Liverpool were patient and practical for as long as they had to be, before tearing Spurs apart in the second half of the League Cup semifinal second leg.

A month after a pair of intriguing first legs, the EFL Cup semifinals return this week as underdogs Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur hope to convert their respective advantages over Arsenal and Liverpool into a spot in the final on March 16.

Aston Villa hosts Tottenham in this all-Premier League, fourth-round FA Cup tie, with the beleaguered visitors hoping to avoid a second cup humiliation in a week. The future of Ange Postecoglou as Spurs boss could hinge on his team winning this tie after the Australian coach saw his players meekly surrender to a 4-1 on aggregate defeat to Liverpool in the semi-finals of the EFL Cup on Thursday.