Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, Barnsley 0.
Dele Alli scored the winning goal as Tottenham edged out Barnsley to reach the Carabao Cup fourth round in front of a Wembley crowd of just 23,926.
Alli struck from six yards out in the second half following excellent work by full-back Kieran Trippier.
Striker Fernando Llorente, making his first Spurs start, headed wide from a promising position in the first half.
Championship Barnsley had chances but Liam Lindsay headed wide and Ike Ugbo struck straight at Michel Vorm.
Spurs spared more Wembley woe
Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino said before the game that prioritising domestic cups over the Premier League or Champions League would be "a big mistake".
But the Argentine fielded a strong starting line-up, containing Alli, Jan Vertonghen and Mousa Dembele, with top scorer Harry Kane on the bench.
Pochettino's apparent lack of enthusiasm for the competition was shared by Spurs supporters, with the 90,000-seater national stadium less than one-third full.
Spurs had won just one game - against Borussia Dortmund - at Wembley all season, and this game looked like being another one that would slip away from them.
Debutant Juan Foyth should have scored in the opening minutes, but nodded off target with a free header, and Alli headed wide from Harry Winks' chipped pass into the box.
But England international Alli netted on 65 minutes as Spurs claimed their 18th win from their past 19 home League Cup games against sides from a lower division.
Brave Barnsley can take heart
Paul Heckingbottom's Barnsley are struggling at the wrong end of the Championship after collecting just seven points from their opening seven league games.
In their last game, they were thumped 3-0 by Aston Villa, leaving them three points above the relegation zone.
But they can take heart from an impressive showing against one of the Premier League's best sides and should have gone ahead through Lindsay and on-loan Chelsea forward Ugbo.
The South Yorkshire side face another tough game on Saturday when they travel to Molineux to face promotion-challenging Wolves.
Line-ups
Tottenham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 13Vorm
- 2Trippier
- 21Foyth
- 5Vertonghen
- 37Walker-Peters
- 29Winks
- 19DembéléSubstituted forDierat 79'minutes
- 17Sissoko
- 20AlliSubstituted forOakley-Bootheat 90+2'minutes
- 7Son Heung-min
- 18LlorenteSubstituted forNkoudouat 67'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Alderweireld
- 10Kane
- 14Nkoudou
- 15Dier
- 22Gazzaniga
- 23Eriksen
- 46Oakley-Boothe
Barnsley
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Davies
- 2McCarthy
- 5MacDonald
- 6Lindsay
- 3Fryers
- 20PottsSubstituted forMoncurat 71'minutes
- 37Bird
- 4WilliamsSubstituted forBradshawat 79'minutes
- 15BarnesSubstituted forHammillat 71'minutes
- 19Ugbo
- 34Hedges
Substitutes
- 7Hammill
- 9Bradshaw
- 10Moncur
- 13Townsend
- 18Jackson
- 24Pearson
- 26Thiam
- Referee:
- Tim Robinson
- Attendance:
- 23,926
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home73%
- Away27%
- Shots
- Home27
- Away6
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away2
- Corners
- Home10
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home6
- Away8
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, Barnsley 0.
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Attempt missed. Harry Winks (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Son Heung-Min following a corner.
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Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Jason McCarthy.
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Attempt blocked. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Georges-Kévin Nkoudou.
Substitution
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Tashan Oakley-Boothe replaces Dele Alli.
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Offside, Barnsley. Jason McCarthy tries a through ball, but Adam Hammill is caught offside.
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Foul by Kieran Trippier (Tottenham Hotspur).
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Jared Bird (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match Ezekiel Fryers (Barnsley) because of an injury.
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Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Adam Davies.
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Attempt saved. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Kieran Trippier.
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Kyle Walker-Peters (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Adam Hammill (Barnsley).
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Foul by Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur).
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Adam Hammill (Barnsley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Attempt saved. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Moussa Sissoko.
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Attempt blocked. Adam Hammill (Barnsley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Attempt missed. Liam Lindsay (Barnsley) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Hedges with a cross following a corner.
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Arsenal's record attendance is..... 60,161 - 3rd Nov 2007.
Tottenham's record attendance is (we can give you the 24,000 & some odd yesterday and you still can't beat us, hehe) .... 85,512 - 2nd Nov 2016.
85,011 vs Monaco - 14th Sept 2016
80,465 vs Gent - 23rd Feb 2017
Arsenal can't even get 61,000! Jokers! LOL!
Oh and @1, 65,000 were at the more important game v Swansea at the weekend, more then the capacity at the new ground. So yes, they will come.
The only redeeming feature is that it gives clubs from the lower leagues the opportunity to challenge Premier League teams (albeit with weakened sides).
When Spurs play Real Madrid the Stadium will be full.
Fans poking fun from other clubs I hope you went to ur league cup ties? I was at Wembley despite the 3hr round trip.
Arsenal fans just trying to divert from their own joke of a club. Wenger In :)
I agree, we need a player who can go past at pace like Pedro at Chelsea. Our system works except against packed defences which the lessor teams will all employ