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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 1, season 25)
Stoke City
v.
Tottenham Hotspur
Formation:
4-3-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Timo HILDEBRAND616Iker CASILLAS Fernández
Formation:
4-1-3-2
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Sergei PARSHIVLYUK62Kyle WALKER
Alejandro Damián FAURLIN37Kieran GIBBS
Sejad SALIHOVIC4Steven CAULKER
Sylvain ARMAND658James TOMKINS
Alberto LOPO García667Gnégnéri 'Yaya' TOURÉ
Rodrigo Ferrante TADDEI78James MILNER
Lars STINDL68Francesc FABREGAS Soler
Moussa SOW79Robin VAN PERSIE
Serhiy NAZARENKO10Theo WALCOTT
Jamie VARDY611Ashley YOUNG
Sir Alf RamseyManagerHeath Brown
Jack BARMBY12Raheem STERLING
Chris KIRKLAND13Jack BUTLAND
Solomon MARCH14Ryan BERTRAND
Zeli ISMAIL15Danny ROSE
Connor MAHONEY16Luke SHAW

Stoke City 2 Tottenham Hotspur 3
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 24,490, Stadium: Britannia, Referee: Fred GRAHAM 5½, TV: live)
36 Sow, 73 SowScorers28 Van Persie, 49 Walcott, 71 Walcott
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings90+3 Young
8Corners7
10Fouls6
6Offsides17
4Shots on8
2Shots off8
6Total shots16
2Shots saved5
40%Possession60%
Man of the match: James TOMKINS
8VAN PERSIE dribbled away from FAURLIN and rifled a tame shot over the bar.
12A good effort from WALCOTT scraped the top of the crossbar.
24A pin-point pass found WALCOTT and his looping shot went narrowly wide.
28GOAL!! Tottenham Hotspur's VAN PERSIE beat two defenders before firing just inside the 'keeper's lefthand post. (1-0 Tottenham Hotspur)
36GOAL!! A short corner was played out to SOW who fired the ball into the back of the net. (1-1)
38The Stoke City 'keeper dived to his left to block an accurate drive from Tottenham Hotspur's CAULKER.
45+2The 'keeper managed to block an amazing shot.
 
46YOUNG beat a number of Stoke City players and fired a great chance wide.
49GOAL!! A nice run by YOUNG on the right was capped by a great cross which WALCOTT forced home at the far post. (2-1 Tottenham Hotspur)
51WALCOTT fired the ball through a ruck of players but the Stoke City 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
53The 'keeper was able to claw away a poor shot from TADDEI.
55Uncertainty in the Stoke City defence enabled WALKER to hammer an effort wide.
56GIBBS headed the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
59A penalty box meleé resulted in WALCOTT driving the ball over.
61A strike from TOURÉ held no problem for HILDEBRAND.
63VARDY whacked a left foot shot wide from long range.
65VAN PERSIE was put clear by CAULKER and he stepped inside the 'keeper but rammed his shot wide.
69A looping shot from WALCOTT was stopped by the 'keeper.
71GOAL!! FAURLIN tried to play the ball out of the Stoke City penalty area but was tackled by VAN PERSIE who nodded the ball to WALCOTT for an easy goal. (3-1 Tottenham Hotspur)
73GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled SOW to dribble through the Tottenham Hotspur defence and score. (3-2 Tottenham Hotspur)
81TADDEI chipped the ball to VARDY who headed it over.
90+1A brilliant strike from SOW was dealt with by a good stop from the Tottenham Hotspur 'keeper.
90+3YOUNG receives a yellow card by the referee for a clinical challenge.