Tottenham Hotspur produced a ruthless second-half display to brush aside Tranmere Rovers on Friday night, booking their place in round four of the FA Cup with a 7-0 win at Prenton Park.
Fernando Llorente scored three of Tottenham's six second-half goals after Serge Aurier had opened the scoring 40 minutes into the match.
Aurier doubled his tally during a quick burst of Spurs goals, while Son Heung-min added to his two assists by scoring one of his own and was later joined on the scoresheet by substitute Harry Kane.
Relive how the 90 minutes of action unfolded on Merseyside with Sports Mole's live text updates below.
STARTING XI: Gazzaniga; Foyth, Sanchez, Davies; Aurier, Skipp, Dele, Walker-Peters; Lucas, Llorente, Son
SUBS: Vorm, Alderweireld, Eyoma, Marsh, Sissoko, Eriksen, Kane
STARTING XI: Davies; Ellis, Monthe, McNulty; Caprice, Harris, McCullough, Gilmour, Ridehalgh; Norwood, Jennings
SUBS: Passant, Bakayogo, Buxton, Sutton, Stockton, Mullin, Banks
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Micky Mellon: "We've had five games in 14 days which has been tough, but there's a massive game at the end of it, and that's Tottenham. It's great that you can have a group of players that were playing in the National League now playing against what the Premier League table says is the second-best team in England - it's brilliant. It's what football should be all about."
Mauricio Pochettino: "It's a positive challenge for us. We know very well if we are not at our best then it's going to be a very difficult game. We are going to be competitive and have a very good team. We need to be sure we that we show our best face and that we show we're competitive and have the right attitude. That's going to be the key in this type of competition like the FA Cup. If you're not right and you don't take it the right way then you can struggle.
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TRANMERE ROVERS SUBS: Passant, Bakayogo, Buxton, Sutton, Stockton, Mullin, Banks
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR SUBS: Vorm, Alderweireld, Eyoma, Marsh, Sissoko, Eriksen, Kane
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