Source: PA
End of the European road for Spurs
Tottenham were unable to produce the miracle required to overcome Real Madrid as they exited the Champions League with a 1-0 quarter-final second leg defeat thanks to Heurelho Gomes' second-half clanger.
Gomes has been a pillar of the club's domestic and European campaigns this year, but his failure to hang on to Cristiano Ronaldo's routine 30-yard drive ensured that any chance Spurs had of coming back from the four-goal deficit they accrued in the Bernabeu were over in the 50th minute.
Spurs threw everything they had at their highly-decorated opponents in the first half and had two convincing penalty appeals turned down.
Gareth Bale, Aaron Lennon and Roman Pavlyuchenko all excelled, but their efforts were not enough to give Spurs fans one more memorable night to add to their collection this year and Madrid and Jose Mourinho will now get the chance to prove they are Europe's best as they take on Barcelona in the last four.
The 5-0 aggregate defeat brought to an end a dream debut season in the Champions League in which Tottenham have won the hearts of many a neutral thanks to the enterprising football which had seen them tear apart Inter Milan and brush past their neighbours AC Milan to make the last eight.
Rarely has a team making their first appearance in the Champions League had such a successful bow, and should they qualify for next year's tournament, they will be confident of mixing it with Europe's giants again.
