For a section of North London, Wednesday night was the stuff of dreams. Trailing youthful upstart Ajax 1-0 going into the second leg in Amsterdam, Spurs' tails were down and hopes of the club's first UEFA Champions League final looking bleak.
The final 3-3 aggregate scoreline seemed unfathomable 35 minutes in, when Ajax moved two goals ahead on the night courtesy of Matthijs de Ligt's header and Hakim Ziyech's fine strike, but a stunning Lucas Moura hat-trick turned the night around in spectacular style, with Spurs winning thanks to the away goals rule.
As the game moved into the final minute of stoppage time with the game poised at 3-3, Moura produced his final moment of magic to send Tottenham through and leave the young Ajax side stunned, and football fans -- and commentators -- delirious.
But as stunning as it was, Spurs' late win was arguably second fiddle to the preceding night, with English club Liverpool completing one of the great Champions League comebacks to knock out the mighty Barcelona and reach a second consecutive Champions League final.
Coming back from a three-goal deficit to inflict a stunning 4-3 defeat on the Catalans, it had shades of the northwest club's famous 2005 Champions League final win over AC Milan, in which it came back from three goals at half time to stun the Italians in a penalty shootout to raise the cup for the fifth time.
The Champions League heroics were the icing on the week which began with Manchester City's stunning rescue in the English Premier League, at the unlikely hands of captain Vincent Kompany.
The club legend is known as a stalwart defender, but it was at the other end of the pitch that he made the difference -- his wonder strike against Leicester, a screamer from outside the box into the top right hand corner -- looked all but set for City to retain the Premier League title under Pep Guardiola.
Kompany said he'd been telling people for years that he'd score a goal "like that" -- a potential candidate for goal of the season -- and it could prove decisive to Manchester club lifting the trophy come this weekend.
Can the momentum be sustained?
English clubs' European adventures continue Thursday evening, with both Chelsea and Arsenal vying for a spot in the Europa League final. The two London clubs each hold a respective advantage -- Chelsea drawing with Eintracht Frankfurt, giving it a potentially decisive away goal ahead of the return leg at Stamford Bridge; while Arsenal came from behind to wrap up a 3-1 first-leg win over Valencia to give it a slim cushion for the other semifinal second leg in Spain.
If the cards fall right for the two English Premier League teams, and they come through the Thursday night games triumphant, they will meet in Baku, Azerbaijan, on May 29 -- just days before the all-English Champions League final at Madrid's Wanda Metropolitan stadium.
If it comes to pass, it would be an unprecedented display of strength from a single country -- no domestic league has ever provided all four finalists for Europe's top two competitions.
Curtain call on thrilling season
Before the European showcases, however, the incredible English Premier League week will culminate Sunday, when the league wraps Sunday when all 20 teams simultaneously kick off at 3 p.m. local time (10 a.m ET).
City's Monday night triumph kept it in pole position for the Premier League title, one point clear of Liverpool, which has kept the pressure up on its local rivals in its dogged pursuit of first a title since 1990.
Few would bet against City putting Brighton to the sword on Sunday to retain its crown, especially with Liverpool handed a trickier draw against Wolves, which sit in seventh place after a surprisingly robust season, including wins against Chelsea, Spurs, Man United and Arsenal.
Next year's Champions League places, awarded to the top four finishers, are all but decided, with City, Liverpool and Chelsea guaranteed the top three slots.
But Arsenal fans will be hoping a high-scoring away win at Burnley, coupled with a Spurs collapse at home against Everton will see the Gunners pip fourth on goal difference and leapfrog their arch rivals into the final Champions League spot.
A back door to Europe for the north London teams, should either finish in fifth, could come in the form of winning their current European competition -- the Champions League for Spurs; Europa League for Arsenal -- as the cup winners are given an automatic bye to next season's premier European football competition.
The glamor ties of Europe's top table are beyond Manchester United now -- the Red Devils have endured a torrid run since manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer inked a permanent contract, but depending on results could climb to fifth and automatic entry into the Europa League. As it stands the Manchester team will have to play through the qualifying rounds of that competition.
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