After a hard-fought battle, the final score line flattered Spurs’ performance as they spent 101 minutes clinching on to a 0-0 score line. Tamworth’s competitive display nearly became one of the competitions best told fairy tales with chances from Tom McGlinchey and Jordan Cullinane-Liburd right near the end of the 90, making the Lambs and their supporters all dream.
Tottenham took victory over Tamworth in the FA Cup after three goals in extra time. Dejan Kulusevski and Brennan Johnson put their names on the scoresheet as the first goal went down as an own goal scored by Nathan Tshikuna.
After a promising performance from Tamworth in the first 90 minutes of gameplay, they brought Tottenham to extra time, where Ange Postecoglou was forced into making substitutions including captain Heung-min Son and Dejan Kulusevski who later put his name on the scoresheet.
Tottenham went ahead in the 101st minute through an unfortunate own goal before later scoring in the 107th and 118th minute.
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Story of The Match
Tottenham made 6 changes to the side that beat Liverpool on Wednesday night with Sergio Reguilon replacing Djed Spence, Pape Sarr and James Maddison replacing Rodrigo Bentancur and Lucas Bergvall, the goal scorer, in midfield and the front there being replaced by Brennan Johnson, Timo Werner and Mikey Moore.
Tamworth made 7 changes to the side that faced Sutton United in the FA Trophy midweek.
Tamworth had a fast start to the game as they won a corner in the first minute of the game, which followed in Dan Creaney’s header was blocked. Tamworth continued to have attempts throughout the first half with Tottenham coming into the game later into the half.
This would have disappointed Postecoglou and his team as they set up to press Tamworth from the beginning and were hoping for a fast start to the game themselves to avoid any way of falling behind. Tamworth rinsed every inch of determination out of Spurs in the first 90 as they became frustrated and started getting booked before substitutions were made in extra time.
The game saw Tamworth have 22.7 percent of the ball compared to Tottenham’s dominant 77.3 percent, Tottenham also the most shots in the game with 17 compared to Tamworth’s 13 with only 2 on target. Going into the game Tottenham had won one in their last 5 which was earlier in the week against Premier league leaders, Liverpool.
Tamworth had similar form as they faced Spurs with one win in 5 which came against Sutton United away in the national league in December.
Tamworth’s FA Cup display could be described as heroic and although they won’t progress further in the competition, their performance against Tottenham will be remembered as they took the Premier League side to extra time.
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Player of the Match – Haydn Hollis
Haydn Hollis was compared to Zinedine Zidane as he completed an outstanding roulette against Tottenham’s Timo Werner and Pape Matar Sarr. Amongst all the other stars in Tamworth’s team, Hollis defended exceptionally against the Premier League side whilst holding spirit even after eventually conceding.
He was described as the man of the moment as he cleared a pass across goal from Tottenham’s Timo Werner. He became a star for his side and will be remembered for his display this afternoon.
