Henderson scored his sixth goal of Rochdale’s brilliant FA Cup run as League One’s bottom side engineered a remarkable 2-2 draw against Tottenham in the fifth round to force a replay.
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The struggling League 1 side sent their home fans into raptures after good pressing set up Cannon who played in Henderson to tuck away neatly on the stroke of half time. Their last three away results, unusual as it sounds, are 2-2 draws at Liverpool, Juventus and Rochdale. We got what we felt was a deserved equaliser.
With the broader story of the game out the way, here are four winners and three losers.
And Lucas was in frightening form for his new club, using his pace and ability on the ball well to drive at the Rochdale defence, completing seven of his 13 completed take-ons. Stevo is an unbelievable finisher and we deserved that.
Spurs will now host the underdogs at Wembley for the replay next week Wednesday.
The Dale went into the break 1-0 up thanks to a smart finish from captain Ian Henderson.
The FA Cup has been a high point for Dale this season, as the team from the north west are now bottom of the third tier table and look to be heading back to League Two.
Rochdale have never reached the quarter-final of the FA Cup before.
Mauricio Pochettino’s concerns over the state of Rochdale’s pitch has led to fresh turf being laid.
Moura said: “I am 25 years old but I think I gained a lot of experience with PSG and I think I can help Tottenham”.
“We did a big game against Juventus away”.
– Rochdale have gone six games unbeaten in the FA Cup (W4 D2) for just the second occasion in their history, having previously done so in January 1976.
Asked if he thought Kane’s goal would be decisive, Pochettino replied: “No – I was so calm on the bench because I know very well what happens if you believe the tie is over”.
Much of the pre-match talk had circled around the home sides much-maligned playing surface, which had recently been the centre of a number of postponements, as well as receiving a fair amount of media criticism following Rochdale’s fourth-round replay success over Millwall.
What does Fernando Llorente need to do to score a goal?
Rochdale started the game with a real spring in their step.
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The direct Moura tried to link up with Fernando Llorente, swapped wings with Heung-Min Son and pulled off some sharp turns and risky bursts of acceleration.
