Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Chelsea
Manchester United 1-0 Middlesbrough
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Monday 19 March 2007
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Jose Mourinho reiterated Chelsea’s burning desire to reach The FA Cup Final after their 2-1 win over Spurs at White Hart Lane set-up a semi-fnal clash with Blackburn Rovers.

The Chelsea coach says the way his players came from 3-1 down just over a week ago to force a replay showed how committed they were to reaching The Final, and if they should get there he does not mind whether his side face Watford or Manchester United, who beat Middlesbrough 1-0 in their own replay.

Mourinho said: "To come back from 3-1 down last week and the way we fought here tonight shows how committed we are to reaching The Final.

"It will not be an easy game against Blackburn because they will feel they can beat us and they want to get to The Final too. I want to be in The Final very much, and if it is Manchester United it is Manchester United, if it is Watford it is Watford."

And having landed the Carling Cup and still in contention in both the Premiership and Champions League, Mourinho believes the quadruple is still possible.

"Why not? We still have a 25 per cent chance in The FA Cup, 12.5 per cent chance in the Champions League and to win the Premiership we need to win every game and hope Manchester United drop points."

United are also eyeing success on three fronts, with a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty enough to see off Middlesbrough. The Portuguese winger earned the spot kick and took it himself after being fouled by Jonathan Woodgate, and had to fend off claims from the Middlesbrough bench that he had dived.

Ronaldo said: "For me, it was a penalty. Of course, I felt contact. He touched me and if that happens you lose your movement.

"When teams lose they have something to say, but I think we deserved to win. We now have a good chance of going to the final.''

Boro manager Gareth Southgate, who saw James Morrison sent off in stoppage time for a rash challenge on Ronaldo, said: "I'm still not sure if it was a penalty and I've seen it three times. Obviously Sir Alex will say it is. I don't know, but the referee thought it was and he gave it - end of story.

"Ronaldo is a fantastic player and he's very good at what he does. I'm sure lots of things are said in the heat of the moment.

"We did lose our discipline in the last few minutes of the game and that's not acceptable. He (Morrison) is a young kid and he'll learn a lesson from that.

"But there were some fantastic performances from my players. They came to the best team in the country and ran them all the way."

Meanwhile Martin Jol was left to rue Tottenham’s inability to keep up their recent scoring average of three goals per game. Despite plenty of possession they fell behind to spectacular strikes from Andriy Shevchenko and Shaun Wright-Phillips in the 55th and 60th minutes, and Robbie Keane’s late penalty only gave them false hope.

"You cannot say the better team won, but we lacked a cutting edge. All credit to Chelsea’s defence, they were strong today, and Shevchenko scored a great goal out of nothing – that is what he is there for."

The good news for England coach Steve McClaren, who was watching at White Hart Lane, was that neither Mourniho nor Jol reported any problems with the players who are in the squad to face Israel and Andorra over the next week.

From Spurs, Paul Robinson, Aaron Lennon and Jermain Defoe should report fit, while England skipper John Terry and Ashley Cole came though unscathed, as did Frank Lampard, who ducked out of a wild swing from a fan who ran on to the White Hart Lane pitch after the final whistle.

Both managers were keen to play down the incident, and Lampard said: "I saw him coming and kept my eye on him because I thought if I turned my back he would land one on me."