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      Watch Son laugh and Bale call for yellow card as Dele Alli takes comical tumble in Spurs’ win over Marine

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      DELE ALLI had the Tottenham bench in stitches with a comical tumble in the FA Cup win over non-League opponents Marine.
      The Spurs star, 24, ran the show in the first half for Jose Mourinho’s side as they avoided one of the biggest cup upsets of all time with a dominant display at the Rossett Park Stadium.

      Dele Alli begins to lose his footing Credit: BBC

      Son Heung-min could be seen chuckling on the benchCredit: BBC

      Alli picked out Carlos Vinicius to break the deadlock in the 24th minute before playing a key role in the striker’s second of the afternoon.
      Tottenham were eager to avoid a humiliating defeat to their eighth-tier opponents and put on a professional display to lead by four goals at the break.
      But Alli provided some light relief for his team-mates shivering on the bench as he lost his footing in hilarious style.
      A clip shared by Match of the Day shows the 24-year-old moving into space to pick up a pass from Ben Davies but just as the ball comes towards, totally unmarked, him he topples over backwards, almost in slow-motion.

      He laughed off the amusing incident by checking his studs.
      But there was no chance Son Heung-min and Sergio Reguilon would let him forget it as they chucked away on the bench, while Gareth Bale waved an imaginary yellow card.
      Tottenham booked their place in the fourth round with a 5-0 win.
      Alli was replaced by Bale midway through the second half after 16-year-old Alfie Devine netted his first goal for the club, and Spurs’ fifth.

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      The England international has endured a difficult campaign after falling out of favour under Mourinho.
      The Marine tie was only his 12th appearance of the season, while he has not started a Premier League game since the opener against Everton.
      But his impressive performance in the cup clash will have done his confidence the world of good.

      Alli has been linked with a move away from Tottenham in this transfer window.
      A reunion with Mauricio Pochettino at Paris Saint-Germain is on the cards.
      SunSport reported on Christmas Day that one of Pochettino’s top January targets is Alli, who was a regular for Spurs under the Argentine.

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      BBC viewers in hysterics as Dion Dublin uses ‘stairs leading up to the bedroom’ catchphrase in Marine vs Spurs clash

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      DION DUBLIN left BBC viewers in stitches after using his famous catchphrase within 40 seconds of Marine and Tottenham’s FA Cup clash.
      The Homes Under the Hammer presenter was co-commentating alongside Guy Mowbray for the third-round tie between eighth-tier Marine and Premier League contenders Spurs.

      Marine’s Rosset Park is surrounded by housesCredit: Getty Images

      Former Coventry and Aston Villa striker Dublin sent social media wild with his signature mention of ‘stairs leading up to bedrooms’ after Mowbray referenced the neighbourhood backdrop of Marine’s Rosset Park.
      Mowbray said: “The man alongside me couldn’t be enjoying himself more this afternoon – Dion Dublin is watching football surrounded by homes.”
      Referring to the pair’s position in the commentary box, Dublin replied: “At least their stairs will be leading to bedrooms, we had to come up a ladder tonight.”
      Several fans were anticipating a line from Dublin regarding the game’s unusual setting, with one tweeting: “If Dion Dublin doesn’t mention the houses on the other side of the pitch and get the phrase ‘stairs going up to the bedroom’ into his co-commentary honestly what is the point?”

      After the remark from Dublin, one viewer tweeted: “Big fan of Dion Dublin referencing Stairs leading up to the Bedroom within the first minute tonight.
      “Just loves it. What a guy.”
      Another commented: “Dion Dublin referencing ‘stairs going up to the bedroom’ while commentating might just be the greatest moment of my life.
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      Co-commentator Dublin has been a presenter on Homes Under the Hammer since 2015

      “What a man.”
      Another tweeted that Dublin using the phrase was ‘the magic of the cup’.
      Dublin has been a presenter on Homes Under the Hammer since 2015.
      Tottenham eased to a 5-0 victory over Marine to progress to the fourth round, with goals from Lucas Moura, 16-year-old Alfie Devine and a hat-trick from Carlos Vinicius.

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      Marine 0 Tottenham 5: Carlos Vinicius nets hat-trick as Mourinho’s men dodge eighth-tier banana skin

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      PLENTY of us have imagined that if a Jose Mourinho team was playing in our back garden, we would draw the curtains.
      Not so the back-garden army who watched from treetops, ladders, shed roofs and verandas as Tottenham ran riot at Marine’s Rossett Park.

      Tottenham dodged the Marine banana skin in front of their back garden faithfulCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      Carlos Vinicius thumped Tottenham ahead after 24 minutesCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      There was even a cardboard cut-out of Jurgen Klopp peering over the fence of one of the houses which back on to the Merseyside home of the Northern Premier League Division One North West club.
      But if the setting had been perfect for the quintessential FA Cup upset, then Mourinho’s men were in no mood to be the bumbling anti-heroes of some romantic comedy.
      Spurs made the largest gulf in league positions in the 150-year history of this competition look exactly that with four goals in 13 first-half minutes.
      Before the rout began, though, there was one moment to leave the curtain-twitching nosey neighbours agog.

      After keeping a strong Spurs side at arm’s length for the opening 19 minutes, Marine’s trainee plumber Neil Kengni sprinted clear from the halfway line and produced a powerful 30-yard shot.
      Joe Hart – 75 England caps, an FA Cup and Premier League title-winner – seemingly imagined the effort was heading over – yet Kengni’s effort dipped and crashed off his crossbar.
      This stunning moment jolted Spurs into life and they were four-up by half-time – Dele Alli the architect, Carlos Vinicius the scorer of a quick-fire hat-trick, his fellow Brazilian Lucas Moura thumping home a free-kick.
      The boys from the homeland of the beautiful game would have known little like this – but there was a curious kind allure about this ultimate third-round fixture.

      Marine’s collection of binmen, teachers and NHS workers, managed by railwayman Neil Young, had been gifted Everton’s training facilities and Liverpool’s scouting insights on Mourinho’s men.
      Yet that was never going to be nearly enough, if Spurs arrived here with their heads screwed on – and despite that slow start, the game faces of the Premier League side were soon apparent.
      Mourinho made nine changes from the side which booked a Wembley date in the Carabao Cup Final by beating Brentford on Tuesday – but those coming in included Alli, Hart and Toby Alderweireld, as well as teenage midfielder Harvey White, who was handed a first senior start.
      With a gulf of 161 league positions between the two clubs, surely an upset was impossible?
      Yet in the first round, Marine had knocked out Colchester United, who had defeated Spurs in last season’s League Cup.
      And Mourinho had suffered one major FA Cup shock – when his Chelsea side blew a two-goal lead and were beaten 4-2 at home by Bradford City in 2015.
      So nothing is entirely beyond possibility’s realms – especially with a dodgy playing surface and a stubborn, packed defence.
      For 23 minutes, these sort of hopes would have been shared by those braving the cold to drink champagne in their backyards.
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      Neil Kengni came closest to making Marine’s cupset dream come trueCredit: PA:Press Association

      Tottenham put in a professional showing to book their place in Monday’s drawCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Yet after Kengni’s nearly moment, unlikely dreams soon turned to dust.
      Within four minutes of that, Marine’s resistance ended when Alli played a one-two with Gedson Fernandes and centred low for Vinicius to miscontrol, but then gather himself to round keeper Bayleigh Passant and thump into an empty net with a certain level of relief.
      Alli, who was certainly up to the latest personality test handed to him by the sceptical Mourinho, was at it again on the half hour.
      This time a gorgeous lofted pass was met with Matt Doherty’s cushioned volley, which was saved by Passant but poked in by Vinicius on the rebound.
      Moura hammered home a curling free-kick, then Vinicious completed his treble with a cute, lofted side-footed finish.
      At half-time, Mourinho sent on Alfie Devine for his first-team debut and the 16-year-old soon became Tottenham’s youngest-ever FA Cup scorer when he cut in from the left and drilled in a shot which beat Passant at his near post.

      Vinicius scored a first-half hat-trick to seal the winCredit: AFP

      Jose Mourinho put out a strong side featuring a handful of kidsCredit: AP:Associated Press

      Marine fans were not able to attend the game but those with garden vantage points made sure to get a good viewCredit: AFP or licensors

      Gareth Bale was given a late cameo off the benchCredit: Reuters

      If there was any relief among Marine’s players when Alli was withdrawn, there would have been wry smiles at the identity of his replacement – the four-time Champions League winner Gareth Bale.
      Spurs had shown Marine respect with their cast-list and with their performance too.
      They could not turn this into a complete annihilation job – or perhaps they didn’t truly wish to.
      It was a happy occasion for miserable times. Neighbourhood watch had never been so much fun.

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      Despondent Marcelo Bielsa full of ‘sadness and disappointment’ after Leeds dumped out of FA Cup by League Two Crawley

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      MARCELO BIELSA was left dismayed after Leeds continued their miserable run in cup competitions under his management.
      While the Whites have excelled in the league during the Argentine’s tenure, Sunday saw their second cupset of the campaign.

      Marcelo Bielsa rued Leeds’ shock defeat to Crawley on SundayCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd

      The League Two side put their top-flight opponents to the sword in the second-halfCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd

      Crawley scored three times in the second-half to shock the Premier League side.
      Nick Tsaroulla put the League Two side ahead on 50 minutes, wriggling his way through the Leeds defence in a fine individual effort.
      Moments later, Ashley Nadesan’s strike was allowed to creep in at the near-post by reserve goalkeeper Kiko Casilla.
      And Jordan Tunnicliffe poked home a late rebound to seal a memorable day for Crawley.

      Speaking after the game, Bielsa accepted his side – who also lost on penalties to League 1 Hull in the Carabao Cup in September – were ‘sad’ and ‘disappointed’ by the defeat.
      He stated: “We couldn’t unbalance them when we attacked, we had the ball for a long period of time but we couldn’t do much with it.
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      The result generates a lot of sadness and disappointment for us.
      Marcelo Bielsa

      “We played better than the opponent in the first-half and the game was played how we wanted it to be played, even if we didn’t create much danger.

      “And in the second-half, the game was played how the opponents wanted it to be played and they did create danger to deserve the goals that they scored.
      “The result generates a lot of sadness and disappointment for us.”
      Bielsa’s Leeds have enjoyed a stellar return to the top-flight after the 65-year-old led his team to last season’s Championship title.
      Yet cup competitions continue to evade the Yorkshire side, who have fallen in the third round of the FA Cup and second round of the Carabao Cup in each of his three seasons in charge.
      Crawley boss John Yems looked ahead to Monday’s draw after the club’s first-ever FA Cup win over a Premier League team.

      He said: “You have to enjoy these games – you work hard enough for it.
      “It was a really good team performance and it’s clear that we’ve got 11 star men.
      “These players have got a lot to prove to the clubs who have released them and we’ve showed what we can do against a really good side.
      “Let’s see who we get in the next round and enjoy the moment.”

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      Man City ace Sergio Aguero to miss Brighton and Palace games as he self-isolates after contact with coronavirus case

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      MANCHESTER CITY star Sergio Aguero missed his side’s FA Cup win over Birmingham as he was self-isolating.
      The Argentine was unavailable for the 3-0 victory at the Etihad after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for coronavirus.

      Sergio Aguero is self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19Credit: PA:Press Association

      Aguero himself has tested negative but has still been forced into isolation under government protocols.
      Aguero, 32, had been hoping to make his first start since October against the Championshp side after several struggles with injuries this season.
      But he was forced out of City’s matchday squad after coming into close contact with someone who later tested positive for Covid-19.
      Speaking post-match, City manager Guardiola said: “He is isolating, unfortunately.

      “He was in contact with one person who was positive. It is a pity. It was a perfect day to get minutes but unfortunately, he has to be a few days out.”
      Aguero’s 10-day isolation period means the striker is set to miss City’s Premier League clashes against Brighton and Crystal Palace.
      He becomes the ninth City first team player in three weeks to isolate.
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      In Aguero’s absence, Bernardo Silva bagged a brace, while Phil Foden was also on target to continue his recent run of goalscoring form.
      City were able to welcome back Kyle Walker and Gabriel Jesus after both players previously tested positive for coronavirus.
      The absence of Cityzens first-team stars alongside two backroom staff had let to the postponement of the club’s game against Everton last month.

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      Marine joke they rejected chance to sign Mesut Ozil for FA Cup fairytale tie against Tottenham

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      MARINE have jokingly claimed they rejected the chance to sign Arsenal outcast Mesut Ozil to help beat north London rivals Tottenham.
      The Merseyside club are attempting to achieve the greatest upset in FA Cup history when they face Jose Mourinho’s side at Rossett Park.

      Marine have trolled Mesut Ozil ahead of their FA Cup clash with SpursCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      Marine, who feature in the eighth tier of English football, are 161-places below Spurs – the largest gap between two sides in the competition ever.
      Unfortunately, the UK’s lockdown will mean Paul Leary’s men will be without fans when they face the Premier League giants.
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      However, Spurs have helped Marine in managing to sell over 21,000 virtual tickets to help the club’s finances.

      But the Mariners have assured supporters they don’t need help on the pitch after joking that they rejected Ozil’s services for Sunday’s clash.
      They tweeted: “TEAM NEWS. On Friday @Arsenal offered us Ozil on loan to help us beat @SpursOfficial.
      “I’m sorry our bench is already sorted unfortunately.”
      And fans were in stiches at Marine’s trolling, with one replying: “Just like that, Marine became a second club to millions of Spurs fans.”

      Another said: “Let me be clear. This tweet alone has caused me to buy a ticket for tonight. Top work Marine admin.”
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      Ozil meanwhile will offer Arsenal the chance to get him out of the club this month, SunSport revealed this weekend.
      The German has options to leave the Emirates during the transfer window but the Gunners would need to cough up the remainder of his £350,000-a-week deal which still has six months to run.
      Turkish club Fenerbahce are working hard to try to sign Ozil but an agreement is far from in place.

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      Watch Crawley hero Tsaroulla break down in interview as he celebrates knocking Leeds out of Cup after car crash hell

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      CRAWLEY’s giantkilling hero Nick Tsaroulla broke down in tears live on TV after scoring to help dump Leeds out of the FA Cup.
      The Cyprus Under-21s defender was released by Spurs in 2018 after a terrible car crash kept him out for an entire YEAR.

      Nick Tsaroulla was tearful in his post-match interviewCredit: BBC

      Tsaroulla smashed home his first ever senior goal against LeedsCredit: Alamy Live News

      And he struggled to contain his emotions after setting the League Two outfit on their way to a 3-0 win against Marcelo Bielsa’s Prem side with his first ever senior goal.
      Tsaroulla’s sharp turn led to a mazy run forward that caught everyone by surprise.
      The 21-year-old fired a great left-footed strike past Kiko Casilla to put the Cupset on the cards in the 50th minute.
      Immediately after the game, he told BBC Sport: “Yeah [I enjoyed that], I’m buzzing.

      “What a team performance that was – I’m over the moon. I’m not sure [what was going through my head when I had the ball].
      “I kind of just lost myself in the moment there.
      “It has been a long, hard road for me and it’s a great moment. I’m really proud.”
      As his voice started to break, Tsaroulla added: “I’m getting a bit emotional now, um… It has been a tough road and it means a lot, that win.”

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      Tsaroulla celebrates breaking the deadlock in the FA Cup third-round tieCredit: Rex Features

      Bristol-born Tsaroulla was shown the door at White Hart Lane having joined the club as a 12-year-old and also went on to be released by Brentford B before penning a deal at Crawley last year.
      Former Spurs midfielder and pundit Jermaine Jenas loved the emotion Tsaroulla showed after his hellish football journey.
      Jenas said: “It was really nice [the emotion]. You tend to forget at times, the journeys a lot of these players are going through.
      “When you actually physically see somebody almost break down mid-interview because of that journey they’ve been on.
      “Moments like today, that goal that he scored – it’s so special to him and hopefully something that can give him a load of confidence moving forward in his career now.”

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      Chelsea vs Morecambe – FA Cup LIVE REACTION: Werner ends goal drought as Blues rout League Two side – latest updates

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      Chelsea thrashed Morecambe 4-0 in the third round of the FA Cup thanks to goals from Mason Mount, Timo Werner, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Kai Havertz.
      RESULT: Chelsea 4-0 Morecambe
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      Chelsea team: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Rudiger, Emerson, Gilmour, Mount, Havertz, Ziyech, Werner, Hudson-Odoi
      Morecambe team: Halstead, Hendrie, Knight-Percival, Davis, Slew, Stockton, Wildig, Mendes Gomes, Phillips, Cooney, Songo’o
      Stay up to date with all the action in our live blog below…

      THAT’S A WRAP
      Thanks for joining us for a spot of FA Cup action.
      Don’t forget to check out our match report, courtesy of Andy Dillon.
      Chelsea are back in action on Friday as they make the short trip to Craven Cottage to face Fulham.

      CLASSY GESTURE
      Morecambe may have bowed out of the competition, but they were gracious enough to wish Chelsea luck.
      The League Two side now turn their attention to Saturday’s fixture against Leyton Orient where they’ll look to extend their unbeaten run in the league to five games.

      FULL TIMEOur FA Cup run comes to an end at Stamford Bridge. Big thanks to everyone for the tremendous support.Good luck to @ChelseaFC for the rest of the season 👏👏👏[CHE 4-0 MOR] #COYS 🦐 #Shrimps 🏆 #EmiratesFACup
      — Morecambe FC (@ShrimpsOfficial) January 10, 2021

      STAT ATTACK
      Chelsea enjoyed a whopping 84.5 per cent of the possession.
      However, they only managed eight shots on target.

      FULL TIME SCORES
      Chelsea 4-0 Morecambe
      Crawley 3-0 Leeds
      Bristol City 2-1 Portsmouth
      Barnsley 2-0 Tranmere
      Manchester City 3-0 Birmingham
      Extra time in Cheltenham, as the score there is Cheltenham 1-1 Mansfield

      FT: CHELSEA 4-0 MORECAMBE 

      CHELSEA 4-0 MORECAMBE 
      91. Morecambe have hung in there pretty well against some of the biggest names in thee game.
      The score line doesn’t reflect their decent defending today.

      CHELSEA 4-0 MORECAMBE 
      91. Chelsea’s unbeaten run at this stage in the FA Cup extenmds to 23 seasons.
      The last team to knock them out at this stage was Manchester United.

      CHELSEA 4-0 MORECAMBE 
      90. Chelsea are in action against Fulham next, while Morecambe are in London again to face Leyton Orient.

      CHELSEA 4-0 MORECAMBE 
      90. Two minutes of added time at Stamford Bridge.

      CHELSEA 4-0 MORECAMBE 
      88. Tomori is penalised for a foul on Lyons.
      The Chelsea man loses the ball and shows some real pace chasing Lyons down- it looks like a decent challenge to me.

      CHELSEA 4-0 MORECAMBE 
      86. Substitution for Morecambe as McAlinden replaces Stockton.

      CHELSEA 4-0 MORECAMBE 
      85. Chelsea comfortably through to round four with their fourth goal.
      A lovely delivery from the right, courtesy of Azpilicueta, picks out Havertz perfectly in the six-yard box.
      Havertz is up and heads the ball with plenty of conviction into the back of the net.
      A much better header from Havertz than his first-half effort – that should give him plenty of confidence.

      GOOOOOAL
      HAVERTZ HAS GOT HIS NAME ON THE SCORESHEET

      CHELSEA 3-0 MORECAMBE 
      83. Another Morecambe sub is flicking through their red-folder.
      Either he’s choosing his post-match dinner, or checking the game plan…

      CHELSEA 3-0 MORECAMBE 
      81. Gilmour, who’s always busy and always probing, picks up a loose ball in the centre of the field.
      He sends a perfectly weighted pass to the edge of the area, but Pulisic gives the ball away with his first touch.

      CHELSEA 3-0 MORECAMBE 
      80. Anjorin has been with Chelsea since he was seven.
      Can he make his mark today?

      CHELSEA 3-0 MORECAMBE 
      78. Frank Lampard looks as though he’ll be making the most of the five substitutions which are allowed in the FA Cup.
      Zouma and Hudson-Odoi are replaced by Anjorin and Tomori.

      CHELSEA 3-0 MORECAMBE 
      77. Yellow card for Gibson after a late tackle on Hudson-Odoi.
      Nothing too sinister.

      CHELSEA 3-0 MORECAMBE 
      76. Delivery into the penalty area from Gibson on the right is decent.
      Just a shame that there’s no one in the centre of the box to meet his cross- instead Arrizabalaga collects.

      CHELSEA 3-0 MORECAMBE 
      75. Morecambe win a freekick in Chelsea’s half, it’s about 30 yards out.
      It’s whipped in to the centre of the box where Davis gets up to greet it, but his header is straight at Arrizabalaga.

      CHELSEA 3-0 MORECAMBE 
      74. Morecambe make a substitution of their own as Lyons comes on for his debut replacing Mendes Gomes.

      CHELSEA 3-0 MORECAMBE 
      72. Corner to Chelsea is whipped in to the centre of the box by Mason Mount, but Olivier Giroud heads it over the bar.
      That’s Mount’s final touch of the game, as Tammy Abraham replaces him.

      CHELSEA 3-0 MORECAMBE 
      70. BLOCKED ON THE LINE BY HALSTEAD!
      A lovely bit of build-up play sees every attacking player in Chelsea’s line-up touch the ball in and around the box.
      Mount’s twinkle toes ensure Chelsea hold onto the ball that smidge longer than they probably should have, but it was Havertz who eventually had the shot at goal.
      Halstead blocked it well with an athletic leap and recovered quickly to block the German international’s second attempt from close range.

      CHELSEA 3-0 MORECAMBE 
      69. As a League Two defender, it’s not every day you come up against a World Cup winner as they do today in the shape of Olivier Giroud.
      Chelsea have had huge amounts of possession, but Morecambe have limited them to only a few opportunities in front of goal.

      CHELSEA 3-0 MORECAMBE 
      67. Double substitution for Chelsea;
      Olivier Giroud is on for Timo Werner.
      While Ziyech’s game is over, Pulisic is on in his place.

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