Tottenham 2 Hull City 2 (Spurs win 8-7 on pens): Agony for Hull in penalty shoot-out

SO CLOSE: Hull City's Paul McShane powers home his team's second goal at White Hart Lane, but it was to end in misery for Steve Bruce's side as they lost 8-7 on penalties.

Gylfi Sigurdsson put hosts Tottenham Hotspur ahead with an early contender for goal of the season, but the game went in to extra-time following a horrible gaffe from Brad Friedel.

Paul McShane put Hull on course for victory in extra-time, but Harry Kane made it 2-2 before Friedel saved Ahmed Elmohamady’s penalty in a marathon shoot-out to set Spurs up with a quarter-final clash against West Ham.

Andre Villas-Boas took the controversial step of criticising his own fans after Tottenham laboured to a 1-0 win over the Tigers on Sunday, but the home faithful were in good voice tonight.

Despite a few boos at the end of the first period of extra-time, the home supporters got behind their team and the atmosphere was booming for large parts of this fourth round clash.

The good feeling inside White Hart Lane was generated by a strong first-half performance from Villas-Boas’ side.

The home side passed with purpose and verve while Sigurdsson’s golden strike was a joy to behold.

But it was the same story in the final third for the Londoners. Only Erik Lamela looked capable of slicing open the Hull back four and Spurs only looked more potent when Kane came off the bench to join Jermain Defoe in a two-pronged attack.

Hull, for their part, looked impressive going forward, but they could not produce the goods in an absorbing shoot-out.

Read Richard Sutcliffe’s match report in Thursday’s Yorkshire Post.