Tottenham are in FA Cup fourth-round draw however solely after being taken into further time after a monumental effort by Tamworth on the Lamb Floor. The hosts lastly noticed their resistance damaged after 100 minutes by way of a scrappy personal purpose, the ball coming off the knee of Nathan Tshikuna amid a bundle of our bodies within the Tamworth field.
The late blow was compounded within the second half of additional time when Son Heung-min fed Dejan Kulusevski, whose medical end doubled Spurs’ lead. Brennan Johnson’s strike completed issues off shortly after, the ultimate scoreline not doing justice to the hosts’ efforts.
Earlier than that, the aspect sixteenth within the Nationwide League had given their Premier League opponents a lot to consider in regular time. Tamworth have been resilient with out posing a serious menace within the first half.
Nevertheless they gave Spurs a scare after the break with Jordan Cullinane-Liburd having a late probability to win the tie, his scuffed shot saved by Antonin Kinsky simply earlier than the full-time whistle, the brand new Spurs goalkeeper stopping a monumental FA Cup upset.
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