After edging a close first half in their Champions League last-16 first leg, Spurs needed two excellent saves from Heurelho Gomes and some resolute defending in a second 45 minutes which was dominated by the Italian hosts. It was a spiteful second half, too, with Vedran Corluka carried off with a nasty-looking injury following Mathieu Flamini's two-footed challenge. However, it was Harry Redknapp's side who had the last word when Aaron Lennon led a lightning-fast break before feeding Crouch to sweep home in the 80th minute. Zlatan Ibrahimovic thought he had equalised in added time only to have his goal disallowed. Crouch said: "It was a great game of football, I thought we deserved the win in the end. I thought we limited them to not many chances and I think we were the better side. It's a fantastic achievement. "I just had to keep up with Azza (Lennon) at the end!" Lennon said: "When I beat the first defender and saw Crouchy was free I was always going to put it across to him." Angry scenes at the full-time whistle surrounded Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso's head-butt on Spurs coach Joe Jordan. Crouch said on Sky Sports 2: "He always seems to get involved, he got involved with me as well as Joe Jordan." Redknapp said: "It was a fantastic performance, the lads were absolutely brilliant. "We hit them on the break and got the goal and it was well-deserved." Asked about Flamini's challenge on Corluka, Redknapp - watching a replay for the first time - said: "That is a red card all day. How has he not got a red card for that? "It's an absolute disgrace, they (UEFA) should look at that, surely, and do something about it. It's a dangerous, dangerous tackle. "They lost their heads a bit at the end." Redknapp joked about Gattuso's spat with Jordan: "There would be only one winner there - Joe! "I'd have my money on Joe. Of all the people to pick on, don't pick on Joe."
