I am happy – Antonin Kinsky could not have dreamed of a better Tottenham debut

New Tottenham goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky confessed his debut in a 1-0 Carabao Cup victory over Liverpool was past his wildest goals.

Kinsky solely accomplished a everlasting switch to Spurs on Sunday from Slavia Prague, but was handed a high-profile debut by Ange Postecoglou on Wednesday and starred to offer his new membership a slender semi-final first-leg benefit.

The 21-year-old made two key saves to disclaim Liverpool substitute Darwin Nunez within the second half, both aspect of Lucas Bergvall’s 86th-minute winner, earlier than he embraced his sister within the stand at full-time after Tottenham held on for a treasured triumph.

“Yeah, I might say a win towards Liverpool, within the semi-final of Carabao, one to zero with a clear sheet, it’s a good begin,” Kinsky smiled.

“I’m an enormous dreamer however nonetheless with the legs on the bottom. In all probability this dream I didn’t have up to now, so I’m so blissful to expertise this.

“I’m so blissful that my household have been right here they usually noticed it. I’m blissful for them.”

Whereas Kinsky had performed 29 occasions for Slavia Prague this season and stored 14 clear sheets, it was an enormous resolution for Postecoglou to right away put his new addition behind a makeshift defence forward of veteran Fraser Forster and Brandon Austin, who impressed towards Newcastle on Saturday.

It paid dividends, although, with Kinsky’s composure in possession noticeablly higher than his fellow keepers with the Czech Republic youth worldwide very happy to play out from the again.

Kinsky reserved reward for Tottenham goalkeeping coach Rob Burch when he mirrored on a dream debut.

He advised SpursPlay: “I wish to play lots. I might say with confidence, however I don’t wish to danger. I nonetheless assume there’s a distinction between taking part in sensible, taking part in with confidence and taking part in with danger.

“I arrive three days in the past. I had two trainings, one full with the workforce and one with the goalkeeper coach, so I used to be slowly attending to know the tempo.

“Yeah, first half I might say is so-so however within the second half I felt assured and that is the best way I need to play in a while.

“I’ve to say the boys helped me lots within the sport as a result of they wished to play. They have been assured as nicely.

“I even have to say the coaches, all of the employees and particularly the goalkeeper coach who spoke to me lots, who gave me the imaginative and prescient of how the sport seemed like and the way the Premier League and now Carabao seemed like.

“It helped me lots that I had this data and I may work with it.

“I had the luck that I had the possibility to avoid wasting them (pictures) and that it wasn’t any prime bin or one thing like this, which occurs within the Premier League lots as a result of I watch it lots.

“Joyful for the entire membership as a result of I arrive, massive membership, so many individuals concerned and everyone seems to be so type. Everybody helped me a lot that I felt assured from the start.”

In the meantime, Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur confirmed he was “all good” after he left the pitch on a stretcher following a sixth-minute damage.

Bentancur wrote on his Instagram story: “All good, guys! Thanks for the messages. Congratulations for the victory boys!”