Dusan Tadic

Champions League: Mauricio Pochettino's Spurs need to counter Ajax's possession-based game with patient play

For Mauricio Pochettino's Spurs, the key to unlocking the Ajax puzzle might well be to not try and play the game they want you to.

Champions League: Injury-hit Tottenham Hotspur need to dig deep to halt free-flowing Ajax in semi-final first leg

Ajax earned themselves the tag of the giant-killers in this year’s Champions League after beating Juventus and Real Madrid in the run into the semi-finals, and will be quietly confident of beating an injury-hit Spurs in the two legs

Champions League: Serie A leaders Juventus put domestic responsibilities on back-burner to focus efforts on youthful Ajax side

Juventus have put their bid to wrap up an eighth consecutive Serie A title on the back burner as they focus on their European ambitions

Champions League: UEFA release statement explaining controversial VAR decisions in last-16 ties

UEFA explained why Slovenian referee Damir Skomina reversed his original decision not to point to the spot having been alerted to watch a replay of the incident by the VAR

Champions League: Youthful Ajax reinvent Total Football in Bernabeu to overwhelm featureless Real Madrid in last-16

Ajax played with conviction and impetus, overpowering a team without cohesion, an eleven that presented itself as a group of fading and isolated prima donnas

Champions League: Real Madrid coach Santiago Solari vows to fight back after humiliating loss to Ajax at home

Santiago Solari vowed to fight on but the reign of Real Madrid in Europe is over and their season effectively is too after they were stunned by a 4-1 defeat at home to Ajax on Tuesday.

Champions League: Real Madrid dumped out by Ajax after 1-4 humbling; Tottenham Hotspur ease into quarters

In seven days, Madrid have been knocked out of the Copa del Rey, LaLiga's title race and now the last 16 of the Champions League, the competition they had come to believe was their own.

Champions League: UEFA chief refereeing officer Roberto Rosetti pleased with implementation of VAR in last-16 first-leg matches

VAR was implemented for the first time in Europe’s premier club competition and was called into action in games when tight offside and penalty decisions were involved

Champions League: Real Madrid ride on late winner from Marco Asensio to beat Ajax as VAR decision clouds first leg

Real Madrid needed a late winner from Marco Asensio and VAR's debut in the Champions League to beat a spirited Ajax 2-1 in the first leg of the last 16 on Wednesday

Champions League: Kingsley Coman's late goal ends all talk of early retirement, says Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac

Kingsley Coman helped fire Bayern Munich to the top of Group E in the bad-tempered six-goal thriller in Amsterdam, which both sides finished with 10 men.