Tottenham 6-1 Rochdale: Fernando Llorente makes it a Wembley wonderland with 12-minute hat-trick to spare Heung-min Son's penalty blushes

Daily Mail | February 28, 2018

Amid the talk of balls and brass monkeys the FA Cup presented another night of video assisted farce, this time with the unexpected feature of a 12-minute hat-trick by Fernando Llorente.

Tottenham scored six as they booked a quarter-final with Swansea and they might easily have had more.

There was the goal ruled out by the video assistant referee (VAR) for an innocuous foul and there was the penalty disallowed for an illegal feint by Heung-min Son.

Fernando Llorente scored a hat-trick in the space of 12 second-half minutes to seal Tottenham's passage to the next round

Llorente celebrates with his Tottenham team-mates as a second-half rout undid the hard work of League One side Rochdale

Llorente celebrates with his Tottenham team-mate Son Heung-min, who also hit the back of the net twice on a snowy night

Stephen Humphrys and his Rochdale team-mates celebrate after he brought Rochdale level at 1-1 in the opening 45 minutes

Referee Paul Tierney was forced to use the Video Assistant Referee technology a number of times during the FA Cup replay

Tottenham came through the match amidst heavy snow in the second half to seal their passage to the FA Cup quarter-finals

Stephen Humphrys brings Rochdale back on level terms. For more from Sportsmail's Match Zone, click here.u00a0 — Stephen Humphrys brings Rochdale back on level terms.