Tottenham required three targets in further time as they survived an enormous scare in opposition to non-league Tamworth within the FA Cup third spherical.
The Premier League giants had been taken all the best way by a group 4 divisions decrease than them within the English soccer pyramid, with Dejan Kulusevski and Brennan Johnson ultimately settling the tie on the Lamb Floor.
Tamworth goalkeeper Jas Singh saved out James Maddison’s long-range effort, whereas Dan Creaney cleared off the road from Pape Sarr through the first half.
Singh additionally thwarted Timo Werner because the hosts continued to maintain their opponents at bay.
Tamworth even had a possibility to grab a dramatic victory within the remaining seconds of regulation time, with Thomas McGlinchey seeing a shot deflected huge and Jordan Cullinane-Liburd firing straight at Antonin Kinsky.
Ange Postecoglou launched the likes of Kulusevski and Son Heung-min forward of additional time, and Tamworth’s resolve was lastly damaged within the a hundred and first minute following a cleverly labored free-kick, with Nathan Tshikuna deflecting Dominic Solanke’s shot past Singh.
Tottenham put the tie past Andy Peaks’ spirited facet when Kulusevski drilled house early within the second interval, whereas Johnson swept house a 3rd so as to add additional gloss to the scoreline in a while.
4 – Tottenham are solely the fourth Premier League facet (from 92-93) to be taken to extra-time in an FA Cup sport in opposition to a non-league membership, after Leicester v Hereford in 99-00, Charlton v Dagenham and Redbridge in 00-01, and West Ham v Kidderminster in 21-22. Precarious. pic.twitter.com/joGyaAWfDX
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Information Debrief: Spurs survive scare
Tottenham have now progressed from every of their final 11 FA Cup third-round ties, nevertheless it was removed from easy for Postecoglou’s males in opposition to the facet positioned sixteenth within the Nationwide League.
Spurs grew to become solely the fourth Premier League facet (since 1992-93) to be taken to further time in an FA Cup sport by a non-league membership, after Leicester Metropolis (in opposition to Hereford in 1999-2000), Charlton Athletic (in opposition to Dagenham and Redbridge in 2000-01) and West Ham (in opposition to Kidderminster Harriers in 2021-22).
The breakthrough lastly arrived within the a hundred and first minute. The unlucky Tshikuna grew to become the primary non-league participant to attain an personal aim in opposition to a Premier League facet within the FA Cup since Lincoln Metropolis’s Luke Waterfall in opposition to Arsenal within the 2016-17 quarter-finals.
