Steve Bruce is already facing tough questions over the Sunderland team he has rebuilt this summer after a 1-0 Carling Cup exit at Brighton followed hard on the heels of defeat by a similar margin at home to local rivals Newcastle just four days earlier.

Tottenham 0 Aston Villa 0

JERMAIN DEFOE kept Tottenham on course for Wembley and brought the curtains down on the Leeds fairytale with a hat-trick in a high-octane fourth-round FA Cup replay at Elland Road last night.

Leeds 1 Tottenham 3

Tottenham 2 Leeds 2

ALEX FERGUSON’S record of never having lost a third round FA Cup tie in 22 attempts, and of never having been beaten by a team from a lower division in the competition, was brought to an end in spectacular fashion by Jermaine Beckford and Leeds United at Old Trafford yesterday.

Manchester United 0 Leeds 1

Millwall 1 Leeds 0

Leeds 1 Carlisle 2

Leeds goalkeeper Casper Ankergren has been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association.

Leeds 1 Burnley 0

Leeds 2 Preston 1

Sunderland moved to third in the Coca-Cola Championship table after claiming the points in an unexpectedly tight match at Barnsley.

Leeds kept alive their hopes of fending off relegation with goals in each half from Matt Heath and Robbie Blake securing them a deserved win at Elland Road.

Leeds have signed goalkeeper Casper Ankergren on loan from Brondby until the end of the season.