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Man United have joined premiership sides Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea in the 5th round of the F.A Cup as they beat Tottenham 3-1.
Spurs on a clear high after the Carling Cup victory against Arsenal started very positively and took the lead in the 24th minute from good work down the right from Aaron Lennon who set up Robbie Keane to score.
However Spurs over recent years have not had the rub of the green at Old Trafford and United through Carlos Teves latched on to a clever lay-off from Ryan Giggs in the box, after a long ball is not dealt with properly by the Spurs defence, and fired a low shot past Radek Cerny to equalise.
The turning point in the game happened in the 70th munite when a long ball into the box saw Wayne Rooney tussling with Dawson for possession and as the Spurs defender went over, he pushed the ball away with his arm.
Referee Peter Walton had no hesitation in pointing to the spot and showed a red card to Dawson.
Ronaldo subsquently slotted the penalty home.
Spurs from then had an uphill struggle but still could have come back when Wes Brown whilst tussling with Berbatov touched the ball onto the post to nearly score an own goal.
Spurs tired and worn out were then hit on the break and unfortunate goalkeeper Radek Cerny allowed Cristiano Ronaldo's shot to squirm under his body and into the net.
A score that perhaps flattered Man Utd, but strong finsihing and some poor defending from Spurs decided the tie.
Written by pascal1978
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