The Spurs hat-trick hero against Ajax is the Champions League Player of the Week.
Tottenham Hotspur have announced that Lucas Moura has been named the Champions League Player of the Week.
The Brazilian winger was in inspired form as he scored a superb hat-trick to cancel out a sizeable Ajax aggregate lead in their semi-final second leg and drag his side into the final.
Trailing 1-0 from the first leg at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Matthijs de Ligt’s goal on five minutes and Hakim Ziyech’s 35th-minute contribution left Spurs with a seemingly insurmountable mountain to climb.
However, that is just what they did, as Moura scored twice within five minutes in the second half before adding a third deep into injury time to secure an aggregate scoreline of 3-3 and therefore progress on away goals.
The 26-year-old was up for the accolade alongside Tottenham teammate Moussa Sissoko and Liverpool duo Georginio Wijnaldum – who scored a brace in the 4-0 second-leg hammering of Barcelona – and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Spurs announced the update on their Twitter feed:
Here is how some of the Lilywhites faithful reacted on the social media platform:
Tottenham see out the Premier League season against Everton on Sunday and then face Liverpool in the Champions League final in Madrid on 1 June.
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