Pompey ahead Reeco Hackett-Fairchild had the perfect probability of the first-half following a intelligent flick-on from strike companion Colby Bishop. With the ball dipping, the 24-year-old hit a volley on the flip, forcing Fraser Forster into an excellent save.
Such openings had been merely not there for Spurs. Heung-min Son and Bryan Gil noticed loads of the ball however struggled to carve by a well-organised defence, a unit who seemed to be galvanised by the latest sacking of the Cowley brothers at Fratton Park.
As a lot credit score because the guests deserve for his or her defending, that is nonetheless a League One crew to have conceded over a aim per recreation this season and with solely two clear sheets of their final six outings.
Then got here the second-half. As is so usually the case with Spurs, they emerged a special crew after the break, with Emerson Royal hitting the submit with an excellent header minutes earlier than Kane’s unbelievable opener.
The England captain picked up the ball outdoors the field, injecting some life into an in any other case pretty pedestrian Tottenham assault, earlier than getting it again from Ryan Sessegnon and curling a shot previous Josh Griffiths.
Oliver Skipp ought to have elevated the lead however someway blazed over from shut vary, conserving the prospect of an unwelcome replay alive even regardless of Spurs’ management on the sport earlier than the house facet noticed the fixture out.
