Carlisle 0 Tottenham Hotspur 3: match report It was not going to be an easy night for the Premier League side, although it could have been a far more comfortable one had Clint Dempsey's shot not been cleared off the line by Danny Livesey after Gillespie had misjudged a ball into his area. With eight minutes left to play in the first half, however, Dempsey was brought down wide on the right and a delicately flighted free-kick from Gylfi Sigurdsson was headed in, with the aid of a deflection, by Jan Vertonghen. Spurs gave themselves the breathing space their manager wanted early in the second half when Andros Townsend picked the ball up on the halfway line before setting off on a jinking run which ended with a low shot into the bottom corner. Sigurdsson wrapped up the win with a header from Falque's cross. Carlisle United (4-2-3-1): Gillespie; Simek, Murphy, Livesey, Chantler; Thirlwell (Noble 62), Berrett; Higginbotham (Beck 61), McGovern (Symington 61), Robson; Cadamarteri. Subs: Collin, Madden, Edwards, Potts. Tottenham Hotspur (4-3-3): Cudicini; Smith, Dawson, Caulker, Vertonghen (Walker 65); Sigurdsson, Huddlestone, Mason (Carroll 70), Falque, Dempsey (Obika 75), Townsend. Subs: Gomes, Lennon, Defoe, Sandro. Goals: Vertonghen 37, Townsend 53, Sigurdsson 89. Referee: K Friend (Leicestershire).