Christian Eriksen and Lucas Moura missed penalties in the shootout as Tottenham were dumped out of EFL Cup by League Two side Colchester United.
Match Report
Tottenham were dumped out of the EFL Cup by League Two Colchester United after penalty misses by Christian Eriksen and Lucas Moura.
Mauricio Pochettino's men failed to break down their fourth-tier opponents despite having Dele Alli, Lucas and Victor Wanyama in their starting line-up and were punished by John McGreal's side, who knocked Crystal Palace out on penalties in the previous round.
Promising young players Oliver Skipp and Troy Parrott were given rare starts but found themselves embroiled in a real battle with a Colchester side who defended resolutely and gave their Premier League visitors more than the odd scare at JobServe Community Stadium.
Eriksen, on as a second-half substitute, had his penalty saved before Lucas hit the crossbar to prompt wild celebrations among the home fans, but Tottenham are now without a victory in five away games across all competitions.
Match Events
18' CHANCE! Alli's shot wide out
Skipp bursts into the box and picks out Alli with a cutback, but he drags it too far across goal and the ball drifts past the wrong side of the post.
30' CLOSE! Lucas' free kick saved
Almost! Lucas strikes it well and forces a good save from Gerken with the first shot on target of the game.
52' CLOSE! Parrott's shot over
Dier picks Parrott out with a cross to the near post, but the striker dinks his effort wide and doesn't test Gerken.
57' NICE SHOT! Walker-Peters‘ shot hits the post
Walker-Peters comes the closest to opening the scoring with a cross-cum-shot that cannons off the far post and back into play.
81' SHOT! Lamela takes a shot straight at Gerken
There's a chance for Lamela from outside the box, but his shot takes a deflection off Lapslie which takes all the power out of it and makes it easy for Gerken to collect.
Penalty Shootout
Eriksen misses!
Lucas misses!