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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 24152786" data-attributes="member: 158020">Chelsea 2 Tottenham 1 (2-2 agg, 4-2  on penalties): Blues advance to EFL Cup final   <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/01/24/21/8954766-0-image-a-43_1548367008159.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Chelsea battled past Tottenham to book a place in the EFL Cup final against  holders Manchester City, triumphing 4-2 on penalties after a stirring 2-1 win at  Stamford Bridge.   Maurizio Sarri got the desired reaction, having questioned the mentality of  his Chelsea players in the aftermath of Saturday's defeat to Arsenal, as N'Golo  Kante and Eden Hazard overturned the 1-0 first-leg deficit before half-time.    Tottenham, without any of Harry Kane, Dele Alli or Son Heung-min in a  competitive match for the first time since October 2016, found a response of  their own by pegging Chelsea back with Fernando Llorente netting an aggregate  equaliser.  The shoot-out opened in nerveless fashion, but Eric Dier blazed  over the bar and Lucas Moura shot tamely to Kepa Arrizabalaga's left, leaving  David Luiz to steer in and spark raucous celebrations.   Returning Tottenham midfielder Dier clattering into David Luiz before fouling  Jorginho set a scrappy early tone prior to the hosts going in front after 27  minutes.Kante was given ample room to lash a partially cleared corner back  towards goal and his shot zipped through the legs of Ben Davies, Moussa Sissoko  and Spurs goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga.   Hazard was revelling in the freedom of having Olivier Giroud playing  alongside him as a specialist target man and he fed Pedro to find the  overlapping Cesar Azpilicueta, before continuing his run to coolly convert the  Spain full-back's cross.   Danny Rose came on for the injured Davies in between the Chelsea goals and  the England left-back played a key role as an improved Spurs levelled five  minutes into the second half, with Llorente heading home his delivery from the  left.Llorente was unable to find the clean contact Christian Eriksen's delicious  swerving cross deserved – he made way for Lucas in the 68th minute – while Pedro  fired too close to Gazzaniga at the end of a frantic Chelsea attack.   Giroud, with Gonzalo Higuain looking on from the stands, passed up a pair of  glorious chances in stoppage time and penalties were required for the Blues to  book a date at Wembley.</blockquote>

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