Job done
The 60,161 fans, including the noisy 9,000 Portsmouth supporters, inside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday afternoon were not treated to an FA Cup classic and that's because Spurs simply turned up, did what they needed to and got out of there.
The home side barely got out of first gear against a well-organised Portsmouth side but in truth they rarely needed to and Spurs find themselves in the fourth round of the grand old cup competition after being able to rest most of their key players for the north London derby next weekend.