Emmanuel Adebayor

Tottenham boss Juande Ramos hailed his side's 5-1 thrashing of Arsenal as they secured a Carling Cup final place.

Spurs won 6-2 on aggregate as they beat their arch rivals for the first time since November 1999.

"In order to beat a team like Arsenal, you have to play well," said Ramos. "We didn't make mistakes and were perfect in all areas of the team.

"The effort that the players have put in to reach this final means they are the architects of this victory."

Ramos took over from former Spurs boss Martin Jol in October and has led the club to a final in his first season.

"It makes me tremendously happy that the fans are happy with my work and with the team - but the architects of this were the footballers themselves," he said.

"They're the people putting in the effort on the pitch. In the time that I've been here, there's recognition of what we're doing and that's very pleasing.

"To get to a final in such a short period of time since I came here is a fantastic achievement. More so for the fans, who are tremendously happy.

"It's been a long time since they've had a flavour of a final.

"It's tremendously satisfying, more so because they are a direct rival from the same city and, add to that the fact that we hadn't beaten them for so long... and add to that the scoreline. It's all the more satisfying."

Jermaine Jenas and a Nicolas Bendtner own goal had put Spurs 2-0 up at the break but Ramos and assistant boss Gus Poyet warned their players they could not take their foot off the pedal.

Spurs were pegged back from the same scoreline by Arsenal in the Carling Cup semi-final last season.

Poyet also said Spurs had something to prove after being beaten 2-1 in the Premier League in December and the 1-1 draw in the first leg.