Spurs are into the last four after Steven Bergwijn seized his chance to impress against West Ham.
Tottenham moved closer to their first silverware finish since 2008, thanks to a goal and an assist from fringe man Steven Bergwijn. The Dutchman opened the scoring and, after leveling off quickly from Jarrod Bowen, set up Lucas Moura for the goal that put Antonio Conte's side into the last four of the Carabao Cup.
It was the last trophy Spurs raised, although under another nickname, and anything is possible with Conte, at least for last season's finalists in knockout football, who defeated Jose Mourinho a few days before moving to Wembley. was dismissed.
West Ham, themselves trophy-less since 1980, have matched the hosts in everything but still look forward to European football, something Tottenham denied until their lawyer did something notable to confuse UEFA. Can't, who kicked them out. Rennes at the start of the Europa Conference League week for failing to play.
Conte picked five sides in a 2-2 draw with Liverpool on Sunday, including Harry Kane, whose non-send for a lunge on Andrew Robertson Jurgen Klopp started the post-match witch hunt. Kane's first contribution in this nearly scored a goal, thanks to Maura's turn and the England captain getting into shooting position on the left. It hit well but Alphonse Arriola dived for a camera-friendly save.
Hugo Lloris had to punch Bowen's free-kick at the other end as West Ham, when they weren't busy kicking Pierre-mile Hjberg, found themselves in danger. Matt Doherty also came in for a rough treatment but Sergio Reguilan's expected free-kick in the dive failed to impress referee Chris Kavanaugh.
Doherty is the one player who should be dismissed by Conte next month and the same applies to Tottenham's successful 29th-minute goal scorer. Bergwijn helped set it up by catching Craig Dawson in the box and feeding Hjberg, who squared off for a simple finish from the Dutchman on his first start under his new manager.
West Ham were level through Bowen within three minutes when Tomas Sousek tested Lloris twice with a header and Craig Dawson nodded even closer to both the keeper and the bar. Eric Dier's poor pass from his box put Spurs in trouble with Bowen, when Nikola Vlasic recycled the ball into the danger zone, to put a low drive ahead of Lloris.
What West Ham did in three minutes, Spurs achieved in two as Bergwijn impressed again, this time bursting into the box to pierce Moura, who slammed home from six yards before Ben Johnson intervened. Gave.
West Ham nearly leveled within 60 seconds, but Oliver Schepp was clearly ahead of Sousek at the back post. Skip started the second period with a drive that was deflected widely by teammate Bergwijn, who continued to burst forth with old-fashioned directness. The hammers matched the hosts in the possession section, although Ben Davies had to dive in front of Bowen to prevent Arthur Masuaku's delivery from connecting with the near post.
Bowen returned and this time Loris had to dive to her feet. Both Spurs scorers were replaced to thunderous applause at the hour mark as Conte decided to play again, sending off Heung-Min Son and Harry Winks.
Moyes did the same eight minutes later, with Vlasic and Manuel Lanzini being replaced by Said Benrahma and Pablo Fornals. Benrahma exploded well on the turn immediately, but was too close with Lash in the 81st minute of the Spurs goal.