Lucas Moura scored arguably Tottenham Hotspur’s best goal in their rout of Marine in the FA Cup on Sunday.
Spurs put the eighth-tier side to the sword with a ruthless display on Merseyside, culminating in a 5-0 win.
Leeds United’s shock defeat at Crawley earlier in the day had whet the appetite for another, far bigger cup upset, but Tottenham stuck to the script and comfortably swatted aside the Northern Premier League Division One outfit.
Jose Mourinho’s troops effectively killed the tie off inside 32 minutes, when a brilliant free kick from Lucas gave the visitors a 3-0 lead, before Carlos Vinicius added another before the break to complete his hat-trick.
The Brazilian winger, a £25 million signing three years ago, beat Bayleigh Passant from just outside the box with a wonderful effort.
And Dion Dublin has claimed during his commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live that it doesn’t matter who the goalkeeper was – it was effectively unsaveable.
He said: “To execute that, from 20 yards, with such ease. Lucas Moura is another player who has had more and more ball – it’s difficult for any keeper. I don’t care who you are, it is a very good free-kick.”
Alfie Devine added a fifth in the second half after coming on at half-time to become the club’s youngest player in history, aged 16 and 163 days.
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