Ajax 2-3 Tottenham: The tale of Spurs' Champions League comeback

The Champions League is at its best when it produces the most ridiculous and improbable storylines. Both were found in abundance when Tottenham Hotspur battled Ajax in the 2018/19 semi-finals.

Sat on the brink of European heartbreak, Spurs stunned the whole continent from 3-0 down on aggregate to steal a place in Madrid's final thanks to Lucas Moura's iconic hat-trick.

On the anniversary of one of the most ridiculous games in Champions League history, here's how Tottenham achieved the impossible against Erik ten Hag's talented and young Ajax side.

Both Tottenham and Ajax's routes to the semi-finals in 2018/19 were unexpected and involved a fair bit of odds-defying.

Spurs went winless in their first three group-stage games before scraping through on the final day, while Ajax were able to secure wins against lower quality opposition in AEK Athens and Benfica alongside draws with Bayern Munich.

The last 16 proved to be the only stage of the competition in which Tottenham avoided a major scare, surging into a 3-0 first-leg lead over Borussia Dortmund before completing the job with a more slender 1-0 victory in Germany.

Ajax had perennial UCL winners Real Madrid to overcome in the round of 16 and, after a disheartening 2-1 home defeat, stormed into the last eight as Hakim Ziyech, David Neres, Dusan Tadic and Lasse Schone all scored in a display of liquid football at the Bernabeu.

Spurs were the benefactors from the old away-goal rule in the quarter-finals, pipping Manchester City to a semi-final berth after a ridiculous 4-3 defeat at the Etihad Stadium which saw a late Raheem Sterling effort chalked off for offside.

Ajax also conjured up more away day magic despite falling 2-1 behind on aggregate to Juventus when Cristiano Ronaldo