London, Feb 19 (TNS): Lowly Rochdale scored deep into stoppage time to deny Tottenham Hotspur victory as their FA Cup fifth-round tie ended in a thrilling 2-2 draw.
It seemed Spurs had done enough to book their place in the quarter-finals when in-form England striker Harry Kane, on as a substitute, scored from the penalty spot with two minutes of normal time remaining to make it 2-1 to the visitors. But Rochdale, who had opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time through Ian Henderson, equalised when substitute Steve Davies scored from 12 yards in the third minute of stoppage time. MThis result means Rochdale, bottom of third-tier League One, can now look forward to a lucrative replay at Wembley. The national stadium is London club Tottenham s temporary home while their successor ground to White Hart Lane is completed.
They say it s every kid s dream (to play at Wembley) and we have done enough to go there Davies told the BBC, before saying of his equaliser: “I ve done my job, it s dropped to me and I ve finished it. Rochdale went ahead when Henderson crowned a slick move that made a mockery of the club s league position with a composed finish after an excellent angled through-ball from Andrew Cannon split Spurs defence. Lucas Moura, however, drew Spurs level, exchanging passes with Moussa Sissoko and beating Rochdale keeper John Lillis just shy of the hour-mark. It seemed Spurs recovery was complete when Rochdale defender Harrison McGahey brought down Dele Alli and Kane beat Lillis, who dived the right way, with a well-struck penalty.
