Ange Postecoglou defended his decision to make eight changes in the Carabao Cup as Tottenham survived a scare to beat Coventry 2-1 and progress to the fourth round.
Only Destiny Udogie, Rodrigo Bentancur and Dominic Solanke kept their places from Sunday's north London derby defeat to Arsenal and Postecoglou's side were minutes away from crashing out to the Championship club before late goals from substitutes Djed Spence and Brennan Johnson.
