National League veteran Haydn Hollis showed his class by rouletting past Tottenham's Pape Matar Sarr and Timo Werner in the FA Cup.
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Tamworth took Spurs to extra time in FA CupNational League side earned huge creditDefender Hollis showed his class with spectacular skillFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
It took Premier League side Tottenham until extra time to breach National League opponents Tamworth, a team that had failed to keep a clean sheet in their last eight games in all competitions before the FA Cup clash in Staffordshire. Much of their solid defending was done by Hollis, a 32-year-old with previous experience at Notts County and Forest Green. He even put on a show for the 5,000 people in the stadium by pulling out a sensational spin past Sarr and Werner, players who likely earn more in a week than Hollis does across an entire calendar year.
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Those who did not watch the game may assume that Tamworth gave Tottenham's reserves a good game, but Ange Postecoglou selected a very strong starting XI. The likes of James Maddison, Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson all started, although Timo Werner was deployed as a striker and received some scathing reviews online for his performance.
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Spurs will return to their multi-million-pound training complex to rest ahead of the north London derby against Arsenal on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Tamworth players will bottle their memories of the match before returning to work on Monday morning, as they balance life in the National League alongside full-time jobs.
