Fernando Llorente scores hat-trick as Spurs end Rochdale’s Cup dream

It was a game of two halves, but with a twist. Spurs romped home in the second period with a cocky display on a carpet of snow. The first half, however, belonged to VAR. The video assistant disallowed a goal, turned a free-kick to a penalty and provided half a dozen excruciating interruptions in which the referee, Paul Tierney, stood forlornly with his finger in his ear.As far as the football went, a hat-trick for Fernando Llorente was accompanied by two from Son Heung-min and a first Spurs goal