Kane saves Spurs from FA Cup exit at Newport

LONDON — Tottenham survived a huge scare in the FA Cup as a late Harry Kane goal rescued a 1-1 draw at fourth-tier Newport in the fourth round on Saturday.

Newport led for 44 minutes until Kane’s 82nd-minute equalizer but the League Two side held on at 10,000-seat Rodney Parade to secure a rich replay at 90,000seat Wembley Stadium.

“The key for the game was to match the motivation, desire, fight and challenge of Newport,” Spurs coach Mauricio Pochettino said. “But the team didn’t show really that they want to go to the next stage of the FA Cup. That is what has disappointed us a lot.”

West Ham wasn’t so fortunate as it was eliminated by third-tier Wigan 2-0. At 1-0 down, West Ham defender Arthur Masuaku was sent off four minutes into the second half for spitting at Nick Powell and faces a lengthy ban.

Liverpool was eliminated when it lost to West Bromwich Albion 3-2 at Anfield, while Watford lost another all-English Premier League encounter at Southampton 1-0.

The Premier League teams to advance were Brighton, which won at Middlesbrough 1-0, and Leicester, which thrashed thirdtier Peterborough 5-1.

The Premier League bottom side, Swansea, faced a replay after drawing at Notts County 1-1. Huddersfield also drew against Birmingham 1-1.

Coventry continued its fantastic cup run with a 1-0 victory at MK Dons, while Hull beat Nottingham Forest 2-1.

Sheffield United beat Preston North End 1-0, and Millwall netted a last-minute equalizer to draw with Rochdale 2-2.

Spurs sit 71 places higher than Newport in the league pyramid but fell behind at Rodney Parade when Padraig Amond rose highest to head home Robbie Willmott’s cross late in the first half.

An ignominious exit loomed for a reasonably strong Tottenham outfit but, with the visitors seemingly fast running out of ideas, substitute Son Heung-min flicked on a corner and Kane ended a frustrating night in front of goal with the simplest of farpost tap-ins. It was his 30th goal of the season.

“It was always going to be hard in the second half, but they’ve made me the proudest manager in the country,” Newport coach Mike Flynn said. “Let’s be honest, it was the only mistake we made all day and we got punished.”