Tottenham breathed a sigh of relief after needing extra time to beat non-league Tamworth 3-0 in the third round of the FA Cup.
The final score flattered Spurs, who struggled throughout the first 90 minutes and could have conceded deep into stoppage time when Tom McGlinchey and Jordan Cullinane-Liburd both went close to scripting one of the competition’s greatest fairytales.
In the end, the Lambs were undone in bad fashion as Nathan Tshikuna unwittingly tried to clear over his own goal line following a cross from Brennan Johnson (101).
Substitute Dejan Kulusevski then doubled the eight-time winners’ lead as he collected Heung-Min Son’s pass and fired low past Tamworth goalkeeper Jas Singh (107), whose partner was watching from hospital after giving birth to a baby boy on Saturday night.
With the hosts held goalless, Johnson struck in a cruel third for the visitors with two minutes of added time (118) as Ange Postecoglou’s side avoided an unwelcome upset.
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