Top 5 greatest hat-tricks in Champions League history 

Juventus v Club de Atletico Madrid - UEFA Champions League Round of 16: Second Leg
Juventus v Club de Atletico Madrid - UEFA Champions League Round of 16: Second Leg

#1 Lucas Moura: Ajax vs Tottenham

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Johan Cruyff Arena (May 8, 2019)

Ajax v Tottenham Hotspur - UEFA Champions League Semi Final: Second Leg
Ajax v Tottenham Hotspur - UEFA Champions League Semi Final: Second Leg

Ajax were the fairytale team of the 2018/2019 Champions League campaign, first qualifying from a group also containing Bayern Munich, Benfica, and AEK Ajax, before impressively eliminating Real Madrid and Juventus in the knockout rounds.

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Their Cinderella story, however, ended in the semifinal stage, with Lucas Moura the hero as Tottenham Hotspur made it to their first-ever Champions League final.

The Dutch giants had defeated the Premier League outfit 1-0 at Wembley and they were all but certain of qualification when Matthijs de Ligt and Hakim Ziyech scored in the second-leg to give them a 2-0 half-time lead and a 3-0 aggregate advantage.

However, Lucas Moura stepped up to the plate and scored two quickfire goals within 15 minutes of the second half to level the match, but even at that, Ajax still had the advantage and would have progressed had the game ended all square.

With few seconds to go until the final whistle, they were still in the driving seat, but a last-gasp goal from Moura in the sixth minute of additional time put Tottenham 3-2 up on the night and eliminated the hosts on the away-goal rule.

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