Tottenham take lead in Carabao Cup semi-final against Chelsea thanks to Harry Kane goal
Relive all of the drama from the London derby
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Your support makes all the difference.Tottenham Hotspur gained a slender advantage in their League Cup semi-final against London rivals Chelsea as Harry Kane's penalty earned them a 1-0 win in the first leg at Wembley on Tuesday.
Kane's 26th-minute spot kick, his 160th goal for the club, means Mauricio Pochettino's side will be slight favourites to reach the final although there is plenty of work still to do.
The only goal of the evening arrived in unusual circumstances with referee Michael Oliver eventually awarding a penalty with the help of VAR after Spurs skipper Kane was adjudged to have been marginally onside before being taken out by Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Relive all of the drama below.
Match preview
What time is it?
The match kicks-off at 8pm.
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Key fact
Spurs and Chelsea are set to meet in a League Cup semi-final for the third time, having also done so in 1971-72 and 2001-02 - the only fixture to be played more often at this stage is Arsenal against Spurs (four occasions).
65 minutes
Harry Kane has picked up a knock and will require a little treatment. It seems as if he'll be alright to continue after a quick chat with Mauricio Pochettino during his enforced time on the sideline.
66 minutes
Harry Kane's through ball bounces towards the head of Heung-Min Son, who might get the slightest of touches to it in an attempt to turn the ball to Moussa Sissoko, charging forward from midfield.
Sissoko can't quit beat the Chelsea defence to it, and there are enough bodies there to prevent he or Dele Alli from recovering the ball.
68 minutes
The nature of two-legged football means that Chelsea can't risk throwing caution to the wind and conceding two or three more but would like to find at least a leveller, while Tottenham will be keen to strengthen their hand heading into the second leg away from home but can't afford to throw away the winning position.
It could be an intriguing last 20 minutes as a result.
69 minutes
Pedro has gone to the right wing with Callum Hudson-Odoi moved to the left, and the former wins a corner off Danny Rose.
71 minutes
Dele Alli has dropped into a deeper role and is performing his greater defensive duties diligently. Chelsea failing to threaten the well-organised Tottenham defence with regularity.
73 minutes
Jorginho lifts a forward pass down the middle and it is poor. Paulo Gazzaniga seems to have dealt with ten of such passes tonight and again gathers very comfortably.
74 minutes
Both sides are preparing changes as Eden Hazard appeals for handball flicking a pass up into Toby Alderweireld's side, but there is nothing doing there.
75 minutes
Jorginho sends a shot into Row Z and now Chelsea will make their change.
Ross Barkley hasn't had the best of nights. Mateo Kovacic is his replacement.
78 minutes
Callum Hudson-Odoi is magnificently found by Antonio Rudiger's diagonal. Marcos Alonso has moved inside him in an underlapping move but Davinson Sanchez nullifies his threat, conceding a corner which is well dealt with.
79 minutes
Changes on both sides. Heung-Min Son has run hard and played a lot of football over Christmas. One more game until he heads off on international duty. Erik Lamela replaces him.
Olivier Giroud will get ten minutes off the bench. Callum Hudson-Odoi is taken off after a promising night.
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