Fulham 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur: FA Cup fifth round as it happened
Spurs join Chelsea, Middlesbrough, Millwall and Lincoln City in QF draw.
- Harry Kane scores second hat-trick of 2017 to seal win.
- Tottenham join Chelsea, Lincoln City, Millwall and Middlesbrough in quarter-final draw.
- Jan Vertonghen completes impressive 90 minutes on his return from injury.
- Mauricio Pochettino made five changes to the side that lost to Gent on Thursday.
And Kane kills over any slim hopes of a Fulham comeback. It's slack marking again from Fulham as Eriksen looks inside to Alli who slides a wonderful first-time ball through for Kane who has kept himself onside. He's one one one with Bettinelli and makes no mistake, drilling a precise finish in at the near post.
Tottenham double their lead! Big suspicions of offside but Harry Kane's second of the game will stand. It's another very simple goal with Trippier again in acres of space down the right, cutting the ball back to Eriksen who swings the cross into the six yard area. It's another instinctive finish from Kane who makes no mistake in finding the back of the net.
Tottenham take the lead! They have Kieran Trippier's quick thinking to thank for that, he takes a throw in quickly to free Eriksen down the inside right channel with the Fulham left-back out of position. The Dane dinks an inviting ball across goal where Kane is on the spot to stick out a boot and stick it past Bettinelli.
Kick-off is coming up very shortly - here's another look at the starting line-ups.
Fulham: Bettinelli, Odoi, Kalas, Ream, Malone, McDonald, Johansen, Kebano, Cairney, Ayite, Aluko
Subs: Parker, Cyriac, Madl, Piazon, Martin, Button, Sessegnon
Tottenham: Vorm, Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Winks, Wanyama, Son, Alli, Eriksen, Kane
Subs: Janssen, Sissoko, Dembele, Onomah, Wimmer, Pau Lopez, Carter-Vickers
This man is back in the starting XI today. Harry Kane completed the full 90 minutes on Thursday [16 February] but suffered a knock late on at the Ghelamco Arena against Gent. Having been assessed by the Spurs medical staff, the 16-goal striker has been given the all clear to start.
Good thing, too. He is the only Spurs player to have got himself on the score sheet in their last four games.
Mauricio Pochettino has made five changes to the side that lost to Gent on Thursday but it is still a relatively strong starting XI he has fielded. Kieran Trippier is in for Kyle Walker at right-back while Harry Winks partners Victor Wanyama in midfield.
The likes of Cameron Carter-Vickers, Kevin Wimmer and Josh Onomah remain on the bench alongside Vincent Janssen. Mousa Dembele also starts from the bench today.
The familiar partnership of Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld is also back, with Michel Vorm also resuming goalkeeping duties.
While Harry Kane and Jan Vertonghen have slight chances of being involved today, someone we won't be seeing is Danny Rose. The left-back has been sidelined with a knee injury suffered in the goalless draw at Sunderland at the end of January and while Mauricio Pochettino is pleased with his progress, no return date has been pencilled in.
Likewise with Erik Lamela; he continues his recovery from a hip injury that has ruled him out since last October.
Danny Rose is on plan, he's very positive, a good reaction after his injury, Erik Lamela is building step by step, positive too. We're happy with the way [the injured players] are training.
Today's FA Cup match would seemingly be the perfect opportunity for Mauricio Pochettino to utilise some of the fringe members of his squad. Cameron Carter-Vickers, Harry Winks, Josh Onomah and Georges-Kévin Nkoudou were among those called into the first-team that afternoon, but the narrow 4-3 win didn't impress the manager on that January afternoon.
In his post-match comments, Pochettino sent a warning message to his underperforming players. Will they get another chance today?
Full credit to Wycombe and how they played the first half as they were better than us.
"You know we are a team which is involved in different competitions, and if you are in the Tottenham squad for this type of game you can play. If you cannot play in this type of game then we will have a problem.
Mauricio Pochettino on Harry Kane's chances of playing today.
"I think we need to assess some players. Harry Kane got a knock on his knee, different players too. We need to refresh the team and we'll do that. It's not the name of the players, it's the club. We'll see, but we'll put out a team with aims to win and be ready again to compete."
Team news: Tottenham
Mauricio Pochettino plans to make a late decision on the availability of Jan Vertonghen and Harry Kane for this afternoon's clash in west London.
Vertonghen has not played since suffering ankle ligament damage during a routine Premier League win over West Brom in January. Kane picked up a minor knee problem towards the latter stages of last night's disappointing Europa League last-32 first-leg defeat to Gent.
After surging back into Premier League title contention, it's all gone a bit awry for Tottenham in recent weeks. Since that thrilling 4-3 win over Wycombe Wanderers in the fourth round of this competition, Mauricio Pochettino's side have managed just one win in four, scoring just one goal in that period – a penalty from Harry Kane against Middlesbrough. Back-to-back defeats against Liverpool in the Premier League and Gent in the Europa League on Thursday have left the Spurs boss with plenty to think about.
With a play-off spot in their sights, Fulham are hoping to keep a cup run going too. The Whites are on a run of form successive home wins in all competitions and have tasted defeat just once in their last 11 games at Craven Cottage.
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