Tottenham Hotspur beat Manchester United 4-3 in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals on Thursday night despite two catastrophic errors from Fraser Forster.
Archie Gray starts at center back next to Radu Dragusin, with Christian Romero, Mickey van de Ven and Ben Davies all still injured.
Jed Spencer switched to left-back after Destiny Udoji was injured at Southampton on Sunday.
Manchester United Goalkeeper Artai Bayindil started again in the Carabao Cup, with Lenny Yoro making his second start of the season, partnering Lisandro Martinez and Victor Lindelof in defense.
Tottenham Hotspur’s defense may be depleted, but their attack is not, with James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski and Son Heung-min all playing under Dominic Solanke Starting from behind, the latter opened the scoring on Thursday night.
Solanke reacted fastest to Pedro Polo’s rebound, beating Bayindil after 15 minutes – he should have handled the long-range shot better.
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The two teams went into halftime with 1-0 left in the game, but within nine minutes of the restart, Tottenham led 3-0.
A poor clearance from Martinez fell on the shoulders of Kulusevski, who fired in from close range in the 47th minute and Solanke made his second clearance in the 54th minute.
With Tottenham seemingly fading from sight, Fraser Forster decided to keep things interesting, assisting both United goals to give the visitors the advantage.
At 3-1, the big goalkeeper passed the ball to Bruno Fernandez, who passed it to substitute Joshua Zirkzee, who converted the ball for the Red Devils’ second goal. The kick was given to the rushing Amad Diallo.
Amad relentlessly pressed the Spurs goalkeeper and Forster was so slow that he was unable to get the ball out in time when the Ivorian winger’s block bounced into the goal.
United piled on the pressure but Spurs were relieved to find a fourth goal.
After limping in from a corner, Son Heung-min’s cross found its way into the net and he turned to celebrate, his injury appearing to have healed.
Bayindil requested a foul and was booked for protesting, claiming a foul on Lucas Bergvall.
United did not go down without a fight, with Jonny Evans scoring the team’s third header in the 94th minute.
Spurs’ victory moves them into the last four of the Carabao Cup, where they will face Liverpool, Newcastle United or north London rivals Arsenal.
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