Tottenham assistant head coach Steffen Freund has said his players can "start to think" about Wembley, having beaten Carlisle 3-0 in the third round of the Capital One Cup last night, reports the Telegraph.

Freund, who was a League Cup winner with Tottenham in 1999 said: "It is special to go to Wembley and I think the players will start to think about that now."

"I know eight Premier League sides are already out, and there are only two games and then we are in the semi-final."

Tottenham made eight changes from the side that beat QPR on Sunday, with summer signings Jan Vertonghen and Gylfi Sigurdsson both opening their accounts for their new club.

21-year-old winger Andros Townsend was also on the scoresheet, and Freund believes there were many positives to be taken from the game.

"We brought a few young players in and we believe in them all," Freund said.

"Adam Smith was fantastic at right-back and Ryan Mason has been scoring in the development squad, so we knew he can play. Then in the centre of midfield Tom Huddlestone is back after his injury, Michael Dawson is back.

"There are young players coming through which is nice to see, and it is especially nice to know that we have someone [Townsend] behind Gareth Bale who can jump in and create something.

"Don't forget, we have several injured players and still had a fantastic, strong team on the pitch today.

"We deserved to win in the end and it was difficult for Carlisle to create chances.

"That's why I'm really happy, as is the whole of the coaching staff."

Hugo Lloris somewhat surprisingly did not make the match day squad, and has only featured in a Europa League tie since his summer switch.

However Freund was keen to play down his non - involvement saying:

"I think at the moment we are just going from game to game.

"It is not the right moment to talk about individual players because we had a fantastic performance as a team today.

"Let's see tomorrow who is available for [Saturday's league game with] Manchester United."