Sanchez misses penalty as Tottenham ousted from Carabao Cup by Fulham
Davinson Sanchez noticed his effort from 12 yards crucially saved by Marek Rodak because the hosts triumphed 5-3 on spot-kicks on a dramatic evening at Craven Cottage to efficiently e-book their place within the final 32 of the competitors.
Kenny Tete slammed house the profitable penalty for Fulham, who additionally notched within the shootout by Andreas Pereira, Raul Jimenez, Joao Palhinha and Harry Wilson.
Captain Heung-min Son and Dejan Kulusevski had each netted for Spurs earlier than oft-maligned centre-back Sanchez’s miss because the shock third taker, with James Maddison conserving them alive briefly earlier than Tete’s decisive intervention.
Tuesday’s London derby had ended 1-1 after 90 minutes, with Richarlison heading in his first purpose of the season after the interval to cancel out a first-half personal purpose by Micky van de Ven, a second in simply 4 Tottenham appearances for the summer time signing from Wolfsburg, pressured by glorious work and a harmful cross from Tom Cairney.
It is Spurs’ first aggressive lack of the Ange Postecoglou and post-Harry Kane period, following a advantageous begin to their Premier League marketing campaign that has seen them take seven factors from their first three matches below their new boss.
So lots of the Australian’s back-up and fringe gamers missed a vital probability to impress as Tottenham badly lacked first-half fluency after making no fewer than 9 adjustments from Saturday’s 2-0 win over Bournemouth within the top-flight, indebted to some sensible stops from back-up goalkeeper Fraser Forster and an inaccurate close-range header from Jimenez deep into second-half stoppage time to get to penalties, in addition to a let-off miss by Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
Questions will probably be requested of Postecoglou as to why he made fairly so many adjustments as Spurs frittered away maybe their largest probability to finish a 15-year run with out a main trophy earlier than the league’s high seven had even entered the fray.
But Tottenham did enhance after the interval, with Rodak denying former Fulham loanee Manor Solomon a purpose on his Cottage return late on and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg additionally skewing an honest probability large at 1-1.
For Fulham, who have been with out supervisor Marco Silva on account of an early-season touchline ban following three yellow playing cards already gathered within the league, it’s one other confidence enhance after their 10 males achieved an unlikely draw away at title-chasing Arsenal on Saturday to bounce again from a heavy west London derby defeat by Brentford.
Tottenham will look to reply in related vogue once they journey to face newly-promoted Burnley at Turf Moor on Saturday, whereas subsequent up for Fulham is a frightening journey to the Etihad Stadium to tackle defending champions Manchester City.