Christian Eriksen fires Tottenham past Swansea and into FA Cup semi-finals

On days like this there is no need for Tottenham Hotspur to worry about how they will cope without Harry Kane on the pitch. Christian Eriksen demonstrated why he so much more than a member of the supporting cast as he scored another two splendid goals, taking his tally for the season to 11, to ease Spurs into the FA Cup semi-finals at the expense of a Swansea City side that never turned up.

It was that sort of afternoon for Spurs, who were as comfortable as it gets as they strolled into the last four of the FA Cup for the second year in succession. Eriksen accepted Swansea’s invitation to give him the freedom of the Liberty Stadium to score his seventh and eighth goals against the Welsh club in 10 matches – you would have thought they would have learned their lesson by now – and Érik Lamela effortlessly stroked home Tottenham’s second in between.

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