Ashley Phillips praised, Dane Scarlett involved - 5 things spotted in Tottenham training

The FA Cup is on the agenda for Ange Postecoglou and his Tottenham players this week as the third round of the famous competition takes place. Following the draw in early December, Spurs have been paired against fellow Premier League side Burnley.

A tricky draw for the Lilywhites despite Burnley's position in the Premier League's bottom three, home advantage could prove key to Tottenham as they look to go all the way and lift the famous trophy at Wembley come May. Recently losing a couple more players to injury and now international commitments with the Africa Cup of Nations and Asian Cup on the horizon, Postecoglou will have limited players to work with for the game in N17.

Those who are available were putting in the hard work at Hotspur Way ahead of the FA Cup encounter. Here are five things we spotted in the latest round of photos and video content published by the football club from this week's training at their Enfield base.

Dane Scarlett is back at Hotspur Way after his season-long loan deal at Ipswich Town was brought to an early end. Just not getting the minutes required at Portman Road, Spurs in the end decided to recall the striker and have him as part of their squad for the remainder of the campaign.

The academy product could be seen working on the training ground in a photo published to the club's Instagram account. Down the pecking order at Ipswich with a number of strikers ahead of him, Scarlett is now remarkably second in the striker pecking order at Tottenham following Son Heung-min's exit to the Asian Cup and Alejo Veliz's injury.

football.london asked Postecoglou in his pre-match press conference about Scarlett and he admitted that the 19-year-old has to take some responsibility for a lack of match action in