Savio nets on Spurs debut in Carabao Cup Cup rout
Tottenham responded to its opening-day defeat in the Premier League by booking its spot in the third round of the Carabao Cup after a 5-1 thrashing of Charlton Athletic.
After being thumped 3-0 by Brentford last Sunday, Mikey Moore, Dominic Solanke, Kevin Danso, debutant Savio and Ben Davies helped seal a first victory of 2026-2027.
Despite dominating possession, Spurs failed to test Charlton goalkeeper Tiernan Brooks in a stop-start 20 minutes that saw Billy Koumetio and Collins Sichenje go off injured.
But it was Nathan Jones's side which twice came close to opening the scoring in quick succession, with Greg Docherty's first-time strike from distance calling Antonin Kinsky into action before Nathan Asiimwe headed just wide from the resulting corner.
However, Spurs took the lead four minutes before half-time through Moore, who cut inside from the right-hand side before unleashing a fierce effort into the roof of the net.
Before the break, Solanke doubled Spurs' lead with an instinctive finish into the bottom-left corner after Charlton defender Timothy Ouma failed to clear his lines.
The host side continued to try to add to their tally as Mathys Tel twice went close and Gray forced another stop from Brooks, but Spurs did get their third in the 67th minute.
Just two minutes after replacing Rodrigo Bentancur, Danso met Mateus Fernandes's corner with a brave, glancing header that saw the defender require treatment afterwards.
Roberto De Zerbi then introduced £85m summer signing Savio for the final 19 minutes, and it did not take him long to get up and running as he cut inside before picking out the bottom-right corner with a fine finish in the 82nd minute.
Savio thought he had grabbed a debut double three minutes later when his shot from inside the box squeezed past Brooks, but replays showed his strike deflected off Davies and into the net, with Lloyd Jones heading in an 87th-minute consolation for Charlton.































