Tau & Brighton Suffer FA Glass Heartbreak
11 February, 2021
Leicester City 1-0 Brighton and Hove Albion
Percy Tau was given a start seeing as Brighton and Hove Albion's FA Cup plan found an end as a result of Leicester City.
After beginning the last five group games on the bench, the Bafana Bafana international made his second successive begin in the cup.
The struggled to create any clear-cut openings but with extra-time looming, second-half substitute Kelechi Iheanacho popped up with the winning objective with the final kick of the overall game.
Tau did have the ability to complete his initially full 90 moments for the Seagulls, but was unable to help his aspect secure progression to the last eight.
Brighton will now move their focus on Saturday's Premier League clash in the home to high-flying Aston Villa.
Everton 5-4 Tottenham Hotspur
Everton secured an area in the quarter-finals after defeating Tottenham Hotspur 5-4 in extra-time at Goodison Park.
Spurs got off to an easy start through Davinson Sanchez's third minute opener, before Everton strike rear with Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison and Gylfi Sigurdsson prior to the break.
Erik Lamela pulled an objective back again on the stroke of halftime for Spurs while Sanchez completed his brace on 57 a few minutes to even up the score.
Richarlison restored the Toffees' advantage with his second goal of the night on 68 minutes but second-half substitute Harry Kane sent the overall game to extra-time after rendering it 3-3 on 83 minutes.
The Toffees managed to bag the winning goal seven minutes into extra-time, with Bernado collecting a pass from Sigurdsson before volleying past Hugo Lloris to send Everton to the previous eight.
Sheffield United 1-0 Bristol City
Sheffield United advanced to the quarter-finals of the FA Glass with a slender make an impression on Championship outfit Bristol City.
After a scoreless first half, Bristol were reduced to 10 males in the 65 a few minutes as Alfie Mawson was shown a right red card following the ball struck his hand in the field, handing the hosts a penalty.
With the resultant spot-kick, Billy Sharp handed his side the lead after calmly slotting past Max O'Leary.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
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