Spurs beat Ajax 3-2 with a stoppage time win in Amsterdam on Wednesday night time
Mauricio Pochettino was in tears as Tottenham Hotspur accomplished a dramatic second-half comeback in opposition to Ajax.
Spurs replicated Liverpool’s Champions League miracle as Lucas Moura’s dramatic second-half hat-trick set up a stunning 3-2 win over the Dutch side – and an all-English remaining.
The north Londoners had been lifeless and buried at half-time within the second leg on the Johan Cryuff ArenA as they trailed the Amsterdam crew 2-Zero on the night time and 3-Zero on mixture after objectives from Matthijs De Ligt and Hakim Ziyech.
Nonetheless, a miraculous comeback, spearheaded by Moura, was accomplished deep into added time when the Brazilian slotted dwelling a unfastened ball to seal an away objectives success and spark wonderful scenes in Amsterdam.
It continues the outstanding progress for Spurs underneath boss Mauricio Pochettino, who has led the membership additional in Europe than another.
Discussing his emotion, he advised BT Sport: “It’s tough to speak. I’m so emotional. Thanks soccer. My gamers are heroes.
“The second half was wonderful. This kind of emotion is not possible with out soccer.
“It’s an incredible second and it’s tough to elucidate in phrases.”
Whereas Lucas Moura was surely the star of the show after his treble, there have been a number of different excellent gamers for the guests. Danny Rose and Dele Alli, specifically, had been very good.
Defender Rose mentioned: “We noticed Liverpool final night time. It goes to indicate it’s not over till it’s over.
“Disillusioned with the primary leg how we began and we began like that tonight. However after the break we got here out.
“The gaffer talked about Liverpool’s show on the resort earlier than the match – the gaffer doesn’t thoughts us shedding however we’ve got to lose the fitting method.
“We’re fortunate we’ve gone by and we stay up for the Champions League remaining.”
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