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Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg has stated that Tottenham struggled to remain compact in parts of the game as Middlesbrough secured another FA Cup giant killing on Tuesday evening.

Victorious on penalties in the previous round against Manchester United, the Championship side claimed another famous scalp after securing a 1-0 win courtesy of Josh Coburn's extra-time winner.

Chris Wilder's men may have lost two of their previous three league games going into the cup tie but they fully deserved to progress through to the quarter-finals after causing some big issues for Tottenham.

The Lilywhites, on the other hand, had a handful of chances across the 120 minutes but goalkeeper Joe Lumley was kept very quiet during the encounter and only really had an Eric Dier free-kick that troubled him.

Conceding in the 107th minute and not doing enough after that to salvage a draw and avoid an embarrassing exit, Hojbjerg reflected on where Spurs went wrong in their performance at the Riverside Stadium when speaking to Spurs TV after the slender defeat.

"Middlesbrough were creating a momentum in parts of the game. I think some parts of the game we stood against them OK, but other parts of the game we were struggling to keep the compactness," he explained.