In the second leg of the League Cup semi-finals, Spurs played Chelsea with two goals at home, and the Blues scored with Antonio Rudiger's head hammer to win by one goal; the two combined to eliminate Tottenham Hotspur 3-0, following the 2018-19 season to reach the Premier League Final again.
Chelsea switched to a four-back defensive formation due to a lack of manpower in the defensive line, with goalkeeper Kepa, four defenders from left to right: Maran Sal, Antonio Rudiger, Christensen and Azpilicueta; double backs Jorginho and Mateo Kovacic, and two youth attackers, Odoi and Mason Mount, supported Timo Werner and Lukaku. Spurs remained the same 3-4-3, with Gollini in the goalkeeper position; three centre-backs Jafit Tangenga, Davidson Sanchez and Ben Davis; Matt Doherty cameoing as left-wing defender and Emerson on the right; Harry Winks and Pierre Hoybel in midfield; lo Celso and Lucas Mora supporting Harry Kane in the Blues defence.
In the first half, Chelsea were the main opponent team, occupying more ball possession and attack. In the 11th minute, Lukaku had a one-handed chance, but was saved by Gollini and returned without success. However, in the 18th minute, the Blues were still the first team to open the record, Mason Mount opened the corner on the left side, and Gollini struck the air with a hammer, allowing Antonio Rudiger to seize the opportunity to head the hammer into the empty goal to give the Blues the lead. In the 39th minute, Antonio Rudiger once violated Pierre Hoibel and was awarded a penalty by the referee, but after VAR review, the foul was outside the box, which overturned the penalty and Chelsea were able to bring a 1-0 advantage into the dressing room.
After the change of sides, Spurs tried their best to recover the lost ground, and even won the penalty in the 58th minute, but Kepa's foot was obviously kicked to the ball first, and the referee also overturned his decision after watching the video. In the 63rd minute, the Chelsea defence was in danger again, with Kepa and Jorginho's cross intercepted by Tottenham and Harry Kane receiving Lucas Mora's teleportation into the empty goal. But Kepa's clever strike caused Harry Kane to offside, causing Tottenham, who thought they were going to chase the score closer, to a "fried beard". Since then, both sides have made a lot of substitutions, but neither has been able to rewrite the score, resulting in the Blues beating Tottenham Hotspur by one goal and reaching the Premier League Final 3-0 on aggregate.
Chelsea's performance this time is not too good, and there are indeed a lot of thrilling shots in the defensive line. Antonio Rudiger has a goal, but there are many loopholes in the defense, and the status needs to be improved. On the contrary, Maran Sal's performance at left-back in this game is commendable, his defensive performance can be said to be impeccable, whether it is against Lucas Mora, Harry Kane, Lo Celso or Emerson, he can not be surprised to block the opponent, except for a slightly inferior air superiority, the rest of the aspects are also quite good. Kepa also had a superb performance in this game, in addition to a few key strikes and saves, that "offside" was also very clever, of course, his and Jorginho's cross-pass error was the culprit that made Tottenham Have an opportunity. Thomas Tuchel's four-back defensive formation this season seems to be just a "pose", and there is not much difference between playing out and three; this is the fourth final reached by Thomas Tuchel after leading the team, having won two titles (Champions League and Europa League) three times before, and it is not known whether Thomas Tuchel can lead the team to win the championship again.
For Tottenham, Conte's decision to trust Gollini this season has been criticized by fans, but in fact, it is understandable, and it is a reasonable decision to give the substitute goalkeeper to return to the cup, if it is a little consequential to blame Conte for this. However, the Italian was a bit slow in changing sides and moving on the spot, which also made Spurs unable to recover the lost ground in the second half. Spurs are also mainly counter-attacking on the offensive end this season, and the old problem of failing to create too many opportunities in the position battle still exists. On the books, Tottenham Hotspur appeared to have two penalties and an offside goal blown over, but all three decisions were completely uncontroversial, and it was a win-lose game after all.