Tottenham will be hoping to bounce back from their Carabao Cup disappointment when they travel to Selhurst Park to face Crystal Palace in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Sunday (kick-off 4pm).

Spurs suffered more semi-final heartache on Thursday as they lost to Chelsea on penalties in the Carabao Cup.

Detractors have commented on Spurs' failure to get over the line in last-four games, but Mauricio Pochettino believes rewards are not far away for his side.

"We showed in the two legs, the right mentality," he said. "We competed with all of the circumstances that were not for us, were against us.

"The team was very competitive, and that is the key point in the mentality that we approach the games with. I think yesterday after 2-0, the second half and the way we approached it, how we played, how brave we were on the pitch, I think it is very confident for the future.

"If football is a fair sport, it will reward us at the end of the season, but we need to keep going, fighting, never give up - feel disappointed, feel sad today, but that is it. Stop thinking, and try and be positive, and try and win, Sunday is the best medicine to feel good again."

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Roy Hodgson added his voice to those who consider the FA Cup to be in decline, stating his ambition to keep Crystal Palace in the Premier League.

"It's nothing like the glittering prize it was in my youth, because we have the Champions League and Europa League now," he said. "Not many have the ambition to win the FA Cup.

"The FA Cup is still being won by the top teams, and our position in the table isn't as good as we'd like it to be.

"What is my ambition? To advance in the FA Cup and get to the semis or the final, or stay in the Premier League? My ambition is to stay in the Premier League."

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Team news

New signing Lucas Perri is expected to go straight into Crystal Palace's squad.

The goalkeeper will provide competition for Julian Speroni, amid injuries to Wayne Hennessey and Vicente Guaita.

Pape Souare will miss out and could prove a long-term absentee, having dislocated his shoulder.

Tottenham will assess Moussa Sissoko and Ben Davies for the tie. Sissoko (knee) and Davies (groin) picked up injuries in the Carabao Cup semi-final defeat at Chelsea.

Harry Kane (ankle), Dele Alli (hamstring), and Heung-min Son (international duty) will all not play.

Opta stats

• Crystal Palace and Spurs last met in the FA Cup in the fifth round in 2015-16, with Palace winning 1-0 at White Hart Lane on their way to reaching the final that season.
• The last six matches between Crystal Palace and Spurs in all competitions have all ended 1-0 (five Spurs wins, one Palace win).
• Since eliminating four Premier League teams on their way to the 2016 final, Crystal Palace have lost their last three FA Cup matches of this kind.
• Spurs are looking to reach the FA Cup fifth round for a fourth consecutive season for the first time since doing so for five seasons in a row between 1978-79 and 1982-83.
• Since winning the competition in 1991, 25 of the 27 teams to knock Spurs out of the FA Cup have been in the top-flight, with the exceptions of Leicester City in 2005-06 and Leeds United in 2012-13.

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Merson's prediction

What a massive game for Tottenham. Their season is in the balance. If they lose this, then they are out of everything, as I do not see them winning the Champions League after how they played at Chelsea. Their squad is not strong enough. This is a really tough one to predict as you don't know how strong Roy Hodgson will go. They have got such a big game at Southampton in midweek.

PAUL PREDICTS: 0-2 (15/2 with Sky Bet)

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