Nice win my Son.. but little bit lucky
Poch relief after thriller
Mauricio Pochettino knows his Spurs side were lucky after Son Heung-min’s lastgasp winner completed an incredible victory.
League Two Wycombe – 70 places below Tottenham in English football’s hierarchy – led on two occasions before Dele Alli equalised in the 89th minute, and Son sealed the win in the seventh minute of added time.
Pochettino’s men had trailed 2- 0 following a fine first- half brace by Wanderers captain Paul Hayes.
And while goals from Son and then Vincent Janssen from the penalty spot levelled the tie, the home side played the final 20 minutes with 10 men.
Kieran Trippier was crocked but couldn’t be replaced because Poch had used all three substitutes.
Garry Thompson then appeared to have sealed a shock win when he scored Wycombe’s third with only six minutes left.
Pochettino admitted: “In that moment, I said it would be tough to
score again. You always believe and we got a little bit lucky to get into the next round.
“That is football, and I am sure they are very sad now and disappointed, but we can do nothing. “This game was for us and maybe on another day it goes for them.”
Wanderers boss Gareth Ainsworth groaned: “The result is frustrating.
“There were also a couple of incidents in the game – the soft penalty, and the winning goal seems to have come in overtime of overtime. But I don’t want to go negative.
“As a manager you cannot ask for any more from your players. They have done the whole town proud, me proud, and themselves proud.
“I was gutted at the end but the overriding emotion now is just how proud we are of what we have achieved and how far we have come as a club. It was some game.”