Leading 4-1 from the first leg, it looked likely to be a regulation night for Spurs but Blake scored in the first half before setting up Chris McCann and Jay Rodriguez to take the game into extra-time.

Burnley were leading on away goals and looking set to celebrate a Wembley final against Manchester United but Roman Pavlyuchenko and Jermain Defoe struck in the final three minutes to earn Spurs a 3-2 defeat on the night and 6-4 victory on aggregate.

Man-of-the-match Blake told Sky Sports 1: "We worked so hard to get in the game and we deserved to be 3-0 ahead. But they're class players and they punished tired legs at the end.

"It's hard to take being so close."

Burnley boss Owen Coyle urged his players to be proud of their efforts and use the heartbreak to inspire their Coca-Cola Championship promotion bid.

"It's gut-wrenching," he told Sky Sports. "No-one gave us a chance beforehand but we believed we could score the first goal and make it a game to remember and we did that.

"All credit to the players, they were magnificent and they should be walking out very proud of the performance they gave.

"It's not always the better side that wins. I'm disappointed for them but we've got a big season in the Championship so we have to dust ourselves down and come back stronger."