Tottenham saw their hopes of lifting a trophy this season ended as they were dumped out of the Champions League by AC Milan 1-0 on aggregate after a 0-0 draw in the second leg of the last-16 tie at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Spurs were unable to overturn a one-goal deficit from the first leg, delivering a poor performance on Antonio Conte's return to the touchline which was compounded by a late red card for Cristian Romero
AC Milan had the better of the first half and even though Tottenham marginally improved in the second, the visitors still had clearer chances when Fraser Forster denied Brahim Diaz with a superb save and substitute Divock Origi hit the post in injury time
The full-time whistle was met by loud boos from the home supporters, who have not seen their side win a trophy for 15 years and now only have a top-four finish to play for this season with Conte's contract set to expire in 12 games' time
After kick-off was delayed by 10 minutes due to both team buses arriving late, Tottenham showed zero quality in the first half with AC Milan more than comfortable although they should have pushed to increase their lead
Cristian Romero and Clement Lenglet were both booked inside the first 21 minutes which meant they would miss the quarter-finals as Milan went closest seeing Junior Messias fire recklessly wide from inside the box at the end of a well-worked free-kick routine
Tottenham lacked creativity from midfield and their only moment in the first half came when Kane received the ball in the box and his cross was deflected towards goal and diverted behind by the left leg of goalkeeper Mike Maignan
The impressive Diaz forced a crucial save from Forster at the start of the second half who spread himself big to save from close range
Tottenham tried to pass the ball quicker in the opposition half and saw Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg drive into the box and fire at goal which was pushed over by Maignan
AC Milan were wasteful in possession and were there for the taking yet Spurs couldn't break them down before Romero recklessly slid in on Theo Hernandez by the touchline and was shown a second yellow card
Maignan produced a fine save to keep out an injury-time header from Harry Kane and on the counter-attack, Origi could have wrapped up the tie but hit the left post
"Over the two legs, it was well deserved for AC Milan
 The Italian side played in third gear tonight, they didn't need to go any higher than that
"Spurs just weren't good enough
 They had just two shots on target in the 90 minutes and it's just not good enough
 There was a lack of energy and a lack of ideas
 It was so flat and dull
"Pre-World Cup I was excited and intrigued to see where they might finish, but since the World Cup, with the way they've played, this isn't really a surprising result
"What is being served up week in, week out at the football club is not good at all
"People talk about Spurs having the best stadium
 You can have the best house but if the furniture is not the best inside, it's irrelevant
 Everybody has got to be held accountable
"Daniel Levy has said about the signings not being great and that is bizarre because I'm sure I said something like that six years ago and got fined two week's wages
"Everybody needs to take some blame and it will be interesting to see where they go from here until the end of the season
"face Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Saturday; kick off is at 3pm
 host Salernitana on Monday at 7
45pm in Serie A
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