Tottenham vs Liverpool LIVE: Carabao Cup semi-final score and updates as Rodrigo Bentancur suffers head injury

51 mins: Close!

Possibly the best chance of the game as Curtis Jones picks out Salah on the right side of the pitch. He cuts inside then floats a cross over to the back post where Cody Gakpo is free.

Gakpo leaps towards the ball but it skims over his head and out of play.

48 mins: Virgil van Dijk takes out Brennan Johnson in a heavy but fair challenge before a misplaced pass from Ryan Gravenberch forces Conor Bradley to send the ball out of play.

Just a little sign of Liverpool not quite communicating and clicking with each other.

Liverpool get the game restarted with no further changes to either team.

I think most people were expecting goals in this game but Ange Postecoglou has set Spurs up to be more secure defensively and Liverpool have been far from their best.

Arne Slot’s men tend to improve in the second half of games so Tottenham still have plenty of work to keep them at bay.

Rodrigo Bentancur was forced off the pitch during Tottenham Hotspur’s Carabao Cup semi-final with Liverpool with a suspected head injury after an awkward landing as he attempted to reach a corner kick.

Tottenham won the first corner of the game in the seventh minute and as the ball was swung into the penalty area, Bentancur launched himself at it in the hopes of heading the ball towards goal.

He missed and landed hard on the ground seemingly knocking his head on the turf. The midfielder lay still as the set piece played out before his teammates urgently called for the medical team to intervene.

45+11 mins: The whistle goes to end the first half with nothing to separate the two teams.

Diogo Jota has a shto blocked inside the box but as things stand the teams head into the break on level terms.

All to play for in the second half.

45+9 mins: Liverpool are pressing the advantage in the closing stages of this first half. Spurs need to dig deep and maintain their clean sheet until the break.

The Reds seem to have finally clicked into gear and look very imposing.

45+6 mins: Cody Gakpo goes on a driving run up the pitch with no options available to him on either side. He manages to create enough space to get a shot away and drills a dipping effort at goal.

Antonin Kinsky fumbles the ball but manages to keep it out.

45+3 mins: Neither team looks likely to open the scoring in this half and both seem to be going through the motions a bit. Tsimikas gets a cross into the box but it’s not the best and Dragusin heads it clear without too much trouble.