Spurs and Liverpool survive FA Cup scare Football News – Times of India

London: Tottenham avoid embarrassing FA Cup Get out of the hands of the third level Morecambe on Sunday liverpool Low was forced to come from behind to defeat Shrewsbury.
West Ham beat Leeds 2–0 in the only third round match of the day which consisted of two matches. Premier League team while Wolves looking to the championship sheffield united 3-0.
spurs A late flurry of goals from Harry Winks were needed and substitutes for Lucas Moura and Harry Kane to drop their blushes and beat League One club Morecambe 3–1.
Tottenham made eight changes from a team losing to Chelsea in the first leg of their League Cup semi-final in midweek, with Kane taking his first rest under Antonio Conte.
Morecambe boss Stephen Robinson was absent for the game against the club where he began his playing career after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Spurs – 59 places higher than their opponents in the English league system – dominated the opening half-hour, but the guests advanced in the 33rd minute when captain Anthony O’Connor scored from close range.
Home was level in the 74th minute, but they needed a blow – midfielder Winks overhauled a free-kick from the left-hand side, but it caught goalkeeper Trevor Carson and headed into the far corner.
Maura put Spurs forward after scoring a goalkeeper in the 85th minute, and Kane ensured Spurs would go ahead.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was back in the dugout at Anfield after ending his isolation period after testing positive for Covid-19.
Liverpool named five youth team players to their squad after a Covid-affected build-up at home to face League One side Shrewsbury, with more academy players on the bench.
The Merseyside club have also struggled with injuries and are without Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Nabi Keita, all of whom are in the Africa Cup of Nations.
Shrewsbury faced almost half an hour into Liverpool’s possession but struck with his first real attack of any threat, when Daniel Udoh fired home from close after a Nathanael Ogbeta cross.
Shrewsbury took the lead just seven minutes before Kaede Gordon scored his first goal for the club at the end of the coop.
The right leg of the 17-year-old controlled Connor Bradley before slipping home with one foot into the crowded penalty area with the other.
Liverpool were ahead just before half-time when Ethan Ebanks-Landel handled an aerial challenge with Virgil van Dijk and Fabinho scored a penalty.
Substitute Roberto Firmino extended Liverpool’s lead with a close backheel in 12 minutes from time and Fabinho scored his second to make it 4–1 with the final kick of the game.
West Ham took the lead in the 34th minute at the London Stadium when Manuel Lanzini beat home and Jarrod Bowen doubled the home team’s lead in stoppage time.
Wolves beat Sheffield United by two goals from Daniel Podens and one by Nelson Semedo, while Premier League strugglers Norwich beat third-tier Charlton 1–0.
Fourteen-time FA Cup winners Arsenal are in action at Nottingham Forest starting late on Sunday.
Premier League side Newcastle suffered a 1-0 loss to third-tier Cambridge on Saturday, while non-League sides Kidderminster and Boreham Wood also booked their places in the fourth round.

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