FA Cup – With a double, Harry Kane propels Tottenham into the round of 16 against Brighton (3-1)

Quickly done well done ! 25 minutes were enough for Antonio Conte’s Spurs to secure their qualification for the 5th round of the FA Cup against Brighton (3-1) on Saturday evening, despite Yves Bissouma’s narrowing of the gap at the time of game. First scorer of the game, Harry Kane delivered a great game (again), while the Seagulls paid a heavy price for their defensive errors. Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentencur played their first minutes in Tottenham jerseys.

They didn’t make the suspense last. Dropped in the league and eliminated in the League Cup, Spurs are counting on the FA Cup, a competition they have won eight times, the last of which was in 1991. So, on Saturday evening, they put in the means: a typical team with an attacking trident Kane /Son/Moura and two goals scored before half an hour of play. Well helped, it must be admitted, by a very wait-and-see Brightonian defense.

An inspired attack

Harry Kane did not need these offerings. A bad raise from the opposing goalkeeper on him? His recovery from close range did not hit the bull’s eye. Ten seconds later, he sent a sumptuous curling shot from 25 meters right into the top corner of Robert Sanchez (1-0, 13th).

If, true to his style, he spent most of the match to win, the 28-year-old Englishman scored his second goal of the evening like a fox from the surfaces. Heung-Min Son launched into a slalom of which he has the secret and had the ball removed in the area by a defender. Kane had followed well and threw himself to restore two lengths ahead of his family (3-1, 66th).

The first steps of the recruits

Because, yes, Brighton did not abdicate after Solly March’s own goal (2-0, 23rd). Graham Potter’s men responded in the second half to a heavy strike from Yves Bissouma, deflected by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, who left Hugo Lloris stunned (2-1, 63rd). The hope for a crazy end to the game lasted three minutes.

Relieved by the reaction of his players and launched on the road to the 5th round of the FA Cup like Manchester City, Antonio Conte took the opportunity to launch his new recruits, Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentencur. The first named almost distributed his first assist, but Steven Bergwjin harvested the offering (83rd).