Tottenham Hotspur will meet Liverpool in the Champions League final.
Chris Sutton has changed his mind about Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli after he helped his team reach the Champions League final on Wednesday.
The BBC Sport pundit, who criticised the England international before the match, lauded him for his ‘moment of brilliance’ as Lucas Moura netted a stoppage-time goal to send his team through to the final.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live (08/05/2019 at 10:05 pm), former Premier League winner Sutton changed his mind on Alli after watching his performance in Amsterdam.
“I criticised Dele Alli at the top of the programme,” Sutton told BBC Radio 5 Live. “That touch from him to set up Moura was sublime. It was top draw It was first class. Moura didn’t break stride, he still had work to do.
“A moment of brilliance from Dele. Pochettino just thew forwards on, didn’t he? I didn’t know what system they were playing in the end. It was like a schoolboy game. Just going for it.”
The night before Liverpool overturned a three-goal deficit to beat Barcelona 4-3 on aggregate to book their place in the Champions League final for the second season running.
When Spurs were 2-0 down at half-time (3-0 on aggregate), not many people thought they could repeat the feats of their fellow English side and progress through to the final.
But Mauricio Pochettino’s side clearly had other ideas. Within 15 minutes of the restart, they were back in the game when Moura had netted two goals.
Then deep into stoppage-time, Moura scored the winning goal to send his supporters into wild celebrations, whilst there was complete and utter silence from the Ajax fans.
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