Tottenham crashed out of the FA Cup after a disappointing performance at home to Crystal Palace, as the Eagles ran out 1-0 winners at White Hart Lane thanks to a Martin Kelly goal.
Spurs once again rotated their starting XI, as Harry Kane, Josh Onomah and Eric Dier came in for Nacer Chadli, Toby Alderweireld and Christian Eriksen.
The first half saw Spurs dominate possession and also Dele Alli hit the post, which meant that and Crystal Palace’s goal late in the first-half, courtesy of Martin Kelly came against the run of the play as he thundered the ball past Michel Vorm to put the visitors ahead.
After the interval, Spurs introduced Christian Eriksen as Pochettino searched for a way to unlock the stubborn Palace defence, but the Danish playmaker was unable too and the Palace defence held firm.
As the game entered the late stages, Pochettino brought on Nacer Chadli and Ryan Mason as Tottenham probed for a late goal to send both sides to a replay, but it was Palace that came closest to scoring as Connor Wickham correctly had a goal disallowed for offside.
Eventually, the referee Craig Pawson blew the whistle for full time and Spurs saw the potential for Wembley glory disappear until at least next season.
