Morgan in Blades warning for Spurs

FA Cup: Chris Morgan warned Tottenham will not be able take Sheffield United lightly after the Blades pulled off yet another cup upset, this time humiliating Premier League strugglers QPR 3-0 at Loftus Road.

The third-tier side will face Spurs in the semi-finals of the Capital One Cup having already knocked Southampton and West Ham out of the competition.

And their FA Cup third-round victory against Rangers rekindled the spirit of last season, when United beat top-flight sides Fulham and Aston Villa on the way to the semi-finals.

First-team coach Morgan, speaking to the media instead of manager Nigel Clough, said: “I don’t think people will take us lightly, because of the results we’ve had. In the last calendar year we’ve beaten five Premier League clubs.

“With the atmosphere and the type of performance we can get at home, we know if we’re still in the tie when we get back to Bramall Lane then there will be a game on.”

Marc McNulty gave United a first-half lead against the R’s after being put through by Louis Reed.

And Jamal Campbell-Ryce netted twice in the second half, first following an error by keeper Alex McCarthy and then after collecting Leroy Fer’s wayward back-header.

Stoke boss Mark Hughes expressed his relief at his side making it through to the FA Cup fourth round having been sure they were headed for an embarrassing defeat to Conference outfit Wrexham at the Britannia Stadium before coming through 2-1 winners.

The Potters fell 1-0 behind in the 73rd minute of the third-round tie through Mark Carrington’s header.

But the Premier League hosts managed to avoid falling victim to a giantkilling with a dramatic late turnaround as Marko Arnautovic equalised in the 80th minute, following up a parried effort from substitute Peter Crouch, before another substitute Stephen Ireland struck in the 88th and stoppage time to seal a 3-1 win.

Hughes said: “I thought we were going out to be perfectly honest.

“Wrexham were good value and we hadn’t produced anything of real note.

“It didn’t really look like we were going to either.

“But thankfully we had made a couple of changes and that helped us. I didn’t really want to involve Peter Crouch or Jonathan Walters today, but we needed their understanding of what was required.

“We were able to get back level quickly, which was important, and then Stephen Ireland comes on and produces that craft I talk about time and time again.”