Tottenham Hotspur have the advantage in their Carabao Cup semi-final after beating Liverpool 1-0 in their first leg in North London.
Spurs thought they’d opened the scoring in the 77th minute, but Dominic Solanke’s goal was chalked off due to offside following a lengthy VAR check.
Tottenham didn’t let this affect them, however, and they went on to break the deadlock nine minutes later as Solanke outmuscled Ibrahima Konate and set up Lucas Bergvall to fire home.
Meanwhile, Spurs newcomer Antonin Kinsky had a debut to remember as he kept a clean sheet and made a superb late save to deny Darwin Nunez.
Spurs legend Graham Roberts took to X after the game to praise Kinsky’s display and also named four other players who stood out for him on the night.
Graham Roberts hails Tottenham quintet Dominic Solanke, Lucas Bergvall, Antonin Kinsky, Radu Dragusin and Archie Gray
Roberts described Solanke as “absolutely unreal”, and of Bergvall and Kinsky, he said: “Wow, what a performance”.
He also praised the two centre-backs on the night, Radu Dragusin and Archie Gray, and wished Rodrigo Bentancur well in wake of the injury he suffered during the game.
How the media rated Kinsky display v Liverpool
Football.london’s Alasdair Gold provided a lengthy write-up on Kinsky as he gave the £12.5million man a 9 out of 10 rating.
Gold wrote: ‘On his debut, his first test came with a difficult bouncing ball that Dragusin left for him and the young keeper knocked it up and over the onrushing attacker’s head before catching it in a calm bit of play
‘His distribution was excellent in the first half but he did fumble a shot just behind him which could have been disastrous had he been closer to goal.
‘Did make a big save with his arm to deny Nunez in the second half and again from his header. Overall a terrific debut and a clean sheet and the defence trusted him from the very first moments.’
Meanwhile, the Evening Standard gave Kinsky a rating of 8 out of 10 for his efforts on the night.
They wrote: ‘Very convincing debut from the Czech goalkeeper, whose distribution was an instant hit with the Tottenham fans and just what was needed.
Made a remarkable late save to deny Darwin Nunez.’