BLACKBURN Rovers were knocked out of the FA Youth Cup tonight after going down to a 4-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur at Dagenham & Redbridge's Victoria Park ground.

Top scorer Sam Joel brought Rovers level in the sixth minute after Ismail Azzaoui had opened the scoring inside 90 minutes.

But Spurs, inspired by Azzaoui's outstanding hat-trick, ran out comfortable winners to progress to the fourth round.