Ten-man Manchester United beat Arsenal 5-3 on penalties after a dramatic 1-1 draw within the FA Cup third spherical, whereas Tottenham wanted further time earlier than seeing off non-league Tamworth 3-0 on Sunday. Defeated 2-0 by Arsenal within the Premier League in December, FA Cup holders United exacted revenge on their return to the Emirates Stadium to increase their revival after final weekend’s spectacular draw at Liverpool. Ruben Amorim’s troubled facet took the lead by Bruno Fernandes, who smashed an outstanding strike into the far nook from the sting of the world within the 52nd minute. United defender Diogo Dalot was despatched off for a second reserving after fouling Mikel Merino 9 minutes later.
Gabriel Magalhaes grabbed Arsenal’s equaliser within the 63rd minute, the Brazilian defender swivelling to hit a low shot that took a hefty deflection off Matthijs de Ligt.
However Arsenal wasted a golden alternative to take the lead when Harry Maguire’s smooth problem on Kai Havertz was dominated a penalty.
The livid United defender and team-mate Manuel Ugarte had been concerned in a melee with a number of Arsenal gamers earlier than Altay Bayindir saved Martin Odegaard’s spot-kick.
Havertz missed a number of possibilities to win it and the German was culpable once more within the shoot-out as his effort was saved by Bayindir, organising the much-maligned Joshua Zirkzee to stroke house the decisive kick.
Tottenham, at the moment twelfth within the Premier League, are 96 locations above Tamworth, who sit sixteenth within the fifth-tier Nationwide League.
The supposed hole in high quality was not often obvious as Tottenham’s dismal show took them to the brink of a historic humiliation.
An element-time crew whose gamers work day jobs alongside their soccer careers and solely prepare twice as week, Tamworth matched their highly-paid and supposedly superior opponents for lengthy intervals on the Lamb Floor’s sloping synthetic pitch.
They need to have induced one of many FA Cup’s biggest upsets in regular time however their missed possibilities proved essential.
– Spurs survive –
Nathan Tshikuna’s extra-time personal aim and late strikes from Dejan Kulusevski and Brennan Johnson despatched Tottenham into the fourth spherical.
Tottenham final received a serious trophy in 2008, however the under-fire boss Ange Postecoglou boasts he at all times wins silverware in his second season at a membership.
Having crushed Liverpool 1-0 within the League Cup semi-final first leg on Wednesday, Tottenham stay in competition for a home cup double regardless of a troubled season.
“It was a difficult sport as we anticipated it to be,” Postecoglou mentioned.
“They made it exhausting for us, with the floor it was about us staying calm and being persistent. In the long run, we acquired the job achieved.”
Tamworth boss Andy Peaks added: “Upset as a result of we had been that near inflicting a large upset.
“Everybody put a shift in and if you have a look at the crew we had been up in opposition to, it was unbelievable from our boys.”
Tottenham had been solely the fourth Premier League facet since 1992-93 to be taken to further time in an FA Cup sport in opposition to a non-league membership.
Tottenham’s A hundred and first-minute breakthrough was consistent with their scrappy efficiency as Johnson’s cross deflected in off Tshikuna as he tried to cease Dominic Solanke making contact.
Kulusevski killed off plucky Tamworth six minutes later, taking Son Heung-min’s cross and firing previous Jas Singh.
There was nonetheless time for Johnson to place a flattering gloss on the rating for Tottenham with a medical end within the 118th minute.
Newcastle survived a scare from fourth-tier Bromley in a 3-1 victory that gave them eight successive wins in all competitions.
Cameron Congreve’s long-range strike gave Bromley an eighth-minute lead at St James’ Park of their first FA Cup third spherical look.
However Lewis Miley’s 25-yard blast hauled Newcastle stage within the sixteenth minute.
Anthony Gordon transformed a Forty ninth-minute penalty earlier than Will Osula’s 61st-minute rocket accomplished week for Newcastle, who received 2-0 at Arsenal within the League Cup semi-final first leg.
Crystal Palace beat third-tier Stockport 1-0 at Selhurst Park, whereas Ipswich defeated third-tier Bristol Rovers 3-0 at Portman Street.
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