Middlesbrough vs Tottenham LIVE: FA Cup fifth round result, final score and reaction tonight
Relive all the action as Antonio Conte’s side dumped out of FA Cup
Teenager Josh Coburn was the hero as Middlesbrough produced another FA Cup upset by knocking out Tottenham with a 1-0 extra-time victory in the fifth round.
Boro dumped Manchester United out on penalties at Old Trafford in the fourth round and followed it up in style to beat Spurs, with 19-year-old Josh Coburn’s 107th-minute strike settling the tie.
The Championship outfit were the better side throughout, booking their quarter-final spot and ensuring Spurs will end another season without a trophy after an abject display on Teesside.
Middlesbrough now join Manchester City and Crystal Palace in the quarter-finals after both Premier League sides recorded victories of their own.
Relive all the action from the Riverside Stadium below.
Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Tottenham
15 mins: Dael Fry, Harry Kane and Anfernee Dijksteel all leap at the same aerial ball as it drops into the Middlesbrough half. Fry and Dijksteel clash heads with the centre-back staying down after the collision. The physios come on to give him a check over and it looks like he’ll be able to play on.
Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Tottenham
12 mins: Tottenham are slowly taking control of the game as they maintain possession and look to play Son Heung-min and Dejan Kulusevski into little pockets of space. An aerial ball comes down the left side for Son but he’s matched stride-for-stride by Dijksteel and the Middlesbrough defender holds him off long enough for Joe Lumley to fly out for his area and boot the ball back down the pitch.
Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Tottenham
9 mins: Peterborough vs Manchester City has reached half-time with the game goalless and there hasn’t been a goal in the match between Crystal Palace and Stoke either.
Back at the Riverside Ryan Sessegnon goes on a driving run up the inside left channel. He shrugs off Anfernee Dijksteel on his way into the area before squaring a pass over towards Harry Kane. Dael Fry squeezes in front of the Tottenham forward though and works the ball clear.
Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Tottenham
6 mins: Middlesbrough send the ball out to Marcus Tavernier on the left wing and he whips a teasing cross into the Tottenham box but can’t pick out a teammate and Spurs nod the ball clear
The home side have started confidently, they’re passing the ball around nicely and aren’t afraid to get stuck in in midfield.
Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Tottenham
3 mins: Tottenham win an early corner that Son Heung-min slots short to Harry Winks. He curls a cross into the box from a more favourable angle and looks to pick out Harry Kane but Middlesbrough managed to work it away from the near post.
Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Tottenham
Kick off: Dejan Kulusevski gets the match started at the Riverside stadium. Middlesbrough press up the pitch and force the ball loose on their right wing before recovering possession in midfield. Good start from the home side.
Middlesbrough vs Tottenham
As a manager Antonio Conte has only lost one of his 11 domestic cup matches against lower ranked opposition with eight wins and two draws.
That defeat came when Conte was in charge of Atalanta in 2009 when they lost 1-0 to Lumezzane in the Coppa Italia fourth round.
Middlesbrough vs Tottenham
Tottenham haven’t made it past the fifth round of the FA Cup since the 2017-18 season but they have reached the last four in each of the last four seasons they have done so.
Spurs have been knocked out at this stage in each of the last two seasons; versus Norwich in 2019-20 and against Everton last year.
Middlesbrough vs Tottenham: Conte’s pre-match thoughts
Antonio Conte gave his thoughts to BBC Sport before kick off saying that his team are ready for tonight’s match and have the sights set of winning the competition this year. He said:
We are in a good moment of form despite the defeat against Burnley, but we are in a good performance - to win against Manchester City and Leeds has to give us the right confidence. Tonight is another competition, an important competition and important trophy.
“We are ready to play a good game. For every team it has the same importance, it is a trophy and the difficulty in this moment to win a trophy in England, there are maybe the best teams in the world, and to lift the trophy you have to beat them.
“We have to become a stable team and for this reason have to face every game in the same way to try to get three points, get the best result. We don’t play alone, there is the opponent who has the same idea.”
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