Manchester City and Tottenham played out quite possibly the most entertaining Champions League knockout game in the history of the competition. After just 25 minutes, Manchester City led 3-2 and looked in prime position to secure a place in the semi-finals.
This looked to have been sealed when Sergio Aguero smashed the ball past Hugo Lloris to make it 4-2, however what followed was unprecedented.
In a shocking turn of events, Fernando Llorente put Spurs back in charge on aggregate with a goal that epitomised the word 'controverisal'.
The ball appeared to strike the Spaniard's arm before hitting the forward's hip and ending up in the corner of the net.
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The goal was then put under VAR review only for the referee to give the goal, despite not necessarily having the best camera angles to assist him with the decision.
Then with five minutes of injury time to play, it looked like City were heading out, until one final attack sent the City fans into bedlam.
Raheem Sterling finished off a fine City move in the 93rd minute, to put City back in front and leave Spurs players on their knees.
But if you thought that was it, you had another thing coming.
Yet another VAR review.
Much to the disbelief of every spectator and viewer at home, Sergio Aguero - who was involved in the build-up - was in fact offside, meaning the goal was disallowed and therefore Spurs went through on away goals.
Watching Pep Guardiola and Mauricio Pochettino swap emotions in the space of a second was certainly a sight to see, but one fan didn't stay long enough to see the dramatic end to the game.
A Man City fan who was interviewed after the game seemed rather confused when the interviewer's first words were: "I know you're very disappointed."
"Why are you disappointed? We won," The fan replied with a comical amount of conviction.
He then had to remain straight faced while it was revealed to him that the goal that had in fact been ruled out.
It just goes to show, nothing is won or lost until the ref blows the final whistle.
This fan found out the hard way.
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