Tottenham plunged back into the gloom with an achingly familiar defeat in the FA Cup, surely among their most frustrating capitulations in 15 seasons and counting without a trophy.
Spurs arrived here with four wins from five League games to face a second-tier side prioritising promotion, and with the FA Cup draw wide open. As it turned out, the Blades will face fellow Championship club Blackburn for a place in the semi-final at Wembley, following Iliman Ndiaye's winner.
