Jose Mourinho was hired at great expense to win trophies, to end the long wait and convince players they might be able to fulfil their ambitions at Tottenham.
They were out of the Carabao Cup when he arrived, far adrift in the Premier League and the Champions League remains an unlikely target.
So Mourinho fixed his sights on the FA Cup and last night Spurs scrapped their way past into the fifth round of the competition.
Son Heung-min scored an 88th-minute penalty to seal Tottenham's place in the FA Cup fifth round after a dramatic finaleSon won the penalty after his quick feet got him past Southampton goalkeeper Angus Gunn who brought the forward downGunn's outstretched right arm was deemed by the officials to have made enough contact to bring the South Korean downSon stepped up for the penalty and fired a powerful and precise effort into the bottom corner which Gunn failed to save
