Tottenham Hotspur 5-0 Gillingham

Eriksen has won 63 caps for Denmark

Tottenham cruised to a comfortable victory against League One Gillingham in the third round of the EFL Cup.

Christian Eriksen opened the scoring with a stunning 25-yard strike and added a second just after half-time.

Dutch striker Vincent Janssen then got his first for the club from the penalty spot since his £17m summer move.

Strikes from Erik Lamela and Josh Onomah completed the rout for Spurs, who are rewarded with a trip to Liverpool in the fourth round.

Mauricio Pochettino made 11 changes from the side that beat Sunderland 1-0 on Sunday, with American defender Cameron Carter-Vickers, 18, and English midfielder Harry Winks, 20, handed a first start.

English attacker Marcus Edwards, 17, was also handed a senior debut from the bench and almost capped it with an injury-time goal, but his stinging shot was palmed over the bar by goalkeeper Stuart Nelson.

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino:

"Now that Harry Kane's injured Janssen is our main striker and it's important for his confidence for the next few games.

"That goal was important for him, to feel the love from the supporters.

"For a striker, always the difficult thing is to create chances but he has a lot of chances to score today. He was unlucky.

"The important thing is that he got into the box and he created a lot of chances and for the future it's important that he feels confidence and for the team it will help a lot for us."

Gillingham boss Justin Edinburgh:

"I had a fantastic time here as a player and I am disappointed because it was not the score I visualised, but the gulf in class came through in the end.

"We thought at 1-0 we might have a chance of staying in it but they put on the burners, got to 3-0 and it was damage limitation from then on."

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Line-ups

Tottenham

• 13Vorm
• 16Trippier
• 38Carter-Vickers
• 27Wimmer
• 33DaviesSubstituted forWalkesat 80'minutes
• 29Winks
• 28Carroll
• 11Lamela
• 23EriksenSubstituted forNkoudouat 60'minutes
• 25OnomahBooked at 43mins
• 9JanssenSubstituted forEdwardsat 75'minutes

Substitutes

• 5Vertonghen
• 7Son Heung-Min
• 12Wanyama
• 14Nkoudou
• 41Whiteman
• 45Walkes
• 48Edwards

Gillingham

• 30BondSubstituted forNelsonat 16'minutes
• 2Jackson
• 5Ehmer
• 6Oshilaja
• 12Konchesky
• 50Emmanuel-ThomasSubstituted forWagstaffat 60'minutes
• 44Wright
• 33Byrne
• 16Osadebe
• 23DackSubstituted forKnottat 81'minutes
• 10McDonald

Substitutes

• 1Nelson
• 7Wagstaff
• 9Donnelly
• 11Knott
• 18Pask
• 20Oldaker
• 21List

Referee:

David Coote

Attendance:

26,244

Match Stats

Home TeamTottenhamAway TeamGillingham

Possession

Home68%

Away32%

Shots

Home32

Away6

Shots on Target

Home12

Away0

Corners

Home4

Away2

Fouls

Home7

Away8

Live Text

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Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 5, Gillingham 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+3'

Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 5, Gillingham 0.

Posted at 90'+2'

Attempt missed. Tom Carroll (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Josh Onomah.

Posted at 90'+1'

Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Stuart Nelson.

Posted at 90'+1'

Attempt saved. Marcus Edwards (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Carroll.

Posted at 86'

Foul by Georges-Kévin Nkoudou (Tottenham Hotspur).

Posted at 86'

Emmanuel Osadebe (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 86'

Attempt missed. Mark Byrne (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.

Posted at 85'

Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Winks tries a through ball, but Kieran Trippier is caught offside.

Posted at 81'

Corner, Gillingham. Conceded by Cameron Carter-Vickers.

Substitution

Posted at 81'

Substitution, Gillingham. Billy Knott replaces Bradley Dack.

Substitution

Posted at 80'

Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Anton Walkes replaces Ben Davies.

Posted at 80'

Attempt missed. Tom Carroll (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Marcus Edwards.

Posted at 78'

Attempt missed. Adedeji Oshilaja (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Bradley Dack.

Posted at 76'

Foul by Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur).

Posted at 76'

Adedeji Oshilaja (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 76'

Attempt saved. Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Substitution

Posted at 75'

Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Marcus Edwards replaces Vincent Janssen.

Posted at 74'

Vincent Janssen (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 74'

Foul by Josh Wright (Gillingham).

Posted at 74'

Attempt blocked. Cody McDonald (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bradley Dack.

Posted at 73'

Foul by Tom Carroll (Tottenham Hotspur).

Posted at 73'

Scott Wagstaff (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 71'

Georges-Kévin Nkoudou (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 71'

Foul by Scott Wagstaff (Gillingham).

Posted at 69'

Attempt missed. Harry Winks (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Erik Lamela.

Goal!

Posted at 68'

Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 5, Gillingham 0. Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Vincent Janssen.

Posted at 67'

Attempt blocked. Vincent Janssen (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Goal!

Posted at 65'

Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 4, Gillingham 0. Josh Onomah (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Erik Lamela.

Posted at 63'

Attempt missed. Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Tom Carroll.

Posted at 63'

Attempt blocked. Bradley Dack (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 62'

Foul by Kevin Wimmer (Tottenham Hotspur).

Posted at 62'

Cody McDonald (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Substitution

Posted at 60'

Substitution, Gillingham. Scott Wagstaff replaces Jay Emmanuel-Thomas.

Substitution

Posted at 60'

Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Georges-Kévin Nkoudou replaces Christian Eriksen.

Posted at 59'

Attempt missed. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.

Posted at 58'

Josh Onomah (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 58'

Foul by Adedeji Oshilaja (Gillingham).

Posted at 57'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Posted at 56'

Delay in match Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Gillingham) because of an injury.

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