It is Gareth Bales's coming of age for Spurs. However the Wales international was unable to save the game for Tottenham despite scoring an impressive hattrick. Eto'o, Stankovic and Javier Zanetti were on target for the home side. The final score reads Inter Milan 4 vs Tottenham 3.

There have been a lot of football games played over the years, some might even say thousands. Therefore it takes something awfully impressive to earn the title of Game of the Century with such a pool to pick from. But football has that one: Italy versus West Germany, semifinal, Mexico 1970.

What did we want from last night's game? We were playing the champions of Europe in their own backyard. Many, if not all, expected us to lose and anything above that would be a bonus and that's exactly what we got.

Ok, so Bale's 2 late goals might have papered over some pretty big defensive problems but we all know that and more importantly so do the coaching staff.