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Lucas Moura’s header ensured Tottenham Hotspur will have an FA Cup third-round replay with Championship side Middlesbrough.
Spurs named a full-strength team, bar the injured Harry Kane, but trailed when Ashley Fletcher ran on to George Saville’s ball and slotted home.
Moura saved the visitors with a fine header from Serge Aurier’s cross.
And the Brazilian twice went close to a winner, with goalkeeper Tomas Mejias stopping his long-range shots.
Aurier could have won the game for Jose Mourinho’s side in the closing minutes but fired an effort well over the bar.
Fletcher had an earlier chance to put Jonathan Woodgate’s Middlesbrough 2-1 up but shot straight at Paulo Gazzaniga.
No date for the replay has been set yet.
The fourth-round draw takes place on Monday at 19:35 GMT on BBC One and the iPlayer before Arsenal’s game against Leeds.
Spurs’ strongest team was almost not enough
Mourinho said he would not forgive himself if he had named a weakened team against a side who had won their previous four Championship games. But even his first-choice XI – with Son Heung-min returning from suspension – was only enough for a draw.
Spurs have not won a trophy in over a decade. Middlesbrough manager Woodgate scored the winner that time, in the 2008 League Cup final against Chelsea, with Boro assistant Robbie Keane also playing in that game.
And in Mourinho, they have a manager who has won plenty of trophies, including the 2007 FA Cup with Chelsea, as well as domestic cups in Spain, Italy and Portugal.
However, they are suffering plenty of defensive problems – and have conceded first in eight of his 12 games in charge. Mourinho’s sides – including at the end of his spell at Manchester United – have only kept one clean sheet in their past 17 matches.
Spurs defenders appeared to switch off as Fletcher controlled Saville’s ball, before the midfielder ran through and finished. He was borderline offside, but there was no video assistant referee at the Riverside to try to dissect it down to the nearest millimetre or armpit.
They deserved their equaliser as Moura headed home, before the Brazilian was frustrated by Mejias on a couple of occasions.
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