Leicester looked the more likely to score the next goal, with Nathan Dyer dragging a low effort wide of goal in the fifty-sixth minute and youngster Demarai Gray flashing a dipping, swerving effort just wide of the post soon afterward, but the visitors slowly transitioned into game-management mode.
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Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino says he is happy to still be in the Capital One Cup, despite drawing with Leicester.
A late Harry Kane penalty salvaged the third round FA Cup tie against Leicester City who came from behind to nearly knockout the lilywhites for a second successive year.
FC’s Gab Marcotti assesses the possibility of West Brom’s Saido Berahino making a move to Tottenham.
If Leicester City’s FA Cup Third Round meeting with Tottenham tonight weren’t already overshadowed by a rematch in the league in just three days, the inconclusive 2-2 draw added an even more important replay to the fixture list in ten days’ time.
He said the replay – due to take place next Tuesday – was an extra game that would test his squad.
“It was a bit of a surprise. He said yes, so it was a proud moment for myself and my family”. Meanwhile Danny Rose driven centre included a clutch of takers as the hosts looked for an early breakthrough.
Rose was arguably Spurs’ most energetic performer in the 2-2 draw, causing Leicester repeated problems with his marauding runs down the left flank, particularly in the first half when Christian Eriksen’s opener was cancelled out by Foxes veteran Marcin Wasilewski.
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‘Scoring a penalty in the last minute of the game to keep your team in the cup, it is what football is all about so I was happy to step up and thankful it went in’. “It was good experience and I learned as the game wore on”, he told the Leicester Mercury.
The Spanish giants sent scouts three times to watch Kane in action last season and he is believed to be on the list of players they will consider trying to sign in the summer.
The battle for the Premier League title will be put to one side on Sunday as Leicester City travel to White Hart Lane to take on Spurs. You saw we made some changes in the Cup match and players came in and did very well. If players need a rest they will do that, if players need to work hard they will do that as well. Between playing the same team twice in a row and the short turnaround between matches, we could see some interesting tactical and personnel decisions from both Spurs and the Foxes made not just to try to keep some key players rested, but to throw each other off the scent for a greater tactical plan.
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He the club’s official website: “We’re devastated not to get the win”.
