"Audere est Facere". 

When translated to English, the phrase simply means "to dare is to do".

It's the motto that the most passionate of Tottenham fans have chanted throughout their illustrious history as one of England's most successful clubs.

In front of a packed house of 87,660 at the new Wembley Stadium, Tottenham Hotspur did their fans proud and did exactly what the old club motto suggested when they defeated their London rivals Chelsea FC, 2-1, in the Carling Cup Final.

Just four months into his title as Spurs manager, Juande Ramos has already added yet another trophy to his vastly growing collection—which also happens to be Tottenham's first trophy in over nine years.

"It's always a tremendous satisfaction to win a trophy," Ramos said.

"This one maybe has a special flavour to it because it was against a team that was superior to us. Perhaps it makes it taste better."

Despite being the side that looked more likely to produce a goal, Tottenham fell behind in the first half after a free-kick strike from Didier Drogba got past the recently recalled goalkeeper Paul Robinson in the 39th minute.

However, the Lily Whites were not to be denied.

Working hard and battling to break even, Tottenham were awarded a deserved penalty after referee Mark Halsey ruled that Wayne Bridge had handled Aaron Lennon's cross into the penalty area.

Stepping up cooly, Dimitar Berbatov could do no wrong as he converted a crucial penalty to get his side back on level pegging. 

From there on, the momentum swung heavily in Tottenham's favor as they continued to pile on the pressure.

Spurs' captain Robbie Keane sent Didier Zokora clean through on a break with only the keeper to beat in the 80th minute.

Chelsea keeper Petr Cech was called into action yet again in the 84th minute when he made a fantastic stop on Dimitar Berbatov. 

This new found surge in confidence was carried over into the extra-time interval when new £8 million signing Jonathan Woodgate headed in a courageous goal to give Spurs the lead—all thanks in part to an uncharacteristic miscue by Cech as he failed to defend against a Jermaine Jenas free kick. 

In the final fifteen minutes of extra time, the Tottenham faithful were forced to endure some anxious moments as Chelsea piled on the pressure until the final whistle was blown at Wembley.

Dashing runs from Chelsea's Joe Cole and Salomon Kalou always posed a threat to Tottenham but it wasn't enough to send the match into the penalty shootout.

Defending stronger than ever before, the play of Ledley King and recently out of favor goalkeeper Paul Robinson was nothing short of sensational.

In particular, Robinson made a strong bid to England manager Fabio Capello in his bid to reclaim the positon as England's top goalkeeper. Looking assured and steady between the sticks, Robbo seemed to have regained some of the confidence that was lost earlier in the season.

New boys Jonathan Woodgate and Alan Hutton have already began to justify their hefty fees by putting in heroic performances while they were defending against the lethal Chelsea attack.

Considered to be the Achilles heel at the beginning of the season, the back four of Tottenham delivered when needed most. Keeping the likes of Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba, and Nicolas Anelka quiet for most of the night, the Tottenham defence was nothing short of spectacular.

Handed only his 3rd defeat since taking over for the "Special One" in Jose Mourinho, Chelsea manager Avram Grant walked off the field in disappointment as his side came away empty handed—much to the delight of 30,000 ecstatic Spurs fans.

"We win as a team and lose as a team," Grant said. "There are always personal mistakes in football, but we lost as a team. We will see what we can learn from this game."

When commenting on his Spanish manager, a highly emotional Robbie Keane couldn't say enough about his contribution his short period of time put in charge. 

"To come in after a few months and win a trophy is an incredible achievement," said the Tottenham skipper.

"He's given us the belief that we can win every game and you can see that in our performances since he took over."