AC Milan held Tottenham Hotspur to a goalless draw to progress to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) for the first time since the 2011/12 season.
Tottenham Hotspur needed an inspiring European night at home if they wanted to progress to the quarter-finals, and were boosted by the presence of their coach Antonio Conte’s return to the touchline.
After being booed off by the home fans at HT, the Spurs players failed to provide any inspiration in the second half and looked completely out of ideas going forward.
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Instead, it was Milan that came closest to opening the scoring from a counterattack that saw Brahim Díaz denied by Forster from point-blank range, and the Spurs goalkeeper had to be alive again soon after by making a brilliant save from Olivier Giroud’s effort.
Looking increasingly likely to bow out of European football once again, the Spurs players began pushing forward, leaving themselves open at the back, though Milan failed to make them pay.
Exiting the UCL caps off a disappointing season for Tottenham Hotspur, who are left without a trophy once again, and it’s now 15 years since their League Cup win.
Milan will be buoyed by their qualification to the quarter-finals after a disappointing domestic run has seen their defence of the Scudetto slip away, and they find themselves in a battle to make it into the top-four.
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