Preston vs Tottenham LIVE: FA Cup latest score and goal updates with Harry Kane on bench
Preston 0-0 Tottenham
17 mins: Close! Matt Doherty brings the ball inside from the right wing and sends the ball into the feet of Son. Son has no immediate options for a pass so drills a low left-footed effort towards goal.
Freddie Woodman shuffles past the path of the ball and has to leap back on himself to keep it out but the Preston goalkeeper gets two hands to the shot and manages to smother it.
Preston 0-0 Tottenham
14 mins: Son Heung-min receives the ball on the inside left channel and spins away from two defenders before driving towards the box.
He just about makes it to the front edge but McCann sticks in a leg and wins the ball for Preston.
Tottenham are dominating possession as expected but Preston aren’t under any pressure in their final third… yet.
Preston 0-0 Tottenham
11 mins: Ali McCann takes a knock to the face and requires a change of shirt after his nose starts to bleed. Preston hoped to challenge the Spurs back line with a counter-attack but the long pass forward flies straight through to Fraser Forster who tidies up.
Preston 0-0 Tottenham
8 mins: Chance! Ivan Perisic takes the free kick and strikes his shot into the wall.
The ball drops kindly into the path of Dejan Kulusevski who looks up and drills an effort at goal but Rayn Ledson is aware of the danger and flings himself at the ball managing to prod it wide of the near post!
Preston 0-0 Tottenham
6 mins: The first corner of the game goes to Spurs with Son Heung-min whipping the ball into the middle of the penalty area after it gets played short.
The ball is cleared as far as Japhet Tanganga who’s hit with a late tackle from Ben Whiteman and wins Spurs a free kick in a dangerous area.
Preston 0-0 Tottenham
3 mins: Son Heung-min drops short to collect the ball as Spurs look for a way through the Preston defence.
Dejan Kulusevski moves inside and looks to spin away from Liam Lindsay as the ball comes sliding up the pitch but the defender steps across the Tottenham forward, intercepts the ball and clears his lines.
Kick off: Preston 0-0 Tottenham
The home side get the ball rolling at Deepdale. They punt the ball over to the left wing where the ball hits Japhet Tanganga and goes out of play for a Preston throw in.
Preston vs Tottenham
Here come the teams.
There’s a packed house inside the stadium and the Preston fans are singing and chanting already. Tottenham won’t have an easy night here.
Kick off is up next.
The warm-ups are done and dusted. The players are gathering in the tunnel and kick off is quickly approaching. Will Spurs dominate against Preston tonight or can the Lillywhites shock the Premier League side?
Harry Kane is up there with the best, says Preston’s Spurs loanee Troy Parrott
Troy Parrott has not been asked by his Preston team-mates how to stop Tottenham forward Harry Kane, but admits his answer “would probably be you can’t”.
Spurs academy graduate Parrott will be reduced to watching on Saturday night after his parent club were drawn away to his current team in the FA Cup fourth round.
It could be a record-breaking occasion for Kane, who needs one more goal to move past Jimmy Greaves and become Tottenham’s outright leading scorer, but the striker has not been the sole talk of the Deepdale defenders this week.
Harry Kane is up there with the best, says Preston’s Spurs loanee Troy Parrott
Parrott is fit again after a serious hamstring injury but unable to face his parent club Tottenham.
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