Soccer:Harry Redknapp chose to celebrate becoming the first English manager to guide a team to the quarter-finals of the Champions League by simply eating a bacon sandwich and having a cup of tea.
Peter Crouch's late strike in the San Siro proved to be enough to see Spurs reach the last eight after they held out for a nervy goalless draw with the Italian giants at White Hart Lane.
Redknapp's side have won over the hearts of many neutral supporters with a brand of attacking football that has been good enough to see off Milan, Inter, Werder Bremen and FC Twente in what has been an incredible debut season in the competition.
Terry Venables was the last Englishman to reach the quarter-finals in Europe's premier club competition in 1986, but no other home-grown manager has repeated the feat in the modern era since the trophy was revamped and rebranded as the Champions League.
But Redknapp insisted he would not be over-awed by his' side's achievements, saying: "I'm not getting too carried away.
"I'm just looking forward to getting home tonight and having a cup of tea and a bacon sandwich and taking the dogs out. It's a great night for Tottenham but we are not going to celebrate."
With Gareth Bale forced to start the game on the bench, other Spurs players, such as Brazil midfielder Sandro and goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes, performed well, much to Redknapp's delight.
The 64-year-old has completed a massive turnaround from when he took charge at White Hart Lane two-and-a-half years ago and he now faces the possibility of a mouth-watering tie against the likes of Real Madrid or Barcelona in the next stage next month.
"This is an impossible dream that we have achieved so far," he said. "Two years ago if you would have said that we would have made it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, I would have thought you were crazy."
Milan had control of the game for much of the first half and Gomes had to be at his best to deny Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Pato.
William Gallas also played a pivotal role, denying Robinho on the line when Gomes had strayed in a failed attempt to rob Pato of the ball in the first half.
Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri was disappointed to see his team fall at the last-16 stage and thinks they should have at least taken the tie to extra-time.
"We played a good game, all we could have expected," he said. "We didn't score and we got punished. It leaves a bitter taste."
