Premier League club reaches the quarters after 0-0 draw with Milan

LONDON - Harry Redknapp admits Tottenham is in Champions League dreamland after his side reached the quarterfinals with a tense 1-0 aggregate win over AC Milan.

Redknapp's team survived a barrage of pressure from Milan at White Hart Lane on Wednesday to secure a 0-0 draw in the last 16 second-leg clash and that was enough to eliminate the Italian league leader thanks to Peter Crouch's first-leg goal in the San Siro.

When Redknapp arrived at White Hart Lane, he took over a team in the Premier League relegation zone, but now it is within two rounds of reaching the final of Europe's elite club competition at Wembley.

After years spent in the long shadow cast by local rival Arsenal, it is now Tottenham's turn to bask in the spotlight and, with the Gunners forced to watch the rest of the competition on television after its exit against Barcelona, Redknapp wants his fans to savor every moment of its fairytale run.

"I don't know how far we can go but we've done very well so far," Redknapp said. "If we had said two years ago we would be in the last eight of the Champions League you would have said we were crazy.

"The fans are living a dream now I would have thought. What we have achieved so far was an impossible dream.

"The fans wouldn't have seen this coming two years ago. It's the first time in the Champions League in the club's history. To do that and then win the group - one of the toughest groups - and then beat AC Milan, they've got to enjoy it and see what comes.

"I'm just looking forward to getting home so I can have a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea and take the dogs for a walk.

"I try not to get too carried away when it goes well and not too down when things go wrong.

"We are not going out to celebrate. The players will be in for a warm-down in the morning. It's about the fans and giving them something to be proud of."

For long periods on Wednesday it looked as though nerves would get the better of Spurs as Milan probed for the goal that would get it back into the tie.

It took a superb goal-line clearance from William Gallas to deny a deflected shot from Robinho, while Heurelho Gomes saved from Alexandre Pato and Robinho.

For once Spurs were unable to employ the cavalier approach that has impressed in Europe this season but Redknapp, who reserved special praise for Gallas, Michael Dawson and Sandro, insisted his team deserved credit for holding its nerve under such intense pressure.

"It was always going to be a nervy night. If people think you are going to come here and smash AC Milan out of sight they have not been watching football over the years," Redknapp said.

Agence France-Presse