It has been a long wait for Roberto Soldado. More than six months since his last goal at White Hart Lane, but when it came, it was perfectly timed. In slid Soldado to divert yet another low grubber from Andros Townsend past Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Dorus de Vries and so fire Tottenham into a date with Brighton in the fourth round of the Capital One Cup. Perhaps more importantly, the Spanish striker saved Spurs when they seemed destined for 30 minutes of extra-time, the possibility of penalties and a further waste of nervous energy, just three days before their trip to Arsenal.
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Mauricio Pochettino's side managed to peg back Forest after conceding the first goal
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Nottingham Forest's Jorge Grant had put his side in the lead, however Ryan Mason cancelled out his strike
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Roberto Soldado and Harry Kane then scored late on to set up a fourth round tie with Brighton
On came Ryan Mason to score his first ever Tottenham goal to level the tie and @placeholder, who grabbed his team’s third in stoppage time.