Late goals by Djed Spence and Brennan Johnson helped Tottenham avoid an almighty upset at Coventry in the Carabao Cup.
Spurs were set to follow up Sunday’s painful derby defeat to Arsenal with a 1-0 loss in the third round after Brandon Thomas-Asante fired the Championship side into a deserved lead after 63 minutes.
Moments earlier, Ange Postecoglou’s decision to substitute Lucas Bergvall had been met with boos from the away end.
However, with time running out and Postecoglou’s bold prediction last weekend of always winning silverware in his second season being set to come back to bite him, Djed Spence found an equaliser with three minutes left.
Spot-kicks were still on the cards until Rodrigo Bentancur played through Brennan Johnson, who chipped h…