A solitary goal from Harry Kane did the damage for Tottenham Hotspur today.
Spurs edged past Portsmouth in North London to move into the fourth round of the FA Cup.
The 29-year-old hitman struck on 50 minutes to down the lower-league outfit on an otherwise promising outing for them.
Pompey were under the guidance of caretaker boss Simon Bassey.
And he has claimed the fact that a brilliant goal from a world-class footballer like Kane was the difference speaks volumes for how hard his troops fought today.
He said via BBC Sport: “I’m really pleased with them, we limited a top side and made a world-class player score a world-class goal. When Harry Kane has to pull that out of the bag, it says something.”
Tottenham went into the contest on the back of a 4-0 demolition of Crystal Palace in midweek.
But the fact that Antonio Conte’s side weren’t convincing winners might worry the Italian manager.
Yes, Conte made some changes, but the likes of Kane and Son Heung-min were still playing and even those two alone could’ve made this a decimation.
You would hope that their resounding win at Selhurst Park could be a ‘turning the corner’ moment but given how unconvincing they were today, who really knows?
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