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 vs Tottenham: Recent results
Middlesbrough have been in indifferent form since knocking Manchester United out of the FA Cup in the last round. They’ve played five Championship games with two wins, two losses and a draw. Last time out Boro went three goals down against Barnsley inside of an hour and couldn’t claw back a result despite two second half goals from Andraz Sporar and Liam Kitching respectively.
Tottenham come into the game on the back of a 4-0 victory over Leeds in which Harry Kane once again stole the show. Spurs have lost three and won two of their five Premier League games since defeating Brighton in the last round of the FA Cup and they are poised to make a run at the Champions League spots.
Middlesbrough vs Tottenham: Injuries and absentees
Matt Crooks has completed a two-game suspension and should come back into the Middlesbrough starting XI but Marc Bola is definitely out with a knee injury.
Riley McGree missed Middlesbrough’s game against Barnsley at the weekend with a tight calf and is a doubt for tonight’s match but Arsenal loanee Folarin Balogun is pushing for a starting place.
For Tottenham, Rodrigo Bentancur misses the game with an ankle problem with Oliver Skipp and Japhet Tanganga doubtful to feature. Lucas Moura could miss out as well after a knock in training forced him out of Tottenham’s 4-0 victory over Leeds.
Tottenham boss Antonio Conte admits there is a ‘strategy’ to his press conferences
Tottenham boss Antonio Conte insists there is always a “strategy” behind his dramatic press conferences.
The Italian appeared to cast doubt over his future after last week’s defeat to Burnley when he claimed he was “not good enough” to fix Spurs’ problems and that the club needed to make an assessment on his position.
The comments, which came 24 hours after he said he was happy at the club, were put down to Conte being an emotional character, but he says that his words always carry a specific intention.
“I think that you have to understand when there is a strategy or not and not only an emotional moment,” he said.
“It is not right to stay here and explain why I talk in a way and after three days I spoke in another way. Maybe I can explain to you, every time we have a press conference there is a strategy behind it, not an emotional moment.
“I understood that was the right moment, after four defeats in five games and winning the game against Manchester City three days ago, to send the right message, a clear message to myself, the club and also the players.”
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Antonio Conte admits there is a ‘strategy’ to his press conferences
The Spurs manager says that his words always carry a specific intention
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