Tottenham midfielder Didier Zokora has revealed how Arsenal's Kolo Toure was ready to thump him after the 5-1 Carling Cup shock.

Zokora said: "I missed my team-mates while I was in Africa, but all of them did well. I kept in touch with all the results. I was able to watch every game on TV and we had many good performances.

"I watched the Tottenham-Arsenal games with Kolo and when Spurs won I was very happy, but Kolo wanted to fight me because he was upset!

"I told him this is the first time we had beaten them for nearly 10 years and it was a great day for the club and the fans. I said I was sorry but I was very happy to get to the final."