Tottenham beat fellow Premier League facet Burnley to maneuver into the fourth spherical of the FA Cup because of Pedro Porro’s beautiful strike.
With out membership captain Son Heung-min, who has joined up with South Korea earlier than the Asian Cup, the hosts did not convert quite a few possibilities earlier than the breakthrough within the 78th minute.
Burnley goalkeeper Arijanet Muric threw the ball out, however Porro received a problem after which arrowed an outstanding shot into the highest nook from 25 yards out for what proved to be an exquisite first purpose of the season since his everlasting arrival from Sporting Lisbon.
The Clarets’ greatest probability fell to Zeki Amdouni within the first half when it was goalless, however he might solely shoot over from a central place contained in the penalty space.
The defeat, the Clarets fifth in seven matches in all competitions, leaves Vincent Kompany’s facet – nineteenth within the Premier League – to deal with making an attempt to keep away from relegation.
The draw for the fourth spherical of the FA Cup will happen at 19:50 GMT on Monday, 8 January, earlier than the Wigan Athletic v Manchester United match.
In an exhilarating finish, Muric twice went up for Burnley corners and from the second, within the seventh minute of added time, received a near-post flick-on and his header fell to an unmarked Amdouni, who couldn’t hit the goal from six yards with a volley on the flip.
Spurs go sturdy as they purpose for good cup run
Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou led Celtic to the treble of Scottish Premiership, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup final season and this was his first expertise of the FA Cup.
He confirmed how essential the competitors was to Spurs – and not using a trophy since profitable the League Cup in 2008 – as he named the strongest facet doable.
There have been solely two adjustments from the crew that received 3-1 win towards Bournemouth on New 12 months’s Eve to go away them fifth within the Premier League. Each have been pressured upon him with ahead Son heading to the Asian Cup and midfielder Pape Matar Sarr becoming a member of up with Senegal earlier than the Africa Cup of Nations.
Spurs shall be with out the pair, and likewise Mali midfielder Yves Bissouma, for as much as six matches, which might see them away with their international locations till mid-February.
Son, the membership’s prime scorer with 12 objectives this season, was understandably missed because the hosts spurned quite a few good alternatives.
Richarlison twice failed to attain with left-footed efforts, whereas the harmful Brennan Johnson had two photographs saved by back-up Burnley keeper Muric. Giovani lo Celso additionally missed two alternatives and stand-in captain Rodrigo Bentancur fired one other try over.
Kompany, twice an FA Cup winner as a participant with Manchester Metropolis, made 5 adjustments to Burnley’s crew and his facet practically scored contained in the opening seven minutes, solely to see Wilson Odobert’s highly effective strike parried by Guglielmo Vicario. Anass Zaroury additionally did not hit the goal when nicely positioned.
Spurs finally made their stress depend with Porro’s strike – after Muric hurried a throw – and survived the late scare to undergo.
Participant of the match
PorroPedro Porro
Burnley
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Squad quantity24Participant identifyCullen
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Squad quantity2Participant identifyO’Shea
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Squad quantity17Participant identifyFoster
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Squad quantity49Participant identifyMuric
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Squad quantity25Participant identifyAmdouni
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Squad quantity47Participant identifyOdobert
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Squad quantity8Participant identifyBrownhill
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Squad quantity21Participant identifyA Ramsey
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Squad quantity3Participant identifyTaylor
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Squad quantity44Participant identifyDelcroix
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Squad quantity22Participant identifyVitinho
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Squad quantity19Participant identifyZaroury
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Squad quantity34Participant identifyBruun Larsen
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Squad quantity15Participant identifyRedmond
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Squad quantity31Participant identifyTrésor
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Squad quantity28Participant identifyAl Dakhil
Line-ups
Tottenham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 13Vicario
- 23Porro
- 12Emerson Royal
- 33Davies
- 38Udogie
- 4SkippSubstituted forHøjbjergat 77′minutes
- 30BentancurSubstituted forDonleyat 83′minutes
- 21Kulusevski
- 18Lo CelsoSubstituted forGilat 58′minutesBooked at 90mins
- 22JohnsonSubstituted forR Sessegnonat 83′minutes
- 9RicharlisonSubstituted forScarlettat 83′minutes
Substitutes
- 5Højbjerg
- 11Gil
- 19R Sessegnon
- 20Forster
- 35Phillips
- 37van de Ven
- 44Scarlett
- 63Donley
- 65Dorrington
Burnley
Formation 4-4-2
- 49Muric
- 22da Silva
- 2O’Shea
- 44Delcroix
- 3TaylorSubstituted forAl Dakhilat 67′minutes
- 19ZarourySubstituted forTrésorat 67′minutesBooked at 90mins
- 21A RamseySubstituted forRedmondat 67′minutes
- 24CullenBooked at 21mins
- 47OdobertSubstituted forBrownhillat 58′minutes
- 17FosterSubstituted forBruun Larsenat 45′minutes
- 25Amdouni
Substitutes
- 4Cork
- 8Brownhill
- 9RodrÃguez
- 14Roberts
- 15Redmond
- 28Al Dakhil
- 29Vigouroux
- 31Trésor
- 34Bruun Larsen
- Referee:
- Samuel Barrott
- Attendance:
- 60,982
Dwell Textual content
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Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, Burnley 0.
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Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, Burnley 0.
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Try missed. Zeki Amdouni (Burnley) proper footed shot from very shut vary is shut, however misses the highest proper nook. Assisted by Arijanet Muric following a nook.
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Try missed. Arijanet Muric (Burnley) header from the centre of the field misses to the left. Assisted by Josh Brownhill with a cross following a nook.
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Bryan Gil (Tottenham Hotspur) is proven the yellow card.
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Nook, Burnley. Conceded by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg.
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Try blocked. Hannes Delcroix (Burnley) left footed shot from the centre of the field is blocked. Assisted by Mike Trésor.
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Foul by Ryan Sessegnon (Tottenham Hotspur).
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Vitinho (Burnley) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Bryan Gil (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Foul by Josh Brownhill (Burnley).
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Nook, Burnley. Conceded by Pedro Porro.
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Foul by Dane Scarlett (Tottenham Hotspur).
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Josh Cullen (Burnley) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Mike Trésor (Burnley) is proven the yellow card for a nasty foul.
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Pedro Porro (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Foul by Mike Trésor (Burnley).
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Try missed. Josh Brownhill (Burnley) proper footed shot from exterior the field misses to the proper. Assisted by Mike Trésor.
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Foul by Bryan Gil (Tottenham Hotspur).
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Vitinho (Burnley) wins a free kick within the defensive half.