It was all set up for the League Two side to add another chapter to football’s most famous cup competition and they took the opportunity with both hands in the first half.
Roared on by the capacity home crowd, Newport piled on the pressure, created chances and it was difficult to complain when Padriag Amond headed them into the lead n 38 minutes.
Mauricio Pochettino had a change around at half-time, introduced Heung-Min Son and we started to turn it around. Dele Alli also soon arrived off the bench as we started to pin the home side back.