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Welcome to White Hart Lane where Tottenham meet Aston Villa of the

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Championship, a club who have played in the FA Cup final just over 18

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months ago. Here you can see how Spurs' old home is changing with the

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building of a new stadium and the regeneration of the area after some

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difficult times. It feels like they're on the way up!

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Listen, I come like Poch to the place. A new stadium, hopped off the

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train at the lane again. Hard times, we have been through it. # Been

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called for Redknapp, Rosy at left-back # Cup run for the lads #

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There ain't no I in team # We have drama here, but still persevere, let

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the world be clear! This is the Mauricio Pochettino's third season

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with Spurs and he is again balancing the FA Cup with the demands of the

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Premier League and European football. He is resting some key

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players today. Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce was twice a winner as a

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player and led Hull to the final. They will be backed by a vociferous

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travelling support. We are joined by Alan Shearer, Dion Dublin and

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Germaine Jenas. Good times for Tottenham? Yes, a very good team,

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going for the Premier League. A new ground, exciting young players and

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Aston Villa a bit of stability back in the club, with Steve Bruce in

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charge. He is the right man for them. We should be in for a good

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game. Tough days for Aston Villa generally? Yes, over the past five

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or six years, had a stinker, gone down into the Championship. They

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have had five or six managers. Has that been part of problem? There has

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opinion no stability, they haven't said here is a contract and let's

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build something. Spurs on the way up, but it is a long time since they

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won this competition. Yes, a little giggle already. Looking at the team.

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He has had to rest a few. It is still a long side and they have a

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strong squad and everything is going well for them. Stadium, training

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ground, good young players. This being one of them. Dele didn't even

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play that well in this game. But he has been more clinical and that's

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projected him into this level. Are the players around him watching him

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and saying, I would like to do that? I think it was probably Harry Kane

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that started that process. Once somebody knew they had the

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opportunity to get on to the pitch and if they took the opportunity

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they could go on to become a top player at Spurs. That has attracted

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youngsters. He has trust. Let's see thousand two teams line up. -- how

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the two teams line up. Agbonlahor makes only his third

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start in ten months. Aston Villa are currently 12th in the Championship

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table. Although they have improved under Steve Bruce, they're still

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seven points off the play-off places. Steve a break from league

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pressures, you love the Cup. What is the big challenge today? Well the

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big challenge is who our opponents are, they're a good side, arguably

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as good a Tottenham team I have seen in my time in football and very

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confident with a wonderful win last week. They're one of big teams of

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our country at the moment. So it is stacked again vs us. But that is

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what the FA Cup is. Let's have a crack and try and enjoy it. You have

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turned the form around a little. How big a job do you still face? Well,

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we are under no illusion it is a big job, a great job, but it has been a

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big job, because is has had six managers in 18 months. That Thames

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you -- that tells you the traumas and there have been changes through

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the playing end too. We need a bit of stability and you only get that

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if you get a few results. Thankfully they have gone OK. That is all we

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have done. There is shoots of recovery, but we must keep

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improving. There is a long way to go. How do you approach this one,

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you mentioned how tough it is. We have got to make ate cup tie -- it a

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cup tie. We know how difficult that will be, but we have got to make it

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what the FA Cup is about and try our best to get in among them and and

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stop them playing and cause a threat the other way. Well Jack Grealish is

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a player you remember from Aston Villa's run to the final two seasons

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ago. He is still only 21 and has been involved in a few off field

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problems since he starred in a semi-final win over Liverpool. He

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has been looking back. Arsenal have four. It was heartbreaking, but to

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play in a final at 19 was a dream come true for me. That spurred us on

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to stay in the league. We were fighting relegation and we had a

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good positive cup run. I think that helped us. Aston Villa will be at

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home to West Bromwich. It was a big game. The local Derby. We had to win

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to get to Wembley. Grealish plays it to Sinclair, who shoots and scores.

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Then I got my first red card and I ran inside and asked the media guy,

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what game am I suspended for. Luckily he said its Sunderland away.

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So you will be all right for the semi-final. The bookies odds point

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to Liverpool. But Aston Villa sniff a shock. I look back on that day as

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the best day of my life. That day I didn't think I would be starting and

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the team got announced and I was buzzing to be playing. Having a hand

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in both goals was unbelievable. Degree lash into Delph and scores.

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As a kid, that is something you dream of, playing for your local

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team at Wembley against Liverpool and going on to win and having a

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final to look forward to was a dream come true. You look at their

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starting eleven that they had out and it was just too good. Oh Sanchez

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has scored a beauty. A lot has come to you quickly. What have you

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learned from this steep learning curve. Since the semi-final, it all

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changed. I thought I was still the normal Jack, but stuff has changed.

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I have just got to concentrate on my football and hopefully that will

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continue. I suppose there are moments when it can go one way or

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the other. We have all had that moment. It is choosing the right

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path. Jack has had his problems, I have spoke to Jack on message on DM

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and on Twitter and spoke about when he was getting into trouble. I said,

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get your head right. He came back and said, I have made some mistakes,

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I have got to get back in the fist team and do -- first team and start

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doing well. Now, two years ago, he was setting the world alight in the

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semi-final. Now he's couple of years older, I hope he has grown up and

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keep himself out of that mess. I think he knows the mistakes he has

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made. Because he has a very good footballing brain, knows when the

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pass it. Knows what weight to put on and he seems to find the pockets,

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just behind the four midfielders. And here the weight of pass, he will

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look for, that was Benteke. And he has the culture to score as well. He

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has got to start to say to himself, I'm a lucky man, playing at Aston

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Villa, a huge club, don't ruin the thing. The penny has to drop. The

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life of a footballer, it is incredible. To throw it away at an

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early age would be madness. Aston Villa, despite regular -- relegation

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have spent big. ?55 million they spent in the summer. You look at

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some of the names and the price tags. I lot haven't lived up to

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expectations. But they have got the right man in, Steve Bruce knows that

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division. He knows how to get teams out of it and the owner will back

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him. But it is a massive club. When you look around at the clubs that

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would love to have that money to spend. You have got to get the

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manager right and back him. That is the best signing. A man that knows

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the league and how to get teams out of league. It is a show of intent.

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That amount of money. I'm sure they will go again in January to try and

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close the gap. Referee today one Mike Dean, who has made a few

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headlines in recent times of course. Referees are under enough pressure,

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but this guy will be under extra pressure because of what was spoken

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about after that game. One thing I learned from the European

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Championships was the standard of the referee, not every tackle has to

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be a yellow card. This guy ties quick to bandish a red card. I hope

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it is a game for him today to stay out of spotlight and do what he has

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to do and not give a yellow card if it is not a right decision. You want

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to keep the flow going. Not every tackle has to be a free kick. It is

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a contact sport. That is what we learned from the European

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Championships, because they didn't give a yellow card and allowed play

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to flow and to carry on and that is one thing the referees should have

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learned. Normally we judge referees during and after the game, but not

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before. There we go. There has been one game that has finished already.

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Quite a surprising result there at Liverpool. Ended up a goalless draw

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between Liverpool and Plymouth. Liverpool did play a very young

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starting line up. And in many ways the last thing Liverpool want is a

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replay. Can you understand it? No. I don't like seeing teams rest soing

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many players - resting so many players. We saw wit Bournemouth. Six

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games to win to get the trophy. It is... Affected Liverpool and they

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have another game. We can hear now from the Tottenham manager, Mauricio

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Pochettino, he is with Eilidh. Nine changes today, you're on a great

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run, but how big a risk is that? I think football is always about the

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risks. We are Tottenham. We need to do our job. We need to try to

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perform as well and try to win games. We believe after a very busy

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period in Christmas to give some rest and some players that need

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rest. And the players I have decided to play, because they're working

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hard. We are a mixed team, because it is the case of Trippier and

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Davies and Sissoko play a lot of games. We have a strong squad and we

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fwheed to show we can -- need to show we can trust in everyone. And

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it is not a excuse. It is important to go further in the FA Cup and to

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try to avoid risks in terms of injuries and players that need rest

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a little bit. Not only his body, but his mind too and it is for that, for

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me football is about the squad and today it is Tottenham that play and

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if it is not excuse for trying to go further to the next round.

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Pochettino has given a chance to his young ballplaying midfielder, Harry

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winks, another product of the Academy. You have been at Spurs

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since the age of five, which is incredible. How are you finding your

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first full season as a professional? I'm loving it, I really am, it has

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been brilliant for me so far. I have been in and around at the last four

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seasons, but I remember being 15 or 16 when I came in as a full-time.

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Just playing with players that two years ago you were singing in the

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crowd for. It is strange and surreal, slowly as the progress, you

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feel a bit more part of it, and for me it is still a little bit

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awestruck as well when you are in and around it. You made your first.

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Against West Ham, and then you have the audacity to score that

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equaliser. Harry winks is there! Progress through your emotions that

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moment, if you can? It is a struggle, because of the time it was

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a blur. All I can remember is seeing the manager, seeing my family up in

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the box and every thing else was a blur really. The manager was saying

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when you score your first ball, come running to us, and that was partly

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the reason to do it as well, just to thank him for everything he has done

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for me as well. What is it like to play them? It is brilliant, it is

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perfect. I am a Tottenham fan, playing possession football, the

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high pressing game, it is brilliant, that is what you want to be involved

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in, you get on the front foot and it is what the crowd like to see, as

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well. Who would you say is your role model? For me, the most important in

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my development growing up was Steven Gerrard. He is a massive influence

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on my career, I remember writing a letter to him than I was about five,

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and he never returned it. He was a great player, just goals, assists,

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power, he just dominated the Premiership for years. He is someone

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I look up to and hope one day to emulate. Another young Tottenham

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player you would think with a big future. I think he has a very big

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future ahead of him. They knew he was going through because they allow

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the likes of Mason to leave the club, he has pushed himself in front

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of the likes of Tom Carroll as well and I think he could not be at a

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better place with Rocio Pochettino. I like his willingness to go and get

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on the ball whenever he wants in any type of situation because that is

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what you need to do when you play for Tottenham. Especially in this

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team that Pochettino has set up. He wants his players to receive it in

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tight areas, passed the ball forward, find your forward players

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and that is what seems to come to him naturally. Look at that, just

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drifting away from people on the edge of his own box, passing

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forward. This is a side to his game he will want to improve on, scoring

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more goals. That was the stroke of his left foot, but what a dream full

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debut that was the stick that one of the back of the net. But there is a

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level of trust Monsieur Pochettino starting to give to him, in terms of

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the big games he's playing him in. The one midweek when he took of

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Dembele to bring him on after 65 minutes I think shocked everyone but

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he trusts the lad in a big way. You said while watching the interview, I

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think he is younger than Dele Alli. I think Dele Alli is on the run him.

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Which is incredible. It shows how good Dele Alli is. One of the

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perhaps downers of the season for the problem is perhaps the way some

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of the new signings have not really performed. Vincent Janssen get

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another opportunity. He has not scored a goal from open play yet. He

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has 3:2 so far, ?70 million. -- ?17 million. The pace and intensity at

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the minute seems a bit too much for him. These are big chances, you have

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to hit the target and score goals. Whether you like it or not, a

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forward will be judged on goals. He got 31 last season for outcome. This

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is the part of the game that has been decent. -- for AZ Alkmaar.

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Players running past. Should actually score. If they can get it

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into him today then that will help. But he needs a goal. This is the

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type of game that should work him. There will be chances for him and

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you still get the feeling that the crowd are willing him to do well and

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wanting him to do well, because they are sticking with him. There are the

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two sides about to go out, how do you see it going, Jermaine Gresham

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mark it is not Tottenham has my full strength side but there are still a

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lot of good players in there. I think it will be tight. I think

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without Harry Kane and Dele Alli on the side will do a bit more

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confidence. Villa would love to take them back to Villa Park. If they can

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get away here with a draw, met nobly wants an extra game but it would be

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a great result for Villa. Gabby Adcock law stops today, a bit of

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pressure on him, Alan Hutton as well, there are a couple of seniors

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who say -- Agbonlahor starts today. With the changes even, Tottenham

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should have too much for them. The fans inside the stadium looking

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expectantly, waiting for the action. The two teams are gathering in the

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tunnel so it is time to hand over to our commentary team of Danny Nephi

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and Steve Wilson. COMMENTATOR: Thank you, Gary. Who's

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to our cup royalty in the history of the competition, reaching the final

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22 times between them, Villa 11 finals to Spurs nine. Lifting the

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trophy a combined 15 times. Spurs lead that contest 8-7. Every time

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Tottenham line-up in that tunnel, they are crossing off one more much

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until they leave this, the home of 118 years. There are a maximum of a

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dozen more games to play at White Hart Lane after today, and if they

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lose today it will be the last ever cup tie on this ground. Spurs are

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playing their Europa League fixtures at Wembley, not here. But it is a

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competition with which both clubs are deeply associated, and ingrained

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into the history of the FA Cup. The building site in way behind the

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Park Lane end of the game grows at an almost shocking rate. Every time

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you come here, that new stadium gets a little bigger and a little more

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impressive, it is going to be some place. In goal for Spurs today,

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Michel Vorm, the patient is able deputy to Hugo Lloris. Cameron

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Carter-Vickers, his dad wasn't NBA basketball player. Janssen, top

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scorer in Holland last season, has not done it yet in England. Only two

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of that 11 started the midweek victory over Chelsea. In goal for

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Villa, Sam Johnstone, signed on loan from just united on Thursday, his

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eighth loan spell away from Old Trafford. His first senior game

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enormously year. At the back, former Spurs full-back Alan Hutton. James

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Chester played every minute of every game for Wales in Euro 2016. Mile

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Jedinak played in the cup final last May for Crystal Palace, Grealish the

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creator, and Gabby Agbonlahor, now 30, wants a real England contender,

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scorer of just one goal in the last two years at Aston Villa. Steve

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Bruce, FA Cup winner on three occasions with Manchester United.

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Morros your del -- Mauricio Pinilla -- Pochettino has won the Copa del

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Rey in Spain. Dele Alli possibly the most inform player in England. Talk

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about talks about, there is Mike Dean, who is in charge today.

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So, Danny Murphy, they've won the cup enough times in the history,

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these two. Spurs would be contenders to do so again. Indeed, yeah. So

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where is what they are trying to achieve in this club. Really looking

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forward to seeing harrowing simmer flesh. He has done himself really

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well to establish himself in this squad. For the love, Grealish is a

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talent who probably has not -- for Villa who has not fulfilled his

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potential. Strange but true fact, Tottenham in the white and blue from

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right-to-left have now won who played in an FA Cup final, Aston

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Villa's 11 contains seven players who have been involved in FA Cup

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finals. James Chester scored in one for Hull against Arsenal, but none

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of those seven have won the cup. When the Villa players get their

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medals out, I am afraid they are mostly losers medals. Baker with a

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header for Villa and Spurs with a throw. They were struggling down the

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wrong end of the Championship when he took over, Steve Bruce. They are

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12th as they stand, Aston Villa, he has improved. -- he has improved

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them. Trippier for Spurs. Son beaten to it by Tshibola,

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Sissoko trying to muscle his way through. Jedinak and Amavi forward.

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Well won in the end by Cameron Carter-Vickers, he is very highly

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rated, the teenager. He was on the bench for a couple of United States

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World Cup qualifying matches in the autumn. Yet to actually make his

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first appearance for the US senior team, but very much part of the

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squad. Here's Trippier. He has had to be

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patient, but he had an outstanding game against Watford the other week.

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Well, he did, and his crossing ability was therefore to see. I

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remember when he was at Burnley, the amount of assist the got from good

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crosses, you could argue he is better in the final third van Kyle

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Walker. Obviously Walker has that tremendous pace and athleticism that

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keeps it in the side ahead of him, but he certainly has quality when he

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gets up there. One or two young faces in this part and side, the

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likes of Eric Dier and Alderweireld will be like comfort blankets for

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them. Spurs so far have enjoyed almost

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exclusive possession of the round thing. Yeah, looks like Gabby

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problem will be up there on his own. -- Gabby Agbonlahor. Almost

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impossible to overstate what a disastrous season it was for Aston

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Villa. Agbonlahor really reclaiming his career. A terrific run. Sissoko

:28:55.:29:05.

carried that a good 40 yards. Something we don't see enough of

:29:06.:29:09.

him. He prefers playing centrally but he has this power and ability to

:29:10.:29:17.

go past people. Really strong. Especially in central areas, if he

:29:18.:29:24.

can get on the ball and really kill at Villa. He takes some stopping

:29:25.:29:33.

once he gets going, Moussa Sissoko. He has not shown his best really for

:29:34.:29:40.

Spurs yet. Amavi climbing for Aston Villa. Actually, it is Bacuna, I

:29:41.:29:45.

begged his pardon. Finding Albert Adomah here. Ben

:29:46.:30:00.

Davies for Spurs. Tshibola one of the summer signings

:30:01.:30:28.

- came from Reading. Spurs goal kick. I was at Villa Park

:30:29.:30:44.

when they drew with Leeds and the atmosphere at the club is

:30:45.:30:49.

transformed from last year. There is a feel good factor and he is one of

:30:50.:30:54.

the main reasons. Yes, he has that experience of the Championship. He

:30:55.:30:57.

has taken teams up before. The question mark is why didn't they go

:30:58.:31:01.

for him from the beginning of the season? Certainly lifted spirit

:31:02.:31:03.

there is, that is for sure. 66 times Alan Hutton turned out for

:31:04.:31:14.

Spurs. The fans living on past glories at

:31:15.:31:33.

the moment, with songs about being champions of Europe! Making the

:31:34.:31:41.

point that is something Spurs fans cannot sing. Actually they're making

:31:42.:31:47.

the prediction that Spurs fans will never be able to say it!

:31:48.:33:00.

Alderweireld unable to find Davies. That is unlike him. Arguably the

:33:01.:33:10.

best passer as a central defender from the Premier League, very good

:33:11.:33:16.

coming out with the ball. Difficult for Spurs, Villa's wide men are

:33:17.:33:19.

tracking the wing-backs and ending up with a back six. Very hard to get

:33:20.:33:22.

behind that. Spurs have made sure that the

:33:23.:33:33.

capacity at the new stadium will be just a bit more than Arsenal's!

:33:34.:33:42.

A good ball but too high for Janssen. Flag was up any way against

:33:43.:33:50.

Janssen. He just desperately needs a goal. He has scored three penalties,

:33:51.:33:55.

but nothing from open play. No, he has struggled. I have seen him a few

:33:56.:34:01.

times, I agree with the lads who were talking about his mobility. He

:34:02.:34:08.

has a decent touch, but he had that chance with Palace where he missed

:34:09.:34:11.

it and that could have been different for him. They do need more

:34:12.:34:17.

from him and their other summer signings. Sissoko, ?30 million and

:34:18.:34:24.

can't seem to find a place in the starting XI.

:34:25.:34:43.

Adomah just got his foot in. It is a Villa throw.

:34:44.:34:55.

Strangely Spurs have on the FA Cup eight times and four times of those

:34:56.:35:02.

eight years they beat Villa on the way. So if they can do so again, it

:35:03.:35:08.

might be an omen for them. You never know. These fans crave some

:35:09.:35:13.

silverware. They have always filled the stadium. They have had some

:35:14.:35:18.

troubled years. And now the positivity at the club, the talent

:35:19.:35:21.

at the club, everything moving forward, the stadium, the training

:35:22.:35:23.

ground is fantastic. Villa work hard without the ball at

:35:24.:35:45.

the moment. You may remember Agbonlahor's last

:35:46.:36:06.

game on this ground, November 2015, Spurs beat Villa at the start of

:36:07.:36:12.

that terrible relegation season. Agbonlahor was substituted at

:36:13.:36:15.

half-time, having touched the ball in the first 45 minutes in which he

:36:16.:36:19.

played just eight times. Two of which were to kick off after

:36:20.:36:29.

Tottenham scored! Son tried to get it through to Davies. Good pressing

:36:30.:36:39.

that from Trippier, trying to set some tempo. On the front foot. It is

:36:40.:36:47.

a bit lethargic at the moment a bit one-paced in the game. When you're

:36:48.:36:56.

in the position of a Trippier, a Wimmer, a Sissoko, you have to make

:36:57.:37:00.

the most of any opportunity you get, because you know you may not get

:37:01.:37:03.

another one. One of three o'clock kick offs

:37:04.:37:19.

today, across London at Stamford Bridge, it is Chelsea 3,

:37:20.:37:29.

Peterborough 0. Janssen for Spurs, drilled into a good area. Bacuna was

:37:30.:37:37.

there. If he had missed it, then Trippier was waiting. Better from

:37:38.:37:39.

Janssen. Grealish taking it from Son and then

:37:40.:37:49.

just caught Grealish. Strange that James Chester never got

:37:50.:38:29.

much of a look in at West Brom. Yes, I agree, he is a good defender,

:38:30.:38:34.

solid, good in the air, strong in the tackle. Wearing the captain's

:38:35.:38:39.

arm band at Villa these days. You can actually see from our

:38:40.:38:52.

position up here, now narrow the Villa back four is and those wide

:38:53.:38:57.

men dropping and sticking with the wing-backs. Spurs need some runners

:38:58.:39:03.

to get behind. That is where Dele Alli is so good. He is brilliant at

:39:04.:39:10.

making the runs behind defences. There he is, can't stop scoring at

:39:11.:39:15.

the moment, Dele Alli. Wonderful player.

:39:16.:39:21.

Probably didn't want to be rested either. You never do when you're

:39:22.:39:26.

playing well. Especially when you have got goals in you. The manager

:39:27.:39:31.

knows best. He has all the medical reports and the rest of it. And Dele

:39:32.:39:37.

Alli sits and watches for the moment. He has the potential and

:39:38.:39:44.

Mauricio Pochettino was talking about this week, or he was asked

:39:45.:39:52.

about it any way, here is Agbonlahor, behind Alderweireld.

:39:53.:39:56.

Dier was there to keep it from Grealish and Trippier with the

:39:57.:40:01.

clearance up to Janssen. The free kick goes against the Tottenham man.

:40:02.:40:06.

Good play from Agbonlahor. Nobody with him. Did well and nice and

:40:07.:40:12.

strong against Alderweireld. He looks p and there is no one there.

:40:13.:40:20.

That is a free kick. Sissoko disappointed. Going back to Alli and

:40:21.:40:28.

Mauricio Pochettino said not only could he become a key England

:40:29.:40:33.

player, but perhaps England's best player. The England national team's

:40:34.:40:41.

best player. High praise indeed. He's wonderful talent. But he has

:40:42.:40:45.

got to keep working hard and keep listening to his coaches and not get

:40:46.:40:49.

carried away and he has got every chance of being a top class England

:40:50.:40:54.

international. That is for sure. Spurs at the moment lacking a bit of

:40:55.:40:58.

direction. Certainly that ball forward was lacking direction. It is

:40:59.:41:06.

a goal kick to Aston Villa. After that wonderful win against Chelsea

:41:07.:41:09.

and that performance, next game could always be a little bit flat. I

:41:10.:41:17.

know he has mixed the players up, but from the supporters' point of

:41:18.:41:24.

view as well. Sam Johnstone on his Aston Villa debut untroubled so far

:41:25.:41:32.

in their goal. He has been all over the place, from Manchester United in

:41:33.:41:38.

various loan spells from Preston to Yeovil, but Aston Villa represent ps

:41:39.:41:40.

his biggest club I would say. That is a good ball. Davies behind,

:41:41.:41:55.

but the flag was up. He had just gone too soon. The passing abilities

:41:56.:42:02.

of Alderweireld. He sees it. That is the type of run they need. I think

:42:03.:42:10.

he is just off. Probably the right decision. But good run from Davies

:42:11.:42:14.

there. Some pace about this counter and

:42:15.:43:07.

then the touch from Janssen. He turns to look to Harry Winks. Maybe

:43:08.:43:11.

it was too tight. But there was no danger in the end. That was positive

:43:12.:43:16.

from Winks. Strong running with the ball. Trying to make something

:43:17.:43:25.

happen. Push by Carter-Vickers on Agbonlahor.

:43:26.:43:39.

A bit silly that from Carter-Vickers. This gives Villa the

:43:40.:43:52.

chance to get Jedinak forward. Spurs have pulled everybody back. Davies I

:43:53.:43:57.

think was aware that Hutton was coming in behind. It is a Villa

:43:58.:44:07.

corner. Clever idea, late run from Hutton, drilled ball. Good spot from

:44:08.:44:09.

Davies. A good header from Dier who, got a

:44:10.:44:32.

blow in the back from Baker. Hence the free kick. A great ball in.

:44:33.:44:37.

Whipped in a good area from Grealish. You would expect somebody

:44:38.:44:41.

to be competing there for the header.

:44:42.:44:48.

We are in the third round of the FA Cup today and Middlesbrough have the

:44:49.:45:11.

lead through Grant Leadbitter against Sheffield Wednesday. 1-0.

:45:12.:45:16.

Liverpool earlier held by Plymouth at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp made 11

:45:17.:45:20.

changes. Fulham are through with a win at Cardiff.

:45:21.:45:50.

Everyone back in the Villa half. Really hard to break through. Packed

:45:51.:46:23.

defence, but someone's got to find something, a bit of skill.

:46:24.:46:37.

Free kick in a good position too. That's what I'm talking about, a

:46:38.:46:51.

good bit of skill. Yes, free kick. He is one of our own, that is the

:46:52.:46:56.

song that has been lent by Harry Kane the Harry winks for the

:46:57.:47:01.

occasion. He is indeed an academy boy. Five in white in the Villa area

:47:02.:47:09.

here and Sam Johnstone could have caught that, he chose to punch. Yes,

:47:10.:47:17.

I'm not sure about the punching when nobody is around you. I understand

:47:18.:47:22.

in a crowd sometimes. It's just a personal preference thing, isn't it,

:47:23.:47:26.

sometimes, with goalkeepers, some like to put a fist through it.

:47:27.:47:30.

Others don't. The rain might be playing a factor in that possibly.

:47:31.:47:35.

Almost halfway through this first half and Tottenham Hotspur have

:47:36.:47:38.

enjoyed the lion's share of possession without giving Villa's

:47:39.:47:43.

debut at and goalkeeper very much to do.

:47:44.:48:25.

He was fouled by Alan Hutton. It is a free kick. He has got to stay

:48:26.:48:32.

high, Janssen. You don't need him back there. Got to try and stretch

:48:33.:48:37.

the pitch. A clear fouled by Jedinak.

:48:38.:48:50.

Winks, good idea, well cut out by Chester. Sissoko was in a good

:48:51.:48:54.

position and nearly found. Davies offering width. Sissoko to

:48:55.:49:30.

Dier. It was a good idea. Bacuna and Adomah are being really disciplined

:49:31.:49:33.

in their roles this afternoon. They have been given the job of sticking

:49:34.:49:37.

with the wingbacks, no matter what the back four do, no passing on. He

:49:38.:49:42.

matched that run another way, Bacuna. You think you would be

:49:43.:49:45.

reasonably happy at moment, Steve Bruce. 24 minutes played, no great

:49:46.:49:57.

alarms. That's nice, Sissoko on the Eric Dier, Janssen and Son in the

:49:58.:50:07.

middle. This possessed I Villa's Grealish. Fair play to Janssen, who

:50:08.:50:10.

has won it back. The game falls back into that

:50:11.:50:25.

pattern again of Spurs possession. They possibly could afford to take

:50:26.:50:30.

more risks in possession, Spurs, in their endeavours to unpick Villa.

:50:31.:51:25.

Spent a lot of money on Janssen. Sometimes when you buy a striker

:51:26.:51:32.

from Dutch football, you don't know if you are getting a van Nistelrooy

:51:33.:51:38.

because God was to come a bit more cheaply in Holland. When I was at

:51:39.:51:42.

Fulham, we signed Bryan Ruiz, who was the top scorer that year, he

:51:43.:51:48.

didn't quite hit the same heights. Baker got a good touch. Sissoko in

:51:49.:51:49.

the attack. Grealish is there. Leandro Bacuna is off the pitch at

:51:50.:52:19.

the moment for Aston Villa getting some treatment. He has had to his

:52:20.:52:24.

feet, wants to get back on, and Eric Dier bundled into the back of Jack

:52:25.:52:29.

Grealish. Villa free kick. He will come back on now, Bacuna, and

:52:30.:52:36.

receive the ball. Agbonlahor has not quite got the legs to reach that.

:52:37.:52:43.

Good defending a minute ago from Baker, in an one-on-one position

:52:44.:52:45.

with Son. News from Stamford Bridge, John

:52:46.:53:13.

Terry has been sent off. Chelsea still leading 3-0.

:53:14.:53:30.

Jedinak having to turn quickly. Grealish. Has Jedinak left it for

:53:31.:53:42.

him. Adomah. Not selected by Ghana, Adomah, for the African cup of

:53:43.:53:43.

Nations. Bacuna is capable, certainly from

:53:44.:54:11.

set pieces. Eight had ambitious from there. He has got a good strike on

:54:12.:54:15.

him normally but no problem, that ball -- a tad ambitious. Probably

:54:16.:54:22.

happy for something to do. Given away a bit carelessly by Aston

:54:23.:54:50.

Villa, and Steve Bruce is letting Amavi know what he thought about

:54:51.:54:51.

that. Nicholls has a goal back for

:54:52.:55:04.

Peterborough at Chelsea in the three o'clock kick-offs. 3-1, Chelsea. And

:55:05.:55:10.

Negredo for Middlesbrough, they are 2-0 up against Sheffield Wednesday.

:55:11.:55:16.

Villa have a free kick here. Why couldn't he let that go just for a

:55:17.:55:20.

couple of seconds and play the advantage? Literally a second, two

:55:21.:55:24.

seconds, it's gone. A poor decision, that.

:55:25.:55:39.

This is a free kick in a good position and Grealish and Amavi are

:55:40.:55:53.

over it. Inside that Tottenham penalty area, half an hour played,

:55:54.:56:01.

FA Cup third round, Spurs 0-0 Villa. Grealish with the delivery, it is a

:56:02.:56:05.

good one. Adomah, can he keep it in play, he has. Chester rather took

:56:06.:56:10.

that away from Baker as they both try to get a head on it. Pressure on

:56:11.:56:12.

the Spurs goal. Their best spell, I would say.

:56:13.:56:36.

Grealish might think about the shot. It needed to come off his left, and

:56:37.:56:41.

it didn't. Worth a go, much better from Villa. They look a danger on

:56:42.:56:50.

the set plays. A bit wild on his left foot there, Grealish. The flag

:56:51.:57:00.

of the assistant goes up. It is a better run from Sissoko,

:57:01.:57:14.

trying to get in behind. Good defending. Want to see more from

:57:15.:57:21.

him, using that athleticism he has got, that power. Daniel Levy just in

:57:22.:57:29.

front there. The man who used to sit in Daniel

:57:30.:57:53.

Levy's seat years ago got Spurs reinstated in FA the Cup after they

:57:54.:57:58.

were thrown out of it years ago, Alan Sugar. Showing your age there,

:57:59.:58:03.

I don't remember that one. You do! You must do. No, I am old, you're

:58:04.:58:16.

right. I actually spoke to him on the phone when I left Crewe

:58:17.:58:22.

Alexandra to go to Liverpool. At that point there was only one team

:58:23.:58:25.

for me, but he seemed like a gentleman.

:58:26.:58:49.

Deflected on its way behind, Spurs corner, and that is their first of

:58:50.:59:02.

the game. There is flawed of Apprentice fame. David Pleat sitting

:59:03.:59:12.

in front of Tottenham Hotspur fame. Corner kick goes up, Alderweireld

:59:13.:59:19.

missed it, Dier didn't but did not get any direction on it. Doesn't

:59:20.:59:23.

half get some whip and place on those balls, Trippier. Really

:59:24.:59:30.

whizzes it in there. He has a great right foot, and there he is winning

:59:31.:59:33.

it from Bacuna, finding Son, you want it back, Trippier. Bacuna is

:59:34.:59:39.

happy, he lost out to Trippier. Around ten minutes of this first

:59:40.:00:01.

half to go. Goalless. Giving it everything Davies, but

:00:02.:00:26.

couldn't reach it. It is hard finding the balance between when to

:00:27.:00:31.

try the long balls and when to be patient. Villa end up with a back

:00:32.:00:36.

six when Tottenham are up the pitch. It is quite negative in many ways. I

:00:37.:00:41.

thought they would have a bit more of a go against a weakened Tottenham

:00:42.:00:46.

side. Maybe they will in the second half as the game goes on. No lack of

:00:47.:00:51.

effort from Davies to reach it. In the ten previous meetings, six to

:00:52.:01:32.

four. A League Cup final. A Martin Chifers goal won it for Spurs. -

:01:33.:01:42.

Chivers. Davies with the ball in. No one in white there. It was behind

:01:43.:01:50.

Janssen and too far in front of Season. Son. Can Spurs whip up a bit

:01:51.:02:02.

of tempo in the last few minutes of the first half?

:02:03.:02:32.

Got to really move that ball quickly when you have got a packed defence.

:02:33.:02:38.

Sharp and one or two touch. It is a patient game Spurs are

:02:39.:03:03.

playing. You have a feeling that eventually their theoretical extra

:03:04.:03:04.

quality will count. Janssen in behind and into the

:03:05.:03:23.

keeper's gloves. He has got to do better. He is in a great position.

:03:24.:03:29.

Good ball, good run, gets in a dangerous area and just rushes it.

:03:30.:03:33.

Poor that is. This is Amavi with the three for

:03:34.:03:54.

Aston Villa. Wouldn't bet against the Aston Villa getting in the

:03:55.:03:57.

play-offs in the Championships. Their performances of late have

:03:58.:04:01.

dipped a bit. But results are still hanging in there. Gone from 19th

:04:02.:04:08.

when Steve Bruce took over to 12th. It is pretty congested. At the top

:04:09.:04:12.

of that table, anything can happen at this stage. They had a crowd of

:04:13.:04:21.

just under 42,000 for a home game with Burton Albion. That tells you

:04:22.:04:27.

something about the club. It tells you they're enjoying what they're

:04:28.:04:35.

watching again. Yeah. And they have given themselves a mountain to climb

:04:36.:04:37.

after their disastrous start. Last season it felt like Villa had

:04:38.:05:03.

more managers than they had accumulated points, it got so bad!

:05:04.:05:08.

It is not going to right itself over night.

:05:09.:05:23.

Good turn by Winks. A tussle with Tshibola and the Villa man won it

:05:24.:05:35.

and Davies has come away with the ball. It looked like a foul on

:05:36.:05:46.

Tshibola. Spurs corner. Seemed to make his mind up Ben Davies that he

:05:47.:05:49.

was not going to lose that challenge. That was better from

:05:50.:05:53.

Janssen. Quicker feet, good little ball.

:05:54.:06:31.

Trippier trying to sneak in behind Bacuna. It is becoming a bit

:06:32.:06:40.

predictable that diagonal, the wing-backs see it coming. Spurs need

:06:41.:06:49.

to up the tempo. Brian Little there. A hero for Villa as a player and a

:06:50.:06:59.

being. Ian Taylor, an athletic, good midfielder.

:07:00.:07:17.

Been promoted into the Premier League four times as a manager. That

:07:18.:07:34.

will give Villa fans hope. It is a wonderful record. Very difficult to

:07:35.:07:40.

do that at different clubs. They seem to have forgotten that he

:07:41.:07:46.

managed Birmingham City in a way they couldn't remember Alex McLeish

:07:47.:07:52.

has managed Birmingham City. It is winning games, isn't it. Son and

:07:53.:08:04.

well covered and almost off Amavi into his own net. Gets a bit of luck

:08:05.:08:10.

with with the ricochet. Amavi gets back in and does well actually to

:08:11.:08:14.

stab it away. Gets a bit of luck. Closest Spurs have come.

:08:15.:08:24.

Spurs have to settle for a throw. From the angle he was at, Amavi

:08:25.:08:32.

always knew that was not going to end up in the back of net. From the

:08:33.:08:37.

angle many of us were looking at it, it looked like it had a chance of

:08:38.:08:39.

doing so. Ben Davies, very good player, but he

:08:40.:08:59.

has got to continue to believe that he can get ahead of Danny Rose in

:09:00.:09:04.

the team, the same for Trippier about Walker. It is a big ask to do

:09:05.:09:09.

that. Everyone is different in their mentality. He will have belief, but

:09:10.:09:13.

there will come a point where he will want to be first choice and at

:09:14.:09:17.

least there should come a point where a player will want to play

:09:18.:09:23.

every week. And not settle for a handful of games.

:09:24.:09:40.

Agbonlahor is very much ploughing a lone furrow up there. It is a job he

:09:41.:09:47.

is putting his back into. I thought that was a corner. He thought that

:09:48.:09:53.

was a corner. It looked it first sight. Corner or? ? ? It was

:09:54.:10:00.

actually a poor touch. He made up the ground. Yeah, it's a corner. And

:10:01.:10:06.

Spurs launch an attack from that goal kick. Bacuna and Adomah have

:10:07.:10:20.

done well. They're more or less playing like full-backs. I'm sure

:10:21.:10:23.

they won't enjoy that, because they're wingers. We haven't seen

:10:24.:10:30.

them in the Spurs half. But great skill and talent from Adomah. The

:10:31.:10:36.

whistle blows exactly on 45 minutes. No added minutes at the end of first

:10:37.:10:40.

half and not much in the way of shots on goal either. Spurs have

:10:41.:10:47.

enjoyed the bulk of possession. But neither keeper has been un-Duley

:10:48.:10:51.

troubled -- unduly troubled and it is 0-0. Well that was a thrilling

:10:52.:11:02.

first half! End to end up. I'm overcome with excitement! It has

:11:03.:11:05.

been terrible. Can't get away from it. It has been awful. Villa have

:11:06.:11:10.

frustrated Tottenham, virtually playing six at the back. But Spurs

:11:11.:11:15.

haven't helped themselves, they have been slow in possession and not

:11:16.:11:20.

moved the ball quick enough and they're making it tough for them. In

:11:21.:11:27.

ways, Villa will be happy. Yes it is on Spurs to break them down. They're

:11:28.:11:32.

not moving it quick enough. Villa have a shape that is working for

:11:33.:11:36.

them and they look like they want set pieces. Get the free kicks and

:11:37.:11:42.

corners. But Spurs have been too ponderous on the ball and not enough

:11:43.:11:47.

movement. They have had it and kept it well, Spurs. As soon as they get

:11:48.:11:52.

into the final third they run out of ideas. In wide areas, they have not

:11:53.:11:56.

even made the crosses. The big lad up front is not having the best

:11:57.:12:00.

game. It is interesting when you see people make changes for these

:12:01.:12:04.

matches, bringing in different players and you look at Spurs and

:12:05.:12:07.

you think, actually they have got quite a big squad. It shows the

:12:08.:12:11.

difference between the ones in the first team. That is the frustrating

:12:12.:12:20.

thing, I expected to see a rampant Spurs after that great win. But they

:12:21.:12:26.

have got to pick up the pace. I don't think it would have been 0-0

:12:27.:12:34.

if Kane or Alli or Dembele were playing. There is nobody in that

:12:35.:12:40.

side that is pulling the strings. A lot of talk about Janssen and how he

:12:41.:12:45.

has struggled to settle in, hasn't scored from open play. There are a

:12:46.:12:50.

few signs as to why. He is making it too easy for defenders. Watch his

:12:51.:12:54.

movement. He comes towards the ball. No, don't come towards the ball. Get

:12:55.:12:58.

yourself in the six yard box where you're going to score. That is the

:12:59.:13:04.

easy way out. It looks as if he is frightened to miss chances. To be

:13:05.:13:07.

fair to him, the service has not been very good. That is a long

:13:08.:13:14.

aimless ball. Tries to run in behind. Comes out wide again and it

:13:15.:13:21.

is if same thing again. If he keeps on coming out wide, watch he should

:13:22.:13:29.

be getting in there. He is going towards the ball and that is one

:13:30.:13:34.

reason why he has not scored from open play and it doesn't look as if

:13:35.:13:38.

he has the confidence from his team-mates. Son should be putting

:13:39.:13:43.

the ball through. There is not a space, but he must be demanding it.

:13:44.:13:48.

Unless he starts getting into the box, he is not go to score. It is

:13:49.:13:53.

interesting, when, if your confidence is low and you're not

:13:54.:14:00.

scoring to back away from that, it xas wait -- exacerbates it. Yes and

:14:01.:14:04.

it makes it look worse. He is using his energy in the wrong areas. He is

:14:05.:14:09.

wide left and right and he is chasing the ball back. He has to do

:14:10.:14:14.

what Al said, stay in the middle. Let everyone else do that and get

:14:15.:14:18.

them to serve you. Put the ball in the box. For Aston Villa they have a

:14:19.:14:25.

plan and so far they will be happy. There is no way Steve Bruce was

:14:26.:14:30.

going to come and play expansive football. The back four play very

:14:31.:14:35.

close to each other. The back four are in the box and with Adomah and

:14:36.:14:41.

Bacuna, it makes it a back six. Davies does well to get any type of

:14:42.:14:47.

ball in. That is what has played into Spurs being ponderous. They're

:14:48.:14:51.

trying to get Villa to come out of these areas, trying to craw -- draw

:14:52.:14:58.

them out. But Villa are not budging. How do you overcome a side that just

:14:59.:15:04.

plays that deep? What Spurs are missing f you look at the play ers

:15:05.:15:12.

who are not playing, the ones who can beat a player. Dembele will go

:15:13.:15:19.

by you and players like that and the structure changes. You can't play

:15:20.:15:21.

six at the back. By the time that happens, the Villa

:15:22.:15:35.

back six of got back into shape. Spurs will be training one and two

:15:36.:15:39.

touch, it will be high pricing, getting the ball moved quickly. Now

:15:40.:15:43.

they have lots of time to play and they are using that time. Never

:15:44.:15:48.

quick, do it like you do in training. They would have caused

:15:49.:15:53.

Villa more problems but they haven't. A long way to go, it can

:15:54.:15:58.

only get better. The people's cup is back for another season. On Saturday

:15:59.:16:04.

27th May, 90,000 people will fill this famous stadium for the FA Cup

:16:05.:16:11.

final and you could be one of them. Sign up your five a side team for

:16:12.:16:18.

the FA's People's cup, and you could be running out to the hallowed turf

:16:19.:16:22.

at half-time to collect your own trophy. Register now.

:16:23.:16:30.

We will see some of today's FA Cup goals in a moment.

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As we have mentioned, on the other side of the ground, Spurs are

:16:55.:17:01.

building a new 61,000 all-seater stadium, so this is the final season

:17:02.:17:10.

of the worldwide Hart Lane, and Aline is with one of the greats to

:17:11.:17:16.

have played him. Alan Mullery, a win in the 1967 cup final, great

:17:17.:17:19.

memories I am sure you have of playing here at White Hart Lane. I'm

:17:20.:17:26.

a bit upset about it, actually, because it has been here for

:17:27.:17:29.

literally a hundred years, I suppose, and to see so much success

:17:30.:17:34.

and everything else that went with it over the years, double winning

:17:35.:17:39.

side in the early 60s, always winning cup finals, league cups, FA

:17:40.:17:43.

Cup 's, and being in Europe, it has just been a fabulous stadium. Then

:17:44.:17:47.

my day they would have put 60,000 people in there, a lot of standing

:17:48.:17:51.

and things like this. So yes, we will miss it, but the new one, oh

:17:52.:17:56.

dear me. That is out of this world, it is like something built from

:17:57.:18:00.

elsewhere. It is just absolutely brilliant, looking forward to going

:18:01.:18:04.

in there now as well. Is is incredible that they are building it

:18:05.:18:07.

here why we are still in the stadium playing football matches. It looks

:18:08.:18:11.

fantastic, you must be excited but I'm sure it is tinged with a bit of

:18:12.:18:17.

sadness. The memories will always be here, no doubt, the new stadium,

:18:18.:18:20.

which will be magnificent, there will be lots of memories there that

:18:21.:18:24.

the younger players coming through. But this will always be home to me,

:18:25.:18:29.

White Hart Lane, on evening games and was marvellous, in Europe and

:18:30.:18:32.

things like that, and they will never be forgotten. And people

:18:33.:18:36.

before me as well that are still around. It has been a great place to

:18:37.:18:42.

play football. You mention some of the younger players that are here,

:18:43.:18:45.

it has been a little while since Tottenham lifted some software, the

:18:46.:18:49.

use of this current crop and the way the team is developing right now as

:18:50.:18:52.

the best chance that Spurs have the do it again? I would think so, I saw

:18:53.:18:55.

them last Wednesday and they outplayed Chelsea, and before that

:18:56.:18:59.

with Manchester City, they were going really well at the start of

:19:00.:19:02.

the season and they murdered Manchester City. If they can keep up

:19:03.:19:06.

that level of football they will have a great chance of catching

:19:07.:19:10.

Chelsea this season. A big 45 minutes left to come this afternoon,

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Alan, enjoy the rest of your afternoon. We can bring you some

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action now from some of the day's early cup games, starting at

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Anfield. COMMENTATOR: Up towards Origi, and

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he will get there, no, it is a foul. He has given the free kick. Last of

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the whistle halts the celebrations before they can really get going.

:19:40.:19:44.

Sony times over the years ties like this have been settled in the last

:19:45.:19:48.

five minutes, but goodness me here comes Jervis round the back! Forget

:19:49.:19:55.

the thought of a replay, he was thinking he could win it here. The

:19:56.:19:59.

delivery comes towards Sturridge and it was almost an own goal, I think.

:20:00.:20:04.

That is the last thing they would have wanted, an own goal. It hits,

:20:05.:20:09.

Smith, it could have gone in, it didn't. WHISTLE

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The referee calls time, it's an incredible result in FA Cup history!

:20:15.:20:20.

Plymouth Argyle, of the fourth tier of the English game, have held the

:20:21.:20:22.

mighty Liverpool at Anfield! Willian still going, diving in was a

:20:23.:20:37.

bit of space the Loftus-Cheek, Fabregas tries to place it. Pedro

:20:38.:20:48.

Wilkie at up now. 1-0 to Chelsea! -- Pedro will tee it up. Chelsea just

:20:49.:20:53.

would not be denied. Pedro gives them the lead. What a pass from

:20:54.:20:58.

Willian, and Ivanovic with lots of time, bags of support, Loftus-Cheek,

:20:59.:21:09.

back sure why, by chance, 2-0. A casual finish from Batshuayi, who

:21:10.:21:15.

just dispatched it. Willian will go for Galan will find the back of the

:21:16.:21:20.

net to increase chosen's leads to 3-0, and you have to say this

:21:21.:21:29.

Chelsea Di FA Cup third-round tie looks done dusted. John Terry goes

:21:30.:21:36.

down in front of him, John Terry pleads with the referee, and it is a

:21:37.:21:43.

straight red card. For Chelsea's captain on his return to the first

:21:44.:21:50.

team. Forrester. They decent spell this for Peterborough. They have got

:21:51.:21:55.

a goal! Peterborough have a goal. Tom Nichols was there. In to Pedro.

:21:56.:22:08.

Pedro, lovely goal. It is his second of the afternoon, Chelsea's fourth,

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and their 3-goal lead is restored at 4-1.

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It is Pilkington, and he scores! And it looks ever so cool. Took a

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deflection but Anthony Pilkington won't complain. Frederick to take on

:22:34.:22:43.

Bennett. Driven home by Johannson, who does celebrate his birthday with

:22:44.:22:50.

the equaliser. Frederick 's is haring down that far side again.

:22:51.:22:57.

Cuts in on Bennett. Still going. Oh, and it has hit the bar and it is

:22:58.:23:06.

turned in and there is no offside flag, and Ryan Sessegnon scores

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against Cardiff City again. Blimey, was that game played behind

:23:08.:23:19.

closed doors? Hardly anyone watching, was there?

:23:20.:23:29.

I have a bit of information here, that is the first time in 5.5 years

:23:30.:23:35.

that Tottenham only had one shot in the first 45 minutes of the game. On

:23:36.:23:41.

that occasion though they went on to win 7-5, actually I made that bit

:23:42.:23:44.

up! LAUGHTER Just keeping people with us. But

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they have got to do better in the second half, surely, when it opens

:23:49.:23:52.

up a little bit? Yes, they have to start the second half with a bit of

:23:53.:23:56.

intent, energy and a bit of pace to their game, Tottenham. One and two

:23:57.:24:01.

touch football to try and dislodge that Villa back six as it has been.

:24:02.:24:06.

I am sure that is what the manager will have been saying at half-time,

:24:07.:24:09.

Steve Bruce to his players will say more of the same. Keep frustrating

:24:10.:24:14.

them and hope for a set piece. Dele Alli might come on at some point,

:24:15.:24:17.

get those runs into the box, get them a goal. He has some options. He

:24:18.:24:26.

could put Son through the middle. But I am with owl, from Steve

:24:27.:24:30.

Bruce's point of view, they will be happy. They will be delighted, it is

:24:31.:24:34.

all down to Spurs now, all about Tottenham and how they break down.

:24:35.:24:41.

Because Villa's back six point break down. If they can get a draw and go

:24:42.:24:44.

back to Villa Park, they will be happy. Steve Bruce said before the

:24:45.:24:52.

game, you have to try to frustrate Tottenham, that is exactly what his

:24:53.:24:55.

team have done so he will be delighted with his team's

:24:56.:24:59.

performance. As for Tottenham, here they come the second half. I suppose

:25:00.:25:05.

in many Pochettino will be looking for... How does he spice it up? He

:25:06.:25:11.

will have had to have asked some of his players some questions, because

:25:12.:25:14.

a fewer of them have been put out to impress, to give themselves

:25:15.:25:18.

opportunities to be seen as part of a squad that is chasing a title. And

:25:19.:25:23.

one or two of them are not really answering those questions they need

:25:24.:25:28.

to step up in that second half. OK, Steve Bruce is having a laugh with

:25:29.:25:31.

one of the officials, it seems, and he is happy with them so far, let's

:25:32.:25:37.

hope for a bit more entertainment in the second half, with Danny Murphy

:25:38.:25:39.

and Steve Wilson. COMMENTATOR: No changes in the

:25:40.:25:52.

second half so far, this year Pochettino will be a little bit

:25:53.:25:56.

concerned by the first 45, because with Europa League football to

:25:57.:26:00.

content with, a push for the title in the Premier League and all the

:26:01.:26:05.

rest of it, these are players he is likely to be calling upon in what

:26:06.:26:11.

remains of the season, and in the first 45 minutes, they have not done

:26:12.:26:14.

a great deal for their case. Anyway, can Spurs go on and do more in the

:26:15.:26:18.

second half, or is it more of the same and more frustration? Well

:26:19.:26:25.

maybe Aston Villa might even lick themselves a lead, and then we'll

:26:26.:26:31.

see what Spurs look like. It hasn't looked likely in the first half, but

:26:32.:26:36.

you never know. An obvious change, Sissoko is high and left, giving

:26:37.:26:40.

them a bit more width. Alderweireld on the ball. Carter-Vickers forward

:26:41.:26:49.

to Son, anticipated the run by Amavi, it bounced off Winks. Janssen

:26:50.:26:59.

using his body to turn Amavi. In towards Son, back to Janssen. He

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didn't hesitate, he got the shot away. Straight into the goalkeeper's

:27:03.:27:08.

midriff, as it happens. Nice and strong here, little give and go. Son

:27:09.:27:14.

did not get through the wall, 40 might set it outside the far post.

:27:15.:27:21.

-- threw the ball, he thought he might set it outside the far post.

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Here's Bacuna for Aston Villa. WHISTLE

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The first ever meeting between these two sides was an FA Cup tie on this

:27:30.:27:38.

ground, way back in 1903. Villa were winners on that occasion, 3-2. No

:27:39.:27:46.

sign of five goals yet, let alone the 12 that Gary Lineker was

:27:47.:27:59.

predicting. One would be nice. If Spurs were to score, obviously Villa

:28:00.:28:02.

would have to change their mentality and tactics, throw some men forward,

:28:03.:28:06.

open the game up. The ball did not drop inside the

:28:07.:28:18.

penalty area where Sam Johnstone would have preferred it, but he has

:28:19.:28:25.

dealt with it well enough. He never actually played for Manchester

:28:26.:28:28.

United's first team, Sam Johnstone, 23-year-old.

:28:29.:28:42.

Try to get the ball to Sissoko, high and wide, feeding the ball, let him

:28:43.:29:09.

get at Hutton. Into the feet of Janssen. Back to Davies, here is

:29:10.:29:15.

Sissoko in that wide position where he has taken up camp second half.

:29:16.:29:26.

Sissoko. Comfortably dealt with under no pressure underneath his bar

:29:27.:29:32.

by Sam Johnstone. It was a bit safe, on his week for it. Not particularly

:29:33.:29:34.

comfortable on his left. Grealish, he does move beautifully,

:29:35.:30:05.

doesn't he, Jack Grealish? There is an elegance about how he built over

:30:06.:30:09.

the pitch. Yes, very comfortable with the ball, glides past people,

:30:10.:30:19.

uses his body well. Given away by Patton to Winks -- by Alan Hutton.

:30:20.:30:21.

If you've Graham Evans there. Put into a decent area, but there

:30:22.:30:43.

wasn't anyone on hand to reach it. Bacuna has got Aston Villa a throw

:30:44.:30:46.

in. It was the highest we have seen

:30:47.:31:00.

Adomah. A decent ball. Great pace. Started the season playing in the

:31:01.:31:04.

Premier League for Middlesbrough. Sold on the very end of the transfer

:31:05.:31:06.

window to Aston Villa. Amavi with the three. Here is

:31:07.:31:21.

Adomah. Found Grealish. From a neutral point of view if

:31:22.:31:44.

Villa were to score, it would be like the Alamo, Spurs would throw

:31:45.:31:45.

everything at them. Chester getting caught in at least

:31:46.:31:53.

two minds! Trippier's ball in and Son can

:31:54.:32:30.

control it and then mishit it. In the context of this game that is a

:32:31.:32:36.

great chance. It is a great chance. Poor finish from Son, but what a

:32:37.:32:40.

cross. Talked about his quality earlier. Doesn't wait, gets the ball

:32:41.:32:44.

out of his feet and it is going in there. That is a brilliant ball. No

:32:45.:32:54.

conviction in that. Poor touch and then slashes at it. Strange, because

:32:55.:32:59.

he is having a good season, Son Heung-min. He has scored seven goals

:33:00.:33:02.

this campaign. Wimmer winning the throw. Reached

:33:03.:33:23.

the League Cup final in his first season as Tottenham manager,

:33:24.:33:26.

Mauricio Pochettino, losing to Chelsea. He has never been beyond

:33:27.:33:32.

round five in the FA Cup. Either with Southampton or Spurs.

:33:33.:33:45.

Spurs fans upping the noise level. Sissoko taking on Hutton.

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Grealish running into Winks. You feel there is a bit more pace about

:34:17.:34:19.

the game now. Janssen is in the middle. But so is

:34:20.:34:32.

Chester for Aston Villa. He did well. For the first time in the game

:34:33.:34:39.

there is some momentum. It was brilliant play from Winks, read the

:34:40.:34:43.

trick from Grealish, won it off him, carried the ball to the far corner.

:34:44.:34:48.

Just couldn't quite pick his man out. Telegraphed his pull back a

:34:49.:34:55.

bit. He is looking, who can I find? Chester reads that well. But a

:34:56.:35:00.

better game. It has taken 53 minutes, but it feels like a

:35:01.:35:03.

football match has just kicked off. Strong tackle that. He has done well

:35:04.:35:41.

Tshibola. Steady and strong, good with the ball, I have been

:35:42.:35:43.

impressed. Hutton has a problem with Sissoko,

:35:44.:36:05.

Adomah is picking up Davies. If you get the ball out to him, you would

:36:06.:36:10.

fancy him with his pace to cause a few problems.

:36:11.:36:29.

Janssen after this. Chester keeping a close eye on him. That was the

:36:30.:37:03.

demonstration of his lack of mobility. It was a good ball. He had

:37:04.:37:08.

to chase it and chase it. He only just got it.

:37:09.:37:17.

He is certainly trying hard enough. Just that lack of quality I'm

:37:18.:37:22.

afraid. Might have come off Trippier, yes it

:37:23.:37:56.

is going to be an Aston Villa throw in. Won't be long. Here he is, Dele

:37:57.:38:10.

Alli! Instructions are just go on and score a couple of goals. That is

:38:11.:38:13.

what you normally do. If Spurs can get themselves in front

:38:14.:38:35.

here they may rethink introducing Dele Alli.

:38:36.:38:47.

Trippier's delivery. They're claiming a corner, but they haven't

:38:48.:38:59.

got it. It is Baker I think matches his run. There is a hint of a shirt

:39:00.:39:06.

tug there as the ball was whipped in from Trippier.

:39:07.:39:25.

There is a real lack of threat when Dele Alli and Kane don't play for

:39:26.:39:31.

Spurs. Very reliant on those two. In a way isn't that inevitable when

:39:32.:39:47.

you have a couple of top, top class players? Yeah.

:39:48.:40:12.

Trippier just unable to keep that in play. Here we go. No huge surprise

:40:13.:40:20.

to see the No 9 raised. So Janssen is coming off and Dele Alli is

:40:21.:40:27.

coming on. Seven goals in his last four games. You have got to feel for

:40:28.:40:38.

Janssen a little bit. Certainly working hard enough.

:40:39.:40:54.

So Dele Alli is on for Tottenham, with half app hour to go -- an hour

:40:55.:41:01.

to go. Dele Alli loves to slot into that

:41:02.:41:12.

position behind the striker. That was unlucky. The goals are

:41:13.:41:50.

almost a bonus with Dele Alli, because he is so good at everything

:41:51.:41:55.

else. It is a great role for him, the one he plays normally. He has

:41:56.:42:01.

protection behind him of people like Wanyama and Dembele.

:42:02.:42:10.

Adomah's done well. Tshibola was waiting and Carter-Vickers took

:42:11.:42:16.

control. Grealish ran back a long way there

:42:17.:42:30.

to make the challenge on Sissoko. He did well. Adomah did well as well.

:42:31.:42:35.

Didn't quite pick out the right pass. But he is the threat.

:42:36.:42:59.

Son hits the shot and a really good save. Sam Johnstone with the save.

:43:00.:43:11.

Well hit by Son. It is a good turn. Got a bit tight there. Good strike

:43:12.:43:20.

as well. Terrific save. Sam Johnstone. Just checking on the

:43:21.:43:25.

keeper after this save, one or two of his team-mate avenues Mike Dean

:43:26.:43:33.

checking that he is OK. It was a good stop. Much better from Son.

:43:34.:43:47.

Important touch from Baker, who has gone down holding his back. Davies

:43:48.:43:56.

with the ball back in. Baker has a problem here for Villa. As

:43:57.:44:00.

Carter-Vickers heads wide. It was just on the landing. You see here, a

:44:01.:44:07.

good header. Just as he landed, something went in his back maybe as

:44:08.:44:15.

you said. He has done well this afternoon. Yeah. Just the way he

:44:16.:44:27.

landed, immediately it was holding the small of his back.

:44:28.:44:35.

It is a really good header, Alderweireld is waiting. Probably

:44:36.:44:49.

give it a few minutes, see how it is.

:44:50.:44:59.

Tommy Elphick, signed by Aston Villa from Bournemouth in the summer, is

:45:00.:45:06.

among their substitutes, with the possible replacement if required.

:45:07.:45:11.

Good to see Colin Calderwood there alongside Steve Bruce. Former

:45:12.:45:16.

Tottenham defender of course and has been on the coaching staff here. And

:45:17.:45:20.

a good addition I think for Steve Bruce. Plucked from Brighton, where

:45:21.:45:26.

he was assistant manager to another former Spurs old boy, Chris

:45:27.:45:31.

Houghton. He swapped a promotion campaign to take up the challenge

:45:32.:45:33.

with Steve Bruce at Villa. He is a top man actually Colin

:45:34.:45:47.

Calderwood. I think Brighton were sorry to see him go. The players

:45:48.:45:51.

enjoyed his coaching. Well thought of.

:45:52.:46:09.

You would think Tottenham don't want a replay, the amount of games they

:46:10.:46:15.

have coming up. It certainly would be more difficult going to Villa

:46:16.:46:24.

Park. They have a big Premier League game coming up in a couple of weeks

:46:25.:46:30.

at Manchester City. Grealish, for to Hutton, a chance, another chance,

:46:31.:46:34.

Agbonlahor blocked, Alderweireld made the blog. Chester's chance

:46:35.:46:41.

might have been the better one. Sloppy from Spurs. A good tackle,

:46:42.:46:47.

that is, from Carter-Vickers, and then Alderweireld. Really good

:46:48.:47:00.

offending twice. Straight back to Grealish.

:47:01.:47:27.

They have got some big lads, Villa. Look at Alderweireld's desire there.

:47:28.:47:43.

Fantastic. Really, really good offending.

:47:44.:47:51.

Sissoko. Davies outside him. Really phased into the area. He must not

:47:52.:48:07.

have looked, played it blind, I think. No chance for anyone to get

:48:08.:48:15.

onto that. Here's Agbonlahor. I don't think Grealish will reach

:48:16.:48:32.

that. Some intent from Aston Villa, as well. Yes, they have been better,

:48:33.:48:36.

definitely on the front that a little bit more.

:48:37.:48:45.

Three quarters of the way through. Dele Alli honours as a substitute

:48:46.:48:57.

for Spurs. Winks can shoot. Deflected. Good save again by

:48:58.:49:02.

Johnstone. It was good play from Dele Alli, nice and positive, good

:49:03.:49:06.

running with the ball, good pick out. Unlucky from Winks, but a

:49:07.:49:14.

deflection. It is a good save. Yes, good hands.

:49:15.:50:02.

Carter-Vickers on Grealish. Just locked him, ran in the way of his

:50:03.:50:17.

past. Made the most of it but it was a free kick. Talk about Tottenham

:50:18.:50:25.

not wanting another game, Villa won't either. The amount of games

:50:26.:50:29.

you play in the Championship. Spurs are making their second change. Toby

:50:30.:50:42.

Alderweireld is coming off. Georges-Kevin N'Koudou coming on,

:50:43.:50:48.

the player they signed from Marseille. I would imagine Eric Dier

:50:49.:50:55.

might drop into a further at the back for Spurs. We will see after

:50:56.:51:06.

they have defended this free kick. Grealish trying to catch Michel Vorm

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out. Eight had ambitious from there. -- a tad ambitious. That was a very

:51:20.:51:28.

famous goals in Merseyside derbies, last minute, I think, at Goodison.

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Back into Dele Alli, patent covering. Here's N'Koudou, the

:51:42.:51:48.

substitute, oh, and it's in, Davies with a glancing header and Tottenham

:51:49.:51:58.

have the lead! Ben Davies pops up with a header in the opposition

:51:59.:52:04.

penalty area. N'Koudou the substitute provided early on, and

:52:05.:52:10.

Davies with his first-ever Tottenham goal. He has only just come on the

:52:11.:52:14.

pitch, N'Koudou, but he has put in a really good ball. Out of his feet.

:52:15.:52:19.

They really good header. Just behind him is welcome he guides it into the

:52:20.:52:28.

corner. Good header, clever. What he's doing in there, I don't really

:52:29.:52:31.

know, but... That's a lovely header. Well, Spurs in front. Now what have

:52:32.:52:47.

Villa got. They have to defend a corner first.

:52:48.:53:07.

Ben Davies, just about the best unlikely of Spurs scorers.

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Wimmer was hoping to tea something up here and Agbonlahor caught him.

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Free kick. Didn't need to. Grealish was coming at a block. Silly free

:53:41.:53:50.

kick to give away. I think Spurs have gone to a back four. If they

:53:51.:54:05.

make it two here, you would think that would do it. Dier and Trippier

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deep in, session. Trippier is running away from it, Eric Dier will

:54:14.:54:19.

have a go. It the wall. Grealish is there. He has found Adomah. Wasn't

:54:20.:54:30.

Dier's best effort. Lovely moment for Ben Davies to

:54:31.:54:52.

glance in a header like that. Here's Son. Davies. Dele Alli. Davies

:54:53.:55:06.

advancing again. Eric Dier. They asked him to shoot, and he did. Yes,

:55:07.:55:12.

a bit wide, he actually has a good strike on him, Dier. Dele Alli has

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made a difference is coming on the pitch, popping into those positions,

:55:18.:55:21.

good touch, positive, giving everyone a lift. This is the goal.

:55:22.:55:25.

He does really well, because the ball was a bit low actually and he

:55:26.:55:29.

has two stooped down and guide it into the far corner. Really good

:55:30.:55:30.

header. Trippier is in a bit of bother here.

:55:31.:56:19.

Yes, I think he just took a kick. It hurt, whatever it was.

:56:20.:56:32.

Clashed knees, maybe? Didn't see too much there. Looks uncomfortable. I

:56:33.:56:47.

suspect he'll survive. Forward from Wimmer to Dele Alli. N'Koudou.

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The free kick taken to quickly for the liking of Mike Dean, because

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Villa are preparing, I say a substitution, it's at least one,

:57:16.:57:20.

could be a triple substitution. Albert Adomah is one who is coming.

:57:21.:57:38.

Keinan Davis is coming on. Mile Jedinak coming off. That's Keinan

:57:39.:57:45.

Davis. Gabi Agbonlahor is the third change

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for Ross McCormack. So all three in one go. Keinan Davis for his first

:58:11.:58:16.

appearance of the season, Andre green on, and Ross McCormack, who

:58:17.:58:20.

cost Villa 12 million, has come on. Dele Alli, Son, trivia and Sissoko

:58:21.:58:41.

all forward here for Tottenham Hotspur. -- Trippier. Good play from

:58:42.:58:52.

Spurs, nice and patient, trying to draw Villa out. If they want to get

:58:53.:58:55.

back into the game, they will have to come and press. Vorm's clearance

:58:56.:59:04.

has found its way to Son. The whistle has gone because he was

:59:05.:59:12.

offside. So we've got McCormack and Davies now playing up front for

:59:13.:59:17.

Villa. -- McCormack and Davis. McCormack has been linked with a

:59:18.:59:21.

move away from the club in this transfer window, Steve Bruce denying

:59:22.:59:25.

he has any interest in learning him out to anybody. Wolves among the

:59:26.:59:32.

clubs interested for him. Villa are trying to bring in Henri Lansbury

:59:33.:59:35.

from Nottingham Forest in this window, they are confident of doing

:59:36.:59:39.

that. That's a good ball. Sissoko, good save, stood up well. Sam

:59:40.:59:45.

Johnstone. He wouldn't commit, the goalkeeper, until Sissoko blinked

:59:46.:59:48.

first and it is a good save. He did well. Gets in party will easily

:59:49.:59:55.

here. A poor challenge from Baker, looks like he's struggling still.

:59:56.:59:59.

I'm surprised he wasn't one of the ones to come. That is a foul by

:00:00.:00:11.

Grealish on Dier, but play on. WHISTLE

:00:12.:00:13.

Now there was no proper advantage, so it is a free kick to Spurs.

:00:14.:00:26.

Talk about Vincent Janssen needing a goal, Moussa Sissoko wouldn't mind

:00:27.:00:34.

one either. He has yet to score for Spurs. That is three good saves now

:00:35.:00:43.

from Sam Johnstone. You expect more from Si Sissoko, ?30 million. More

:00:44.:00:47.

goals, more assists, more consistent.

:00:48.:00:57.

Bright feet from N'Koudou. Sissoko behind Ba Mavi and he finds the net

:00:58.:01:13.

and tuts Tottenham into -- and puts Tottenham into the fourth round of

:01:14.:01:19.

the FA Cup. A good finish to to finish Villa's resistance. Right on

:01:20.:01:23.

cue. Talking about Sissoko producing more quality in the final third. It

:01:24.:01:25.

was a good pick out. Really nicely worked. Good give and

:01:26.:01:42.

go. Mistake from Amavi. Poor defending. But a good pick out. Got

:01:43.:01:47.

to be calm when you get in there. Make the right pass. It is a good

:01:48.:01:56.

finish from Son. Good to see Sissoko playing there with with his head up.

:01:57.:02:03.

If you have his pace and power and mobility, you should be really

:02:04.:02:07.

causing problems for teams. But Villa have got what they deserved

:02:08.:02:23.

really. They haven't had a go. 2-0 the referee Mike Dean has played

:02:24.:02:35.

advantage. McCormack. Mike Dean saying free kick now, because there

:02:36.:02:37.

was no advantage. N'Koudou did well. He has been

:02:38.:02:59.

lively since he come on. Not just the goal. Injection of pace he has

:03:00.:03:08.

got. Surprised we haven't seen more of him. His only start in the

:03:09.:03:14.

Tottenham shirt was the EFL Cup tie that they lost at Liverpool. But

:03:15.:03:20.

cost them about ?9 million to get him from Marseille.

:03:21.:03:35.

Amavi rather dived in, but managed to come away with the ball.

:03:36.:03:52.

That is a Spurs throw. Villa had been one of only seven ever present

:03:53.:04:04.

clubs in the Premier League until relegation last season.

:04:05.:04:16.

Spent a lot of money, of investment, in players, trying to get out of

:04:17.:04:28.

that division. McCormack. Offside flag was up. They are lacking a bit

:04:29.:04:37.

of creativity, Villa. I know they're playing a Premier League side today.

:04:38.:04:48.

Moussa Sissoko is coming off. Onomah will replace him. He will be pleased

:04:49.:04:59.

with his assists, Sissoko. On comes another local boy. Josh Onomah. An

:05:00.:05:08.

England under 18 international. Enfield born. Skoerped his first --

:05:09.:05:14.

scored his first Spurs goal earlier this season in the EFL Cup game with

:05:15.:05:17.

Gillingham. N'Koudou did really well and Onomah

:05:18.:06:02.

was not far from tapping in a third. The exuberance of youth. Good play

:06:03.:06:06.

that was. So positive and direct. Great pace. Couldn't quite pick him

:06:07.:06:16.

out. Five minutes to go, Danny, here is Dele Alli, there is the block.

:06:17.:06:22.

Goal kick. Give you a moment to select a Man of the Match. Come back

:06:23.:06:30.

to you in a moment. They are threatening a third now, Spurs.

:06:31.:06:37.

Villa resisted stubbornly and in a very disciplined fashion for a long

:06:38.:06:42.

time. It has been an easy afternoon for them in many ways though.

:06:43.:06:55.

So man of match from you, Danny? It is not the easiest, there has not

:06:56.:07:01.

been too many stand out performances. Very solid

:07:02.:07:07.

performances from Tottenham. Winks has done OK. Probably give to it

:07:08.:07:11.

Trippier. His crossing has been quality. Defended well. Full of

:07:12.:07:15.

energy up and down the right-hand side. Looks like he is trying to

:07:16.:07:18.

keep his shirt. Trying to impress the manager. He is a really good

:07:19.:07:24.

footballer. Carter-Vickers has done well. He

:07:25.:08:11.

hasn't had too much to do. But very solid. Good with the ball.

:08:12.:08:24.

So no Cup Final this year for Steve Bruce, who took Hull to Wembley in

:08:25.:08:32.

that final. 2-0 up in eight minutes against Arsenal. Beaten 3-2 in extra

:08:33.:08:43.

time in the end. But I think he is the right man for the job, given

:08:44.:08:47.

Villa's job at the moment is to get themselves out of the Championship.

:08:48.:09:03.

Grealish caught by Carter-Vickers. Free kick to Aston Villa. Good play

:09:04.:09:10.

that. We have not seen enough of that from him. That low sense of

:09:11.:09:17.

gravity, goes past people easily. Glides with the ball. Grealish is

:09:18.:09:25.

capable of tormenting his opponents. He has actually tormented a couple

:09:26.:09:28.

of his managers as well over the last year or two! Seems to be on the

:09:29.:09:32.

straight and narrow at the moment. Long may it stay that way. Because

:09:33.:09:38.

he is a really good player. I think Steve Bruce will be good for him.

:09:39.:09:41.

Lot of experience. Seen a lot of players over the years.

:09:42.:09:49.

Can they get a consolation? Ross McCormack. It has been a comfortable

:09:50.:09:58.

day for Michel Vorm. Very comfortable. In the first half I

:09:59.:10:02.

understand, you're trying to get your foot into the game. Don't give

:10:03.:10:08.

a goal away early. But when they went 1-0 down, they have thrown the

:10:09.:10:13.

subs on the mentally didn't really change.

:10:14.:10:25.

They have been disappointing in all honesty. Grealish almost got caught,

:10:26.:10:36.

a shout of, man on. Free kick. We are into the 90th minute. If this

:10:37.:10:52.

one was to go in, stranger things have happened - not too many I must

:10:53.:10:57.

confess, but they will still feel if they can get one, there might be

:10:58.:11:02.

enough time, dependant on the the fourth official for them to sneak an

:11:03.:11:08.

unlikely replay. I wouldn't hold your breath, but this has got to go

:11:09.:11:16.

in. Grealish wants it. But Bacuna is a good free kick taker. A minimum of

:11:17.:11:19.

three minutes added. He has had a go and I don't think

:11:20.:11:40.

McCormack will get the next one. Which may well be in the next game.

:11:41.:11:50.

Winks' use of the ball is really good. Good feet. Always knows when

:11:51.:11:57.

people are coming. Good range in his passing. Looks a really good player.

:11:58.:12:22.

Ben Davies is reluctantly retreating to his left-back spot. He has got

:12:23.:12:28.

forward on two or three occasions since that goal. He has done well.

:12:29.:12:33.

Really comfortable with the ball. Doesn't have that pace that Rose has

:12:34.:12:38.

gone. Powers of recovery in that left-back area. But really good

:12:39.:12:40.

footballer. Davies looking for Grealish. It

:12:41.:12:47.

ricochets to Dele Alli. He was trying to stay onside! Had to

:12:48.:13:07.

check his run. He didn't give it him early enough. So he had to stop and

:13:08.:13:15.

then it was too late. He has got something though N'Koudou.

:13:16.:13:21.

Certainly nudged the manager. That is a decent ball from Bacuna.

:13:22.:13:40.

McCormack just didn't quite read it quickly enough. That is all you can

:13:41.:13:45.

do when you come off the bench, try and make an impression, put yourself

:13:46.:13:52.

about. Onomah. Being chased by Hutton. Should be three. Good save

:13:53.:14:01.

again by Sam Johnstone. Well, the onloan Villa keeper has earned his

:14:02.:14:03.

corn. Particularly in the second half. He has had a good afternoon.

:14:04.:14:09.

Done well. Good pass. Just had to take a touch. Stretching a bit.

:14:10.:14:14.

Gives the keeper time to come out. And that is the final whistle at

:14:15.:14:21.

White Hart Lane. Big embrace between the two managers, Aston Villa will

:14:22.:14:26.

return to their attempts to get out of Championship. Steven Clement

:14:27.:14:31.

there is among the coaching staff at Villa, a former Spurs man. But

:14:32.:14:36.

Mauricio Pochettino and Tottenham march on, thanks to a header from

:14:37.:14:43.

Davies. His first ever goal for Tottenham and a second from Son

:14:44.:14:46.

Heung-min to put it out of Villa's reach. So the eight time FA Cup

:14:47.:14:52.

winners are into the fourth round. We have got a couple of goals in the

:14:53.:15:07.

end and Tottenham go through. A much more dominant performance from the

:15:08.:15:12.

home side in the second half and over all, a good victory? Yes you

:15:13.:15:16.

have got to praise the manager. Because he realised that he needed

:15:17.:15:21.

to change things. He did and took Janssen off and brought Dele Alli on

:15:22.:15:28.

and gave them more pace. And they were a lot better in the last 25

:15:29.:15:33.

mibs. Minutes. It could have been three or four. But yes, the best

:15:34.:15:38.

team won, but it wasn't a great game was it?

:15:39.:15:50.

Now there was no proper advantage, so it is a free kick to Spurs.

:15:51.:15:51.

From a Villa perspective, never really in it, and never looking at

:15:52.:15:56.

it. They will be thinking what did we contribute to that game to try

:15:57.:16:00.

and win it. I don't think they were positive enough, they seem to sit in

:16:01.:16:05.

and they stay the same way. The last five minutes it was too late. You

:16:06.:16:09.

can't come to these kind of places and expect to absorb all that

:16:10.:16:14.

pressure. Is that because they don't have the quality always adjust the

:16:15.:16:19.

tactical approach? Steve Bruce possibly got it right in regards to

:16:20.:16:23.

not conceding early on, see how you get on. He would have been happy

:16:24.:16:27.

with the first half, but come the second half you have to try and win

:16:28.:16:32.

the game, surely. I did not see anything from Villa at all.

:16:33.:16:36.

Pochettino will be happy, made the changes that changed the game in the

:16:37.:16:41.

end. Even though it was not one of Tottenham has my greatest displays

:16:42.:16:43.

as we have cinemas in weeks, it keeps that momentum. It is a

:16:44.:16:51.

victory. As Al said, it was his change that probably change the

:16:52.:16:55.

whole course of the game, you are too will be totally delighted about.

:16:56.:17:00.

Villa had a little go at it at one stage in the second car. Too little,

:17:01.:17:07.

too late. I think that Ed mired -- ignited Pochettino to making the

:17:08.:17:14.

changes is made. Let's here from the Tottenham full-backs, the Man of the

:17:15.:17:20.

Match and the matchwinner. You had to work at that but you must be

:17:21.:17:24.

delighted to be true. They made it hard for us, sometimes it seem like

:17:25.:17:27.

coming six at the back. They were hard to break down but I thought we

:17:28.:17:30.

reacted well in the second half and I thought the first goal was crucial

:17:31.:17:33.

and then we were delighted to get the second. You have personally had

:17:34.:17:39.

a couple of decent performances, are you now showing the manager that you

:17:40.:17:44.

can be a regular? I train hard every day, and it is difficult because

:17:45.:17:47.

I've got Kyle in front of the who have been doing excellent. Whenever

:17:48.:17:52.

I am called upon I make sure I do my best to the team. A first goal in a

:17:53.:17:56.

Spurs shirt, a great moment and a great time in the match to get it.

:17:57.:18:01.

It was coming at a tough time in the game for us, starting to get a bit

:18:02.:18:04.

sloppy, making some mistakes looking to get the first goal. In the end,

:18:05.:18:09.

we got it, and from there on we just had to see the game out. There is a

:18:10.:18:14.

big expectation on the Spurs team, then you come into games like this,

:18:15.:18:18.

mentally how much pressure does it add? It is not so much pressure. We

:18:19.:18:23.

expect a lot of ourselves, the standards we have put out in the

:18:24.:18:26.

field, so for us to come out here, we have to have that winning

:18:27.:18:28.

mentality and that's what we had today. Kevin, just finally come it

:18:29.:18:34.

has been a long time since Spurs lifted a trophy, do you feel as a

:18:35.:18:37.

squad this could be the season that you lived a trophy? We just want to

:18:38.:18:44.

take it a game at a time. Hopefully end of the season we can have one of

:18:45.:18:52.

them. All the best. There can't be many squads around the full-back

:18:53.:18:59.

variety they have. They did well, particularly the second half. They

:19:00.:19:02.

have two very good players in front of them, which they will find it

:19:03.:19:06.

very difficult to get in front of those two. With the Villa sitting so

:19:07.:19:13.

far back and bringing on Dele Alli, we were speaking about this. Villa

:19:14.:19:21.

had now won the mark. All those defenders doing nothing at all. Dele

:19:22.:19:31.

Alli just moved around Son. The Villa players were thinking we have

:19:32.:19:35.

no responsibility, that is when a found it difficult. Looked a lot

:19:36.:19:40.

better, Tottenham, when they made the change, unlikely goal-scorer for

:19:41.:19:44.

a full-back. It was like the kind of thing you want to see Janssen doing.

:19:45.:19:48.

Unfortunately for Janssen, it was not his day again, and it was purely

:19:49.:19:51.

because he did not spend enough time in the box. A little bit of movement

:19:52.:19:57.

from Dele Alli and Son, that understanding they have together,

:19:58.:20:01.

N'Koudou when he came onto the pitch, Ben Davies found themselves

:20:02.:20:06.

an unusual position. He has a calmness about him, even in those

:20:07.:20:10.

left-back positions but that is a fantastic header. It is behind him,

:20:11.:20:13.

he has had to guide it into the far corner. As he said himself in his

:20:14.:20:17.

interview, they were getting quite sloppy at the time and they

:20:18.:20:20.

desperately needed that change in personnel, that goal in particular,

:20:21.:20:25.

and after that... See what happens when you get in and around the six

:20:26.:20:30.

yard box! Tell Janssen that, he looks a bit like a poor man's

:20:31.:20:33.

Soldado at the moment and you kind of filter him. He is having a hard

:20:34.:20:38.

time, the lad said they felt sorry for him and I said the manager has

:20:39.:20:41.

to take him off, and the guys were saying leave him on because he would

:20:42.:20:44.

get chances. I was saying the manager's neck is on the line, think

:20:45.:20:49.

you will take off and he did. Never a manager, me, too soft, give him a

:20:50.:20:56.

chance! Big softy. And then Son eventually wrapped things up a

:20:57.:21:00.

Tottenham and it was all over. He came to live towards the back end of

:21:01.:21:07.

the game, Son. Trippier, Man of the Match and a fantastic game. He finds

:21:08.:21:10.

on the right-hand side. This is where he has scored a lot of his

:21:11.:21:17.

goals, this year, Son. He has added this to his game. This is what they

:21:18.:21:22.

weren't doing in the first half, passing, moving, quick, one touch,

:21:23.:21:25.

to touch football to try and dislodge that back four, backfired,

:21:26.:21:31.

whatever it was. That is the change -- back five. And the ball was

:21:32.:21:37.

finding its way into the box because there was movement from two or three

:21:38.:21:39.

players in there, down the side, get it in the box. You ask a question at

:21:40.:21:46.

half-time, how do they dislodge the back six players of Aston Villa?

:21:47.:21:50.

That is how you do it, one touch, movement of the ball, running

:21:51.:21:53.

behind, and they did it very well second half. We have dug through the

:21:54.:22:00.

match and found Villa's probably only wanly -- one touch the macro --

:22:01.:22:09.

one chance in the game. A good challenge. Gabi Agbonlahor's only

:22:10.:22:16.

real chance on goal. But Spurs did well. They were disciplined. Games

:22:17.:22:20.

like this can go away from you if you are not disciplined and you

:22:21.:22:23.

don't concentrate. The manager has got it right, Pochettino. You guys

:22:24.:22:27.

do what you have to do and let the other six: win the game for us. It

:22:28.:22:33.

must be quite concerning, though, as a Villa man, you played there, a

:22:34.:22:37.

club like that, almost like we are looking at real under box here. It

:22:38.:22:43.

was a few months ago they win the Premiership. In fairness, their top

:22:44.:22:49.

scorer was away. They are relying on their top scorer to score the goals

:22:50.:22:53.

for them. But in regards to the club, it is sad to see where they

:22:54.:22:57.

are. It is not a foregone conclusion, when you go down in that

:22:58.:23:00.

Championship it is incredibly difficult to come back out, so don't

:23:01.:23:03.

expect to walk back into the Premier League because you have a big

:23:04.:23:08.

football club. You have to earn the right. Got the right man in charge

:23:09.:23:12.

now though. That is the key, a bit of stability for a while? They have

:23:13.:23:17.

to give him some funds to try to get at that division. He knows better

:23:18.:23:21.

than anyone else, a fantastic record getting teams out and back in, which

:23:22.:23:26.

it looks as if they are going to do, and he will get it right, I'm sure.

:23:27.:23:30.

How close are Spurs to the finished article? This year, they took

:23:31.:23:35.

Manchester City to the cleaners, they gave Chelsea a great game here

:23:36.:23:40.

the other night, and beat them 2-0. They were better than Manchester

:23:41.:23:44.

United to 60 minutes. What's missing, a trophy presumably? The

:23:45.:23:51.

players clearly adore him. The trophy is the obvious thing missing

:23:52.:23:55.

from this group of players. The big thing that Mauricio Pochettino has

:23:56.:23:57.

done at Spurs is change the mentality. Spurs have gone from

:23:58.:24:01.

let's chased the top four, getting into a final, the now we need to win

:24:02.:24:06.

a league, let's do something serious, we are building this huge

:24:07.:24:10.

stadium, developing young players, new training ground, we need to

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change the mentality. Now the fans, everyone is starting to believe that

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so it is about delivering that now. And they have this nucleus of young

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talent. He encourages that, you trust them. They are good players.

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Dele Alli, what a future he has got, Harry Kane is exactly the same,

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scoring goals. If they can get that 11 out that played against Chelsea

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constantly, they are a match for anyone. Hutsby only negative is the

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recruitment in the summer, they spent a lot of money on players that

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haven't really improve what they already had. I believe he will get

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if you more quid at the end of the season to spend. If you get it now

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in January, not that much happens in January, but if they did, where

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would you invest now? Last year, if you look at their midfield they

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looked like. This year they have bought Wanyama and looked solid. He

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has possibly been the best of them. I think a striker to back-up Kane,

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and the 3M behind, I would like to see him get someone really top end,

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who plays in that position to give them a real chance of actually

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winning the league. That is what you need, a world-class player. The

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manager has stripped it back and said let's start at the beginning

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and get it right from the bottom. If we need anything down there in the

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youth team all the under 18 's, U19s, it is there for us. Let's get

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them playing the same way I want to play. They have some seriously good,

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young talent. We saw that with Dele Alli in the week, the two headers.

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He gets into brilliant positions. I said if he worked on his finishing,

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because he has so many chances, it looks as if he is actually doing

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that. He has one hell of a future. The vultures are circling over these

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youngsters, they are seeing what they are capable of. Can they keep

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them at Spurs? Gareth Bale the obvious one. The more goals that

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Harry Kane keeps banging in, Dele Alli. This club has got to turn

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itself into players staying and adding to what they have got.

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Quality attract quality. To do that, they have to win things. They

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certainly do. At Anfield, it was Liverpool against League 2 side,

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Plymouth. Alistair Mann was watching for us.

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COMMENTATOR: Up towards Origi, and he'll get there, now it is a foul,

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he has given the free kick. Last of the whistle halts the celebrations

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before they can really get going. So many times over the years, ties like

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this have been settled in the last five minutes, but goodness me here

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comes Joe this round the back expat forget the thought of just a replay,

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Jervis was thinking we can win it here! -- Jervis. Delivery comes

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towards stowage and is honest and own goal, I think is the last thing

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they would have wanted. It hits, Smith, it could have gone in, it

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didn't. WHISTLE The referee calls time! It's an

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incredible result in FA Cup history. Plymouth Argyle the fourth tier of

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the English game have held the all mighty Liverpool at Anfield!

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Terrific from Plymouth. You can see all of the FA Cup action highlights

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this evening. Liverpool got a replay, the last thing they probably

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want. A lot of changes for them. With the semifinal coming up, also

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have Man Utd at the weekend. Are you better off not playing a strong team

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at the start. Take this competition seriously, get yourself into the

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next round. I sympathise with them a little bit given the fact they have

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the midweek game and United. Soft manager! But now Europe. Another FA

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Cup win the Spurs before the Son goes down on the old White Hart

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Lane. Goodbye. COMMENTATOR: In the history of this

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competition, these two clubs are cupped royalty really.

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Son hit the shot, really good save. Another chance, Agbonlahor blocked.

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N'Koudou, the substitute, oh and it's in, Davies with a glancing

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header. He finds Son, who finds the net and put stop them into

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They want me to write and produce - for a boy band. Oh.

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