Tottenham beat fellow Premier League side Burnley to move into the fourth round of the FA Cup thanks to Pedro Porro's stunning strike.
Without club captain Son Heung-min, who has joined up with South Korea before the Asian Cup, the hosts failed to convert a number of chances before the breakthrough in the 78th minute.
Burnley goalkeeper Arijanet Muric threw the ball out, but Porro won a challenge and then arrowed a superb shot into the top corner from 25 yards out for what proved to be a wonderful first goal of the season since his permanent arrival from Sporting Lisbon.
The Clarets' best chance fell to Zeki Amdouni in the first half when it was goalless, but he could only shoot over from a central position inside the penalty area.
In a thrilling finish, Muric twice went up for Burnley corners and from the second one, in the seventh minute of added time, won a near-post flick-on and his header fell to an unmarked Amdouni, who could not hit the target from six yards with a volley on the turn.
The defeat, the Clarets' fifth in seven matches in all competitions, leaves Vincent Kompany's side - 19th in the Premier League - to focus on trying to avoid relegation.
The draw for the fourth round of the FA Cup will take place at 19:50 GMT on Monday, 8 January, before the Wigan Athletic v Manchester United match.
Spurs go strong as they aim for good cup run
Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou led Celtic to the treble of Scottish Premiership, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup last season and this was his first experience of the FA Cup.
He showed how important the competition was to Spurs - without a trophy since winning the League Cup in 2008 - as he named his strongest possible side.
There were only two changes from the team that won 3-1 against Bournemouth on New Year's Eve to leave them fifth in the Premier League. Both were forced upon him with forward Son at the Asian Cup and midfielder Pape Matar Sarr joining up with Senegal before the Africa Cup of Nations.
Spurs will be without the pair, and Mali midfielder Yves Bissouma, for up to six matches - with the trio possibly away with their countries until mid-February.
Son, top scorer with 12 goals this season, was understandably missed as the hosts spurned a number of good opportunities.
Richarlison twice failed to score with left-footed efforts, while the dangerous Brennan Johnson had two shots saved by back-up keeper Muric. Giovani lo Celso also missed two opportunities and stand-in captain Rodrigo Bentancur fired another attempt over.
Kompany, twice an FA Cup winner as a player with Manchester City, made five changes to Burnley's team and his side nearly scored inside the opening seven minutes, only to see Wilson Odobert's powerful strike parried by Guglielmo Vicario. Anass Zaroury also failed to hit the target when well placed.
Spurs eventually made their pressure count with Porro's strike - after Muric hurried a throw - and survived the late scare to go through.
Player of the match
PorroPedro Porro
with an average of 6.88
Tottenham Hotspur
- Squad number23Player namePorroAverage rating
6.88
- Squad number13Player nameVicarioAverage rating
6.60
- Squad number38Player nameUdogieAverage rating
6.58
Squad number33Player nameDaviesAverage rating6.56
- Squad number22Player nameJohnsonAverage rating
6.50
- Squad number30Player nameBentancurAverage rating
6.49
- Squad number12Player nameEmerson RoyalAverage rating
6.35
- Squad number21Player nameKulusevskiAverage rating
6.31
- Squad number5Player nameHøjbjergAverage rating
6.24
- Squad number18Player nameLo CelsoAverage rating
6.23
- Squad number44Player nameScarlettAverage rating
6.10
- Squad number63Player nameDonleyAverage rating
6.05
- Squad number11Player nameGilAverage rating
6.04
- Squad number19Player nameRyan SessegnonAverage rating
5.82
- Squad number9Player nameRicharlisonAverage rating
5.65
- Squad number4Player nameSkippAverage rating
5.57
Burnley
Squad number24Player nameCullen
Average rating5.75
Squad number2Player nameO'Shea
Average rating5.74
Squad number17Player nameFoster
Average rating5.69
Squad number49Player nameMuric
Average rating5.66
Squad number25Player nameAmdouni
Average rating5.60
Squad number47Player nameOdobert
Average rating5.59
Squad number8Player nameBrownhill
Average rating5.57
Squad number21Player nameA Ramsey
Average rating5.52
Squad number3Player nameTaylor
Average rating5.51
Squad number44Player nameDelcroix
Average rating5.47
Squad number22Player nameVitinho
Average rating5.38
Squad number19Player nameZaroury
Average rating5.33
Squad number34Player nameBruun Larsen
Average rating5.25
Squad number15Player nameRedmond
Average rating5.25
Squad number31Player nameTrésor
Average rating5.10
Squad number28Player nameAl Dakhil
Average rating5.07
Line-ups
Tottenham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 13Vicario
- 23Porro
- 12Emerson Royal
- 33Davies
- 38Udogie
- 4SkippSubstituted forHøjbjergat 77'minutes
- 30BentancurSubstituted forDonleyat 83'minutes
- 21Kulusevski
- 18Lo CelsoSubstituted forGilat 58'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 22JohnsonSubstituted forR Sessegnonat 83'minutes
- 9RicharlisonSubstituted forScarlettat 83'minutes
Substitutes
- 5Højbjerg
- 11Gil
- 19R Sessegnon
- 20Forster
- 35Phillips
- 37van de Ven
- 44Scarlett
- 63Donley
- 65Dorrington
Burnley
Formation 4-4-2
- 49Muric
- 22da Silva
- 2O'Shea
- 44Delcroix
- 3TaylorSubstituted forAl Dakhilat 67'minutes
- 19ZarourySubstituted forTrésorat 67'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 21A RamseySubstituted forRedmondat 67'minutes
- 24CullenBooked at 21mins
- 47OdobertSubstituted forBrownhillat 58'minutes
- 17FosterSubstituted forBruun Larsenat 45'minutes
- 25Amdouni
Substitutes
- 4Cork
- 8Brownhill
- 9Rodríguez
- 14Roberts
- 15Redmond
- 28Al Dakhil
- 29Vigouroux
- 31Trésor
- 34Bruun Larsen
- Referee:
- Samuel Barrott
- Attendance:
- 60,982
Match Stats
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Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, Burnley 0.
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