Son, Sissoko send Spurs into Little league Cup final
Jose Mourinho urged Tottenham to kick on the subject of after Son Heung-min fired them in to the League Cup final with the decisive goal in a 2-0 win against Brentford in Tuesday.
Moussa Sissoko put Mourinho's team in advance in the semi-final at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
But Tottenham were nonetheless looking for the knockout blow against spirited second tier Brentford until Son netted with 20 minutes remaining.
Tottenham will deal with Manchester United or perhaps holders Manchester City, who meet found in the next semi-final on Wednesday, in Wembley on April 25.
It'll be the club's first household last since losing the 2015 Group Cup showpiece against Chelsea, and their first last in any competition because the 2019 Champions League defeat against Liverpool found in Madrid.
"The final is currently in a pocket for 90 days, we have to await the last so we need to focus on what we have approaching," Mourinho said.
"We've the FA Cup, the Premier League, the Europa little league, so let's your investment final for now. However when April arrives we must be ready also to struggle for the trophy."
Mourinho, appointed in November 2019, is hoping to lead Tottenham with their first key trophy because the 2008 League Cup.
He has recently won your competition four instances, landing his primary silverware in English football found in 2005 with Chelsea, where he won it twice more before an additional success in Manchester United in 2017.
Mourinho is the third manager to attain a League Cup final with three different clubs, following Ron Atkinson and Ron Saunders.
"This is a casino game that uses us to a final. Of lessons we are very, happy with this," Mourinho stated.
"We didn't take up brilliantly, in some cases wrong decisions, sometimes yet another touch, certainly not with that soft control which allows you to take up fast however the game is definitely under control against a staff that will oftimes be in the Premier Group next year."
The Tottenham boss had labelled Brentford's visit to north London as the largest game of his reign, so that it was no surprise he picked Son and Harry Kane in a team featuring five changes from Saturday's Premier Group win over Leeds.
- Crucial moment -
Brentford, 4th in the Championship, had already beaten four Premier Little league clubs in Southampton, Newcastle, Fulham and West Bromwich Albion to attain their first domestic cup semi-final.
But Tottenham needed merely 12 minutes to have the business lead as Sergio Reguilon's pin-level cross from the still left evaded Brentford defender Ethan Pinnock and found Sissoko, who finished his burst in to the six-yard container with a robust header in to the top corner.
It was the French midfielder's first goal since December 2019, ending a barren go that had stretched to 36 matches.
Tottenham pressed hard for a second aim and Son's long-range drive forced a good conserve from David Raya, who had to stretch out to tip away Lucas Moura's deflected header right before half-time.
Son flashed a good volley just wide from Sissoko's cross, but Tottenham escaped found in the 63rd minute when Ivan Toney's equaliser was first disallowed by VAR.
When Pinnock's header was clawed apart by Hugo Lloris, Toney stabbed in the rebound from close-range, limited to the Brentford striker's celebrations to be curtailed when his knee was viewed to be in an offside position.
That tight decision proved the crucial moment as Son struck in the 70th minute.
Kane fed Tanguy Ndombele and the midfielder's defence-splitting pass teed up Son, who exactly fired high in to the roof of the web for his 16th goal of the growing season.
Brentford's Josh Dasilva was sent off found in the 84th minute for a good studs-up foul on Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg that left the furious Tottenham midfielder with blood performing down his shin.
