Moussa Sissoko had no idea Tottenham had beaten Manchester City until a member of the Spurs coaching staff found him in the dressing room and revealed Raheem Sterling’s goal was disallowed.
After a Champions League clash for the ages, Spurs advanced to the semi-finals on away goals after City’s thrilling 4-3 victory meant the tie finished 4-4 on aggregate.
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Sissoko limped off before half-time
Sterling appeared to break Tottenham hearts in stoppage time, only for the goal to be disallowed following a VAR review.
But Sissoko, who was substituted due to injury at half-time, was so devastated when Sterling scored he immediately headed for the dressing room – and therefore didn’t know the goal had been chalked off.
“I was on the bench when I saw the goal that made it 5-3,” Sissoko told French sports newspaper L’Equipe.
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“I was so upset that I returned directly to the dressing room.
“I was alone, no one had accompanied me, no TV screen was broadcasting the game. In my head we were eliminated.
“Then one of the staff members entered the dressing room and told me: ‘Incredible, we did it!’.
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“I said: ‘How did we do it?’ At that moment, he told me that the goal had been disallowed.
“So I put on a t-shirt, I forgot about my injury and I ran outside to join the others, not to miss the celebrations for such an historic moment.
“It was an incredible, emotional shock.”
Sissoko suffered a groin injury during the quarter-final clash and Tottenham are assessing him ahead of their return to the Etihad in the Premier League on Saturday.
And the midfielder was so frustrated following Sterling's goal that he stormed down the tunnel and into the dressing room. Sissoko didn't realise City's late goal had been ruled out after
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City's euphoria quickly turned to dejection - and it was Tottenham's turn to go nuts instead as they advanced to the semi-finals - though someone had to come and find a distraught Moussa Sissoko to tell him Spurs had won after the midfielder left the pitch when Sterling's shot went in. Watch the remarkable scenes below:
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