FA Cup dream ends for Amond & Newport County

After being held to a replay by Newport County, Spurs beat their lower league rivals 2-0 at Wembley.

Speaking shortly after his side’s 2-0 victory over Michael Flynn’s side, Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino insisted that Llorente’s struggle to find the back of the net does not worry him and that the former Spain global must continue to fight for his place in the starting XI just like everyone else. Victor Wanyama had to take a yellow card to stop a break that was created after a giveaway from Juan Foyth.

Newport County almost secured a famous FA cup victory when they drew 1-1 with Tottenham Hotspur on the 27th of January.

“It’s up to us to prove them wrong and go out there and put in the best performance we can”.

The contrast between opponents will be considerable.

“He’s very quick, he’s a good finisher, he has it all”, Alderweireld said.”He is in a good moment now as well so it’s going to be very hard to beat him but I think we will be ready for it”.

It is a game for the group.

Meanwhile, the Tottenham boss is yet to decide if Toby Alderweireld will feature against Arsenal, having made his return in the home FA Cup win over Newport County after a three-month lay-off. Tottenham illustrated their strength in depth on Sunday when their substitutes were catalysts for a comeback at Anfield. If I don’t do anything in the rest of my career, it’s lovely for me to be able to look back on it with my family and say ‘do you remember that day when I scored against Spurs?’. Thanks to this FA Cup run, they have made £700,000.

Asked if he is ready, Alderweireld said: “Yeah, I feel very good”. You can understand a manager wanting to defend and protect his players, but the Argentine’s comments ahead of the North London derby might be considered injudicious at beast. Maybe the FA need to go in and try to take a very good decision for football – not only because we have need to go and play there.

The difficulties are in part a effect of the competition for places.

“Pochettino is from Argentina like me and he knows that it is not easy for a young player to settle in quickly in a completely different culture”, said Lamela.

Eric Dier is one-paced. There isn’t a footballer alive who hasn’t dreamed of gracing the hallowed turf at Wembley – even Pele admits his biggest regret from his playing days is he never played at the “cathedral of football”. Michel Vorm got the start in goal, and Fernando Llorente got the start at striker with Harry Kane on the bench.

“For me, it is the same whether it is Newport or another Premier League team”.

The only other position of ambiguity focusses on Tottenham’s defensive midfield.

Rochdale’s previous two home League One games against Southend and Wigan have been postponed, while last weekend’s Rochdale Hornets match against Batley Bulldogs in rugby league’s Betfred Championship was called off. He lost then and defeat probably beckons again.