Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho appeared to question Gareth Bale’s attitude after admitting he was surprised the player asked for a scan on an injury he described as “not obvious”.

The on-loan Real Madrid forward was not in the squad for the 5-4 FA Cup extra-time defeat at Everton having decided himself after training he was not feeling comfortable.

“I think it is better for me to say: we played against West Brom on the Sunday and he didn’t play, he was on the bench,” said the Spurs boss.

It kept alive the Toffees’ hopes of a first trophy since 1995 as they secured their first FA Cup quarter-final for five years.

“That’s football. He’s a great wee player, he comes on and makes a great impact and scores the winner so a great moment for him,” said assistant manager Duncan Ferguson on Bernard.

Everton were dealt a blow, however, with leading scorer Dominic Calvert-Lewin being forced off with an injury with the score at 3-2 after netting his 18th goal of the season.

“Dominic is our main striker up there, he scored another great goal tonight but I thought the lads showed good character when he went off the pitch and we still got a goal,” added Ferguson.

“He was complaining about his hamstring when he came off so he may have tweaked that.”