So there was not to be one last comeback, another dramatic late goal to keep Tottenham in the cup, which did not have their name written on it after all.

Liverpool's final performance never hit the heights of earlier in the competition, but few Reds fans will care after an early Mo Salah penalty and late Divock Origi strike saw Tottenham beaten 2-0 in Saturday evening’s far from classico Champions League final at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid.

Tottenham will play Liverpool in the Champions League final after a 3-2 semi-final second-leg win over Ajax gave Spurs an aggregate victory on away goals.

Football — bloody hell, as a Manchester manager once said after a Champions League match of the highest drama.

When Heung Min Son smashed home the only goal of a dramatic game, to give Spurs a precious 1-0 lead to take to Manchester next week, the roar that erupted in their magnificent new stadium would have been heard loud and clear five kilometres down the Seven Sisters Road, deep in the heart of Arsenal territory.

Tottenham’s final season at White Hart Lane brought them 18 wins from 19 games, and their first time back on the same site, albeit refurbished to the tune of more than a billion euros, brought another victory, their first in six league games, and a return to third place in the Premier League.

When Tottenham won the first leg of this tie 3-0 at Wembley three weeks ago, there appeared little doubt that Mauricio Pochettino’s men were through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Against Leicester City on Sunday, Manchester United produced their worst performance under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s short stewardship.

Tottenham’s new stadium WILL be the only place to host Champions League football in London this season after another night of incredible drama in Barcelona ended with Lucas Moura striking a late, late equaliser to send Spurs through to the last 16 of the Champions League.

Avoiding compulsory military service has a long and honourable history — from cross-dressing Corporal Klinger in MASH to Donald Trump’s bone spurs — and the recent plight of Tottenham’s South Korean striker Son Heung-min showed that the art of draft-dodging remains highly relevant, writes Tommy Martin.

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Tottenham 1 Newcastle 0

Tottenham 2 Watford 0

Tottenham underlined their FA Cup credentials by breezing into the semi-finals for a second successive season with a commanding victory at Swansea.

And so the Old Lady prevailed, as the old masters of European football finally ended Tottenham’s swashbuckling adventure in the Champions League.

Mauricio Pochettino has offered to help VAR bosses get the system right as he fears it will "kill the emotion" of the game.

Rochdale manager Keith Hill celebrated his team’s FA Cup draw with Tottenham - and defended the right of Dele Alli to win the penalty that almost shattered the hosts’ hopes.

Tottenham 1 Arsenal 0: There was a moment, late in Saturday’s north London derby, that went a long way to explaining why Tottenham and Arsenal have been moving in opposite directions over the past few seasons.

The elation felt by Manchester United fans following the double drama of Jose Mourinho’s new contract and Alexis Sanchez’s arrival in transfer deadline week is already over after Tottenham ruthlessly exposed their defensive problems in a deserved victory at Wembley.

Harry Kane rescued Tottenham’s FA Cup hopes as his late equaliser secured a 1-1 draw at Newport.

Southampton 1 - Tottenham 1: Mauricio Pochettino admits Tottenham’s players were hit by a virus last week but insisted that was no excuse for their sloppy display against Southampton. 

Stubbornly holding on to a player can be fatal in Fantasy Premier League - but managers have been finding out recently that selling one too soon can be every bit as calamitous.

The star man, ratings and moment of the match.

Son Heung-min and Pedro Obiang each scored a stunner as Tottenham were held by West Ham to a draw at Wembley.

What more can you say about Harry Kane?

Tottenham 2 - Brighton 0: Tottenham, who seem to be playing the Premier League in the shadow of their own Champions League excitement, needed a fortunate goal from defender Serge Aurier and a late deflected Heung-min Son effort to beat Brighton and keep their top-four challenge alive.

Manchester United responded from the derby loss with a victory over Bournemouth.

It may have taken him 17 games but Fernando Llorente is finally off the mark for Tottenham and beginning to look at home in north London.

Fernando Llorente and Georges-Kevin Nkoudou scored their first goals for Tottenham as Spurs strolled into the Champions League last 16 by beating Apoel Nicosia.

The old cliché that form goes out of the window for the North London derby certainly held true. Arsenal, lacklustre so far, were lively and dominant; Spurs showed absolutely nothing of the form that has got everyone talking and referee Mike Dean firmly put to bed the view that he is biased towards Spurs.

Mauricio Pochettino felt aggrieved with decisions in the build-up to both Arsenal goals as Tottenham suffered a 2-0 derby defeat.

Harry Kane is among a number of Tottenham players set for late fitness tests ahead of Saturday's north London derby against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

Tottenham 1 - Crystal Palace 0: If the measure of a team that is going places is the ability to win ‘ugly’ when necessary, Tottenham passed their latest test with a functional win over lowly Crystal Palace that was in stark contrast to their thrilling victory over Real Madrid in midweek.

Tottenham do not need Harry Kane to win at Manchester United today, according to manager Mauricio Pochettino.

Tottenham 4 Liverpool 1: In London’s West End tonight, Fifa will name their World Player of the Year at a glitzy ceremony at the capital’s Palladium.

Our man inside the game turned up at Wembley yesterday and that was also as much as Liverpool managed.

Harry Kane delivered a Champions League masterclass by hitting a hat-trick and leading Tottenham to a 3-0 demolition of APOEL Nicosia.

Leicster City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 6: Ruthless Harry Kane struck four goals as Tottenham dismantled Leicester 6-1.

Ruthless Harry Kane struck four goals as Tottenham dismantled Leicester 6-1.

West Ham United 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0: Manuel Lanzini all but killed off Tottenham’s lingering title hopes with the goal that ended their nine-game winning streak in the league and ensured West Ham’s own top-flight survival.

Tottenham 2 Arsenal 0: After describing how proud he was of his Tottenham Hotspur side’s performance in a one-sided north London derby, Mauricio Pochettino was asked whether Chelsea’s victory at Everton earlier in the day meant there was an underlying feeling of disappointment in home dressing room at White Hart Lane.

So now Spurs have two FA Cup records that are unlikely to be broken. The only non-league team to win the cup, and now seven consecutive FA Cup semi-final defeats, stretching back to 1993.