By Sami Mokbel for MailOnline
Published: 23:15 GMT, 24 January 2019 | Updated: 23:39 GMT, 24 January 2019
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Maurizio Sarri hailed Chelsea’s powers of motivation as the Blues booked their place in the Carabao Cup Final in a tense shoot-out win over Tottenham.
Eric Dier and Lucas Moura missed two crucial penalties for Tottenham before David Luiz rammed home the decisive spot-kick to send Stamford Bridge into delirium and set-up the Wembley showpiece against Manchester City.
The euphoric win arrived just days after Sarri publicly questioned his players’ motivation after the disappointing loss to Arsenal on Saturday.
Maurizio Sarri celebrates following his side's victory over Tottenham on Thursday night
And Sarri, who reached the first final of his managerial career, praised his team saying: ‘I think that, in the last three or four matches, we had a problem. A problem was the motivation, and the other problem was that the players stopped to have fun on the pitch.
‘So I think that now, with this performance and the result, we can find again enthusiasm. So it's very important.
‘I think that they reacted really very well tonight. But I didn't attack my players. I only said that we had a problem. The reaction was really very good, but I think we need to have motivation with continuity now.
‘Of course, now,
