Dusan Tadic was pulling all the strings, including a disturbingly naughty trick for the second
Real Madrid came into the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie with Ajax sitting pretty on a 2-1 aggregate lead, however barely a quarter of the game had gone before the underdogs turned it around.
In fact, the Bernabeu was left ruing a huge chance barely moments after kick-off as Raphael Varane hit the bar, and that miss was punished by Hakim Ziyech after only seven minutes. Dusan Tadic stole the bar and squared it for a comfortable finish from the Moroccan past Thibaut Courtois.
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The tie was still in Madrid's favour at that point, thanks to their two away goals in Amsterdam a fortnight ago, but that man Tadic popped up once more to breeze past the hosts and set up a second. The former Southampton outcast even dropped in a naughty little turn past Casemiro on the way to setting up David Neres, making the Brazilian look like Nigel Quashie.
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With the assist, Tadic became the player involved in the most goals in the entire Champions League this season, netting five times for Ajax along with three assists. Answers on a postcard, Southampton fans.
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