Harry Kane hat-trick books Tottenham’s place in FA Cup quarter-finals

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Harry Kane netted a hat-trick as Tottenham cruised into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 3-0 victory at Fulham&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Christian Eriksen set up the first two for the England striker&comma; with Dele Alli providing a neat pass for the third to wrap up a convincing and well-deserved triumph at Craven Cottage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The result was a welcome one for Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino&comma; who named a strong line-up having headed into the match on the back of two straight losses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic had unexpectedly made five changes from the team that defeated Nottingham Forest 3-2 on Tuesday&comma; naming highly rated 16-year-old Ryan Sessegnon and on-loan Chelsea forward Lucas Piazon among the substitutes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pochettino selected a similarly strong XI to that which on Thursday lost 1-0 in the Europa League at Gent&period; Michel Vorm started in goal in place of Hugo Lloris&comma; while there were recalls for Eriksen and Son Heung-min&comma; Kieran Trippier and the fit-again Jan Vertonghen &&num;8211&semi; and the visitors&&num;8217&semi; superior quality almost instantly told&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In only the fourth minute&comma; after Kane and Alli combined to send Eriksen one on one in the area with Fulham goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli&comma; Tim Ream raced back to produce an outstanding tackle from behind to prevent the opening goal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Amid further pressure&comma; Alli then intercepted a clearance on the edge of the area before sending a right-footed shot just wide of the far left post&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To Fulham&&num;8217&semi;s credit&comma; they attempted to match Spurs&&num;8217&semi; intensity&comma; the effectiveness of which was helped by the Cottagers&&num;8217&semi; smaller pitch&comma; but a lapse in concentration led to their visitors taking the lead&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>From a 16th-minute throw-in&comma; static defending allowed Trippier to put Eriksen into space on the right wing&comma; and when the midfielder crossed first time towards Kane&comma; the striker equally impressively sent a first-time finish low to Bettinelli&&num;8217&semi;s right&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Vorm almost gifted Fulham an equaliser four minutes later&comma; when&comma; under pressure from Neeskens Kebano he passed straight to Tom Cairney&period; But&comma; despite a near-open goal&comma; Cairney&&num;8217&semi;s position on the right wing restricted the angle for his quick shot and left the goalkeeper with a routine save&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Spurs&&num;8217&semi; dominance and the way their hosts quickly lost belief meant a second goal soon appeared sufficient for victory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Harry Winks thought he had scored in the 28th minute when he sent a rebound from the offside Kane&&num;8217&semi;s close-range shot into the bottom-left corner&comma; but referee Robert Madley rightly disallowed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The goal they needed&comma; and Kane&&num;8217&semi;s 18th of the season&comma; instead arrived in the 51st minute and largely resembled the first&period; From the right&comma; Trippier cut back to the edge of the area for Eriksen&comma; whose cross was side-footed between Bettinelli&&num;8217&semi;s legs by Kane&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Just as they had done with the second goal&comma; Fulham appealed in vain for offside when the striker scored his third &&num;8211&semi; and 10th goal in 10 games &&num;8211&semi; in the 73rd minute&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;With space on the break&comma; Eriksen found Alli&comma; 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