VIDEO: Postecoglou impressed by Sarr and Werner's strikes

Tottenham eliminated a City side without Erling Haaland in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday. Timo Werner slotted home his first goal since March from Dejan Kulusevski's inviting cross to open the scoring.

Pape Sarr's long-range strike doubled Spurs' lead before Matheus Nunes got an injury-hit City back into the tie in first-half stoppage time. But they could not find an equaliser and Pep Guardiola showed where his priorities lie as Haaland remained on the bench for the full 90 minutes.

"Pape has done well for us in terms of goal output when he has played. He hasn't played every game but when he has played he has made an impact for us. It was well worked as an attacking set-piece, but it was a hell of a strike," Postecoglou told reporters.

"Against City, you need quality in those moments to score against them and both goals were outstanding moments for us - a great move for the first one and great for Timo to finish as he has been going through a tough time," he continued.

"With the attacking players, it kind of weighs on them when they don't score or don't sort of finish stuff off. For him to score tonight and in an important moment of the game was great, and hopefully that helps him kick on."