Tottenham 3 Stevenage 1:TOTTENHAM survived a scare to move one step closer to Wembley by beating minnows Stevenage in last night's fifth round replay at White Hart Lane.

The League One side took just two minutes to take the lead through Joel Byrom, who converted a penalty after being upended by Ryan Nelsen.

Jermain Defoe levelled for Spurs and the Premier League side moved into the last eight thanks to Emmanuel Adebayor’s penalty and another well-taken strike from the impressive Defoe.

The win came at a cost for the hosts, however, as Michael Dawson was carried off on a stretcher with what looked like a serious injury, while Aaron Lennon also hobbled off.

Willed on by their 4,200 travelling fans, the visitors earned a shock early penalty when Nelsen upended Byrom with a clumsy challenge. The winger kept his nerve to slot home to Carlo Cudicini’s right .

Shortly after Dawson injured himself going for a challenge with Chris Beardsley. The defender, clearly in agony, came off and Kyle Walker replaced him.

Defoe’s first came after he deftly took down Gareth Bale’s 60-yard pass before rifling home a sweet left-foot volley.

Spurs’ injury woes worsened eight minutes before the break when Lennon hobbled off and was replaced by Adebayor.

Spurs took the lead after Roberts brought down Bale in the box as he attempted to pull a cross back. Michael Oliver pointed to the spot and Adebayor stroked home the spot-kick.

For his second goal, Defoe raced onto Bale’s long throw, turned Ashton inside out and curled a shot into the far corner past the sprawling Day on 75 minutes.

TOTTENHAM: Cudicini, Kaboul, Dawson (Walker, 9), Nelsen, Bale, Lennon (Adebayor, 38), Parker, Van der Vaart, Kranjcar (Livermore, 81), Rose, Defoe. Subs not used: Friedel, Gallas, Modric, Giovani

STEVENAGE: Day, Laird, Charles (Myrie-Williams, 62), Ashton, Roberts, Henry, Wilson, Byrom, Bostwick, Shroot, Beardsley (Reid, 62). Subs not used: Julian, Edwards, Long, May, Winn

Referee: M Oliver