung-min game, and Tottenham advanced to the semifinals by beating Manchester United...Solanke multi-goal → 4 to 3 great games
Dec 20, 2024
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Tottenham beat Manchester United 4-3 in the quarterfinals of the English Football League (EFL) Cup in the 2024-2025 season at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the 20th.
The home team Tottenham started with a 4-2-3-1 formation. Solanke, Son Heung-min, Madison, Klusevski, Bissouma, Sarr, Spence, Gray, Draguchin, Porro, and Foster started.
Against this, Manchester United came out with a 3-4-2-1 formation. Hoylun, Fernandez, Antony, Dalot, Ugarte, Eriksen, Mazraoui, Lisandro, Lindelof, Yoro and Vindir started.
Son Heung-min also showed aggressive performance on the day.
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It was Tottenham who broke the balance of the game.
After the free kick situation in the 15th minute of the first half, Porro hit a mid-range shot, and the ball bounced off the goalkeeper. Solanke shook the net as he continued with a shot again.
Manchester United, which scored one goal, went on a wave of attacks.
In the 22nd minute of the first half, Eriksen received Dalot's cutback from the center of the box and tried to shoot with his left foot, but Bissouma cleared it.
In the 24th minute, Eriksen tried to shoot with a free kick himself, but it went off the goal.
Klusevski, who received Son Heung-min's pass in the 26th minute of the first half, attempted a left-footed shot after peeling off the defenders, but was blocked by the goalkeeper.
In the 37th minute of the first half, Fernandez's shot from outside the box went off the goal.
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Tottenham dominated the game as they moved on to the second half.
In the second minute of the second half, Madison connected a space pass tactfully given by Madison's Son Heung-min with a low and fast cross, and Lisandro cleared it. But the ball went to Klusevski, who finished with a score.
Solanke scored again in the 9th minute of the second half.
Spencer delivered an accurate space pass to Solanke with a long kick, and Solanke shot through Evans' crotch to break the net.
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The atmosphere has changed drastically.
In the 18th minute of the second half, Foster's pass miss came out as Manchester United pressed strongly. Fernandes took the ball and gave it to Zirqzi. Zirkji scored the goal.
In the 25th minute of the second half, Foster's mistake came out again. Under Ahmad's strong pressure, Foster's urgent kick hit Ahmad's leg and went straight into the goal.
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In the 28th minute of the second half, Mazraoui's right foot shot in the box was far off the goal.
In the 37th minute of the second half, Foster blocked Ahmad's mid-range shot from the front of the box with his foot.
It was Son Heung-min who poured cold water on Manchester United's flow.
In the 43rd minute of the second half, he crossed with a considerable rotation in the corner, and the ball was sucked into the goal. It was Son's seventh goal of the season.
Manchester United followed Evans with a header goal in a corner kick in the fifth minute of the second half. But there was not enough time. The match ended in a 4-3 victory for Tottenham.
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