Late double saves Tottenham and ends Coventry's League Cup hopes

COVENTRY, England :Brennan Johnson scored a stoppage-time winner as Tottenham Hotspur hit two late goals to scramble past second-tier Coventry City 2-1 and reach the last 16 of the League Cup on Wednesday.

Coventry were leading 1-0 at the 87-minute mark and looking much the better side when substitute Djed Spence slid home an equaliser.

Johnson, who had come on after 17 minutes as a replacement for the injured Wilson Odobert, fired past Ben Wilson five minutes later to seal the great escape.

The result came as a big relief to manager Ange Postecoglou, who made headlines before the match with the assertion that he always won a trophy in his second season at a club and had fielded a much-changed line-up.

In the night's other third-round clash, Brighton & Hove Albion beat Premier League rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 on the south coast.

Until the late goals, Coventry had looked headed for a deserved upset.

Brandon Thomas-Asante swept the hosts ahead in the 63rd minute, with Tottenham back-up goalkeeper Fraser Forster looking shaky in his first appearance of the campaign.

Tottenham had gone through the first half with more possession but without a single shot on goal and left regulars Son Heung-min, James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski on the bench.

Jack Rudoni tested Forster in the opening minute, forcing a save, and had another good opportunity after 38 when Destiny Udogie made a crucial block.

Tottenham defender Ben Davies saved a certain goal from Haji Wright in the second half after a glaring misjudgement by Forster who had raced out to clear and left his goal completely exposed.

Kulusevski came on in the 74th for Timo Werner and provided the through ball for Spence while Son got the nod in the 62nd with Maddison as