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What a season of drama it’s been

No one can quite believe what the Champions League is throwing up this season after another thrilling game between Ajax and Tottenham.

It’s certainly been a season of drama on the biggest stage in club football.

We had plenty of drama in the group stage as well as drama in the form of Manchester United knocking Paris Saint-Germain out in the last-16.

Though, despite all of the games prior, this week really has been possibly the most dramatic in Champions League history.

Ajax’s Matthijs de Ligt celebrates scoring his side’s first goal of the game Ajax v Tottenham Hotspur – UEFA Champions League – Semi Final – Second Leg – Johan Cruijff ArenA 08-05-2019 . (Photo by Bradley Collyer/EMPICS/PA Images via Getty Images)

A week of twists and turns

We started off the week by watching Liverpool overturn a three-goal deficit at Anfield to knock Barcelona out of the Champions League.

Despite being dominated in the main at the Camp Nou, Liverpool came roaring back on their own turf to complete the most historic of comebacks.

Divock Origi and Georginio Wijnaldum scored a brace each with three of Liverpool’s goals coming in the second-half including Origi’s incredible 79th-minute winner.

Though, just when we thought there was enough drama for the week, Spurs’ clash with Ajax threw up even more shocks.

Ajax took an early 2-0 lead after impressive goals from Matthijs de Ligt and Hakim Ziyech.

Not only were they ahead, Ajax were completely in control as the game reached half-time.

Spurs truly looked down and out, needing to score three goals to go through.

That was until the second half where they came out fighting, just as Liverpool did the night before.

They finally made their breakthrough in the 55th minute when Lucas Moura finished off a brilliant counter-attack.

Spurs then made it 2-2 on the night and 3-2 to Ajax on aggregate, with Moura scoring his second of the game.

Chances kept on coming, with the biggest chance falling to Jan Vertonghen whose header hit the bar and his follow-up blocked on the line.

Then, just when you thought it was impossible, Tottenham scored with the last kick of the game to break Ajax hearts.

Lucas Moura’s dramatic strike sent Spurs through to the final, against all odds.

Social media reacts to a week of UCL drama

Safe to say, no one could quite believe what they had seen tonight, this week and this season.

It looks as though the love for Champions League football is at an all-time high.

Tottenham vs Ajax

Tottenham faced Ajax on Wednesday evening in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final.

Spurs would lose the first leg 1-0 in their new stadium.

However, Ajax have been better away from home in the UCL this season with their comeback vs Real Madrid taking place at the Bernabeu.

The winner of this match knew they would be facing Liverpool in the final after Jurgen Klopp’s men came from 3-0 down to beat Barcelona 4-3.

LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 03: Mauricio Pochettino, Manager of Tottenham Hotspur looks on during the Group B match of the UEFA Champions League between Tottenham Hotspur and FC Barcelona at Wembley Stadium on October 3, 2018 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

Lucas steals the show

Tottenham’s evening would get off to a nightmare start as Matthijs de Ligt put Ajax 1-0 up inside five minutes.

It was Kieran Trippier who should have been following de Ligt’s run when the corner was whipped in.

However, the young centre-back was left alone and headed in.

Viewers of the clash between Liverpool and Barcelona have taken to social media in their droves tonight to absolutely tear into the Blaugrana, after their complete-and-utter bottle-job at Anfield.

Liverpool’s mission impossible

Jurgen Klopp’s men welcomed Barca to Merseyside a short time ago, for the second-leg of the Champions League semi-final tie between the clubs.

Liverpool entered the clash aware that a titanic effort would be required to secure a place in the competition’s finale, having fallen to a largely-undeserved 3-0 defeat in the tie’s reverse fixture at the Camp Nou last week.

Luis Suarez opened the scoring against his former side midway through the first-half, before a late Lionel Messi brace looked to have secured an insurmountable advantage for the Spanish champions ahead of tonight’s return-leg.

Wijnaldum and Origi down Barca

What subsequently took place over the last 90 minutes at Anfield, though, saw Liverpool secure one of the most high-profile turnarounds in the history of European football.

The Reds took the lead tonight with just 7 minutes on the clock, as a mistake from Jordi Alba eventually saw Jordan Henderson’s effort well saved by Marc-Andre ter Stegen, only for Divock Origi to slot home on the rebound.

The likes of Philippe Coutinho and Luis Suarez wasted golden opportunities to level things up as the clash advanced, before Liverpool made the La Liga giants pay for their wastefulness in a major way.

Incredibly, after an Andy Robertson injury forced Jurgen Klopp into introducing Gini Wijnaldum at the interval, the Dutchman went on to notch a quick-fire brace within 10 minutes of being introduced.

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – MAY 07: Georginio Wijnaldum of Liverpool celebrates after scoring his team’s third goal with Trent Alexander-Arnold during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final second leg match between Liverpool and Barcelona at Anfield on May 07, 2019 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Wijnaldum’s pair of strikes would have seen the matchup head to extra-time, if no further goals were notched.

The hosts, though were not ready to rest on their laurels.

And, in a moment of genius 10 minutes from time, Trent Alexander-Arnold’s quick corner saw Barcelona caught napping, allowing Divock Origi to put Liverpool ahead on aggregate with a superb finish.

And this was how things remained until the final-whistle, on a night that saw an absolutely courageous Liverpool send spineless Barca crashing out of Europe.

‘Bottlers’

The Blaugrana’s defeat at Anfield means that Ernesto Valverde’s men have now thrown away 3-goal first-leg leads to be eliminated from the Champions League in consecutive seasons.

As such, on a night where the likes of Sergio Busquets, Philippe Coutinho and, crucially, Lionel Messi all failed to perform when it mattered most, fans have since inevitably torn into Barca’s ‘bottlers’ in unforgiving fashion across social media: