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Matt Maltby

Christian Eriksen's three-word verdict on Tottenham’s Champions League heroics

Christian Eriksen was lost for words after his Tottenham side pulled off a remarkable comeback to reach the Champions League final on Wednesday night.

Lucas Moura scored a stoppage-time winner to complete a hat-trick and seal a sensational 3-2 comeback win for Spurs to take them past Ajax on the away goals rule.

Tottenham looked down and out at half-time after skipper Matthijs de Ligt's fifth-minute header and a superb 35th minute effort by Hakim Ziyech put Ajax in complete command of the tie having won the first leg 1-0 in London last week.

But 24 hours after Liverpool's miracle comeback to beat Barcelona 4-3 on aggregate, Tottenham produced their own heroics to reach their first European Cup final.

Christian Eriksen celebrates with Lucas Moura (Getty Images)

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The celebratory mood in the jam-packed Johan Cruyff Arena turned to one of nailbiting tension after Brazilian Moura scored twice in four minutes early in the second half to put Spurs within a goal of going through.

Ziyech hit the post for Ajax who appeared to have weathered the storm but Moura struck past Andre Onana to flatten the Ajax players and send the away fans into delirium.

And Eriksen, who played for Ajax before joining Tottenham in 2013, couldn’t quite believe what he had witnessed having played the full game in Amsterdam.

Tottenham reached the Champions League final on Wednesday night (Getty Images)

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He simply posted on Twitter : “What just happened” - and accompanied his post with the eyes emoji.

Tottenham, playing in their first European Cup semi-final for 57 years, arrived in Amsterdam on a run of woeful form having suffered three successive defeats in all competitions.

But they put their recent woes behind them to secure an astonishing victory, and they will now face English top-flight rivals Liverpool in the final next month.

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