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Spurs 4

Wycombe Wanderers

Wycombe Wanderers

3

  • Hayes
    23'
    36' (PEN)
  • Thompson
    83'
Details
Match Number

7217

Opposition
Wycombe wanderers

Wycombe Wanderers

Opposition Level

4

Competition
Fa cup

FA Cup

Round / Leg

Round 4

Season

2016/17

Date

28th January 2017

Kick Off

15:00

Venue

White Hart Lane

Attendance

31,440

Referee

Roger East

Weather at Kick Off

8.4° - Partly Cloudy

Facts & Milestones
  • 7181st overall match (3418 wins, 1586 draws, 2164 losses)

  • 5601st competitive match (2514 wins, 1318 draws, 1769 losses)

  • team

    4th match vs Wycombe Wanderers (4 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses)

  • competition

    427th FA Cup match (220 wins, 103 draws, 104 losses)

  • 6567th match in England (3080 wins, 1480 draws, 1994 losses)

  • 2975th match at White Hart Lane (1745 wins, 639 draws, 591 losses)

  • 9th consecutive match with a goal scored

  • 9th consecutive match without losing

  • There were 9 changes to the starting lineup from the last match.

Report

Son Heung-min's stoppage-time winner saw Tottenham recover from being a goal down with a minute to go against League Two Wycombe in the FA Cup fourth round.

Paul Hayes, who had earlier headed against the bar, shocked the Premier League side with a sweetly struck left-footed volley to put Wycombe ahead.

The captain grabbed his second from the spot to double the visitors' lead.

But Son's deflected effort on the hour and a Vincent Janssen penalty four minutes later pulled Spurs level.

Substitute Garry Thompson headed in Myles Weston's cross with seven minutes to go to put Gareth Ainsworth's side back in front.

But a composed 89th-minute finish from Dele Alli pulled Spurs level again, before Son scrambled in a late winner.

Wycombe boss Ainsworth said there was "no pressure" on his side when arriving at White Hart Lane, and the side 70 places below Tottenham in the league pyramid will take heart from a performance that saw their 16-match unbeaten run in all competitions come to an end.

That run has taken the Chairboys from a relegation battle into sixth place in the fourth tier and they had already surpassed expectations in the FA Cup by reaching the fourth round for only the second time in the club's history.

Roy Essandoh was the hero with a late winner when Wycombe shocked Leicester City to reach the semi-finals in 2001, while it was 33-year-old Hayes who looked to have written the headlines this time around - his stunning volley setting the League Two side on their way.

The Wycombe skipper was complemented by veteran forward Adebayo Akinfenwa, whose physical presence caused problems for a young Spurs defence from the first minute when he nodded across goal for his strike partner to head against the bar.

The front two made way for Weston and Thompson midway through the second half, and it was the substitutes who combined to put Wycombe within a whisker of a memorable FA Cup upset.

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino was always likely to rotate a squad hoping to sustain a title challenge - one he has said does not need strengthening in the final days of the January transfer window.

The Argentine made nine changes to the side that fought back to draw at Manchester City last week, but Tottenham's second string largely failed to impress and did little to suggest Spurs have the strength in depth to go the distance in the Premier League.

Teenager Cameron Carter-Vickers looked composed on the ball, but struggled with the physical threat of Akinfenwa, while there was plenty of promise but little end product from attacking trio Josh Onomah, Georges-Kevin Nkoudou and Moussa Sissoko.

The hosts dominated, especially in the second half, but it took the introduction of striker Janssen at half-time and first-teamers Alli and Mousa Dembele on the hour mark for Spurs to eventually creep past a resilient Wycombe.

They did show character, however, and that comeback came despite going down to 10-men when full-back Kieran Trippier limped off after Pochettino had made all three changes.

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino: "That is the beauty of the FA Cup. It was an unbelievable game. Full credit to Wycombe, they played very well first half.

"It is completely different to Spain and France. Here it is special - the team, the people is mad to try and lift the trophy. It is completely different to when you play Premier League or EFL Cup."

On whether Spurs are looking to win the competition: "Of course, but you have to give players opportunities to play in the squad and assess them."

Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth: "That's the rollercoaster that is football management - those last 10 minutes, I don't know where to start.

"The lads have done me and the town so proud. What we have done today puts a marker down of how far we've come. I hope everyone respects we gave it a go."

Timeline
KO

Paul Hayes

23'

Paul Hayes

36'

Sido Jombati

42'
HT

Luke O'Nien

54'

Dominic Gape

78'

Garry Thompson

83'

Joe Jacobson

83'

Anthony Stewart

90'
FT
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