Eriksen strikes late again to send Spurs to Wembley

Tottenham to face Chelsea in Capital One Cup after youngster Che Adams gives Lilywhites a fright

Christian Eriksen of Tottenham Hotspur
(Image credit: 2015 Getty Images)

Sheffield United 2 Tottenham 2 (Tottenham win 3-2 on aggregate). Spurs are on their way to Wembley to face Chelsea in the final of the Capital One Cup, but the Premier League club were given the mother of all scares by League One side Sheffield United.

Spurs visited Bramall Lane defending a 1-0 advantage from the first leg of the semi-final, and when Christian Eriksen struck a magnificent curling free-kick on 28 minutes it seemed the Lilywhites were cruising towards an all-London final on 1 March. But that was before United introduced Che Adams as a substitute a quarter of an hour from full time as the snow fell on Sheffield. The 18-year-old, a recent signing from non-league side Ilkeston Town with less than three hours of professional football to his name, turned the tie on its head in the space of three minutes.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.