Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Brighton: Harry Kane scores twice as Spurs ease into FA Cup fifth round

Tottenham eased into the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 3-1 win over Brighton. Spurs boss Antonio Conte fielded a strong side and he was rewarded with a dominant display. Ad/> Harry Kane, who was deeply impressive on a rare FA Cup start, set the ball rolling before an own goal from Solly March took the wind from Brighton’s sails.

Premier LeagueConte wants Tottenham to avoid transfer errorsYESTERDAY AT 14:29 The visitors got back in the game through Yves Bissouma, but a second from Kane eased Spurs’ passage to round five. Brighton are normally tough to break down, but they were the architects of their own downfall on Saturday. Seagulls goalkeeper Robert Sanchez was lucky to get away with a gaffe on 11 minutes when gifting possession to Kane, who seemed surprised the ball came to him and scuffed his shot.

A couple of minutes later, Brighton made the same mistake — and it proved costly. Adam Webster made a hash of his clearance, Spurs shifted the ball to Kane on the edge of the box and he curled a glorious effort into the far corner with his right foot. The lead was doubled on 24 minutes, as Emerson Royal galloped onto a ball down the right and kept driving.

He attempted to stand a cross up into the box, but it took a deflection off March and looped over Sanchez and into the net. Brighton improved after the break and the impressive Bissouma got them back in the game on 63 minutes when his shot from the edge of the box took a huge deflection off Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and past Hugo Lloris. The comeback was short lived, as three minutes later Heung-min Son turned on the afterburners to drive into the Brighton box from the halfway line and the ball fell for Kane to bundle home.