diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts
index 705de13bf6..1776122371 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ function tcbCreateEventHandler(
       /* modifier */ undefined,
       /* typeParameters */ undefined,
       /* parameters */[eventParam],
-      /* type */ undefined,
+      /* type */ ts.createKeywordTypeNode(ts.SyntaxKind.AnyKeyword),
       /* equalsGreaterThanToken*/ undefined,
       /* body */ handler);
 }
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/diagnostics_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/diagnostics_spec.ts
index 8cedeb585e..b00c2efd65 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/diagnostics_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/diagnostics_spec.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {TestFile, runInEachFileSystem} from '@angular/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/file_system/testing';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
+import {TestFile, runInEachFileSystem} from '../../file_system/testing';
+import {TypeCheckingConfig} from '../src/api';
+
 import {TestDeclaration, ngForDeclaration, ngForDts, typecheck} from './test_utils';
 
 runInEachFileSystem(() => {
@@ -258,6 +260,21 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
 
         expect(messages).toEqual([]);
       });
+
+      // https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/33528
+      it('should not produce a diagnostic for implicit any return types', () => {
+        const messages = diagnose(
+            `<div (click)="state = null"></div>`, `
+          class TestComponent {
+            state: any;
+          }`,
+            // Disable strict DOM event checking and strict null checks, to infer an any return type
+            // that would be implicit if the handler function would not have an explicit return
+            // type.
+            [], [], {checkTypeOfDomEvents: false}, {strictNullChecks: false});
+
+        expect(messages).toEqual([]);
+      });
     });
 
     describe('strict null checks', () => {
@@ -314,8 +331,9 @@ class TestComponent {
 
 function diagnose(
     template: string, source: string, declarations?: TestDeclaration[],
-    additionalSources: TestFile[] = []): string[] {
-  const diagnostics = typecheck(template, source, declarations, additionalSources);
+    additionalSources: TestFile[] = [], config?: Partial<TypeCheckingConfig>,
+    options?: ts.CompilerOptions): string[] {
+  const diagnostics = typecheck(template, source, declarations, additionalSources, config, options);
   return diagnostics.map(diag => {
     const text =
         typeof diag.messageText === 'string' ? diag.messageText : diag.messageText.messageText;
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/test_utils.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/test_utils.ts
index 76962ea6a1..5d816acb4a 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/test_utils.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/test_utils.ts
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ export function tcb(
 
 export function typecheck(
     template: string, source: string, declarations: TestDeclaration[] = [],
-    additionalSources: {name: AbsoluteFsPath; contents: string}[] = []): ts.Diagnostic[] {
+    additionalSources: {name: AbsoluteFsPath; contents: string}[] = [],
+    config: Partial<TypeCheckingConfig> = {}, opts: ts.CompilerOptions = {}): ts.Diagnostic[] {
   const typeCheckFilePath = absoluteFrom('/_typecheck_.ts');
   const files = [
     typescriptLibDts(),
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ export function typecheck(
     ...additionalSources,
   ];
   const {program, host, options} =
-      makeProgram(files, {strictNullChecks: true, noImplicitAny: true}, undefined, false);
+      makeProgram(files, {strictNullChecks: true, noImplicitAny: true, ...opts}, undefined, false);
   const sf = program.getSourceFile(absoluteFrom('/main.ts')) !;
   const checker = program.getTypeChecker();
   const logicalFs = new LogicalFileSystem(getRootDirs(host, options));
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ export function typecheck(
         program, checker, options, host, new TypeScriptReflectionHost(checker)),
     new LogicalProjectStrategy(reflectionHost, logicalFs),
   ]);
-  const ctx = new TypeCheckContext(ALL_ENABLED_CONFIG, emitter, typeCheckFilePath);
+  const ctx = new TypeCheckContext({...ALL_ENABLED_CONFIG, ...config}, emitter, typeCheckFilePath);
 
   const templateUrl = 'synthetic.html';
   const templateFile = new ParseSourceFile(template, templateUrl);
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/type_check_block_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/type_check_block_spec.ts
index 9343450425..f1a22fcffd 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/type_check_block_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/type_check_block_spec.ts
@@ -253,26 +253,26 @@ describe('type check blocks', () => {
       const TEMPLATE = `<div dir (dirOutput)="foo($event)"></div>`;
       const block = tcb(TEMPLATE, DIRECTIVES);
       expect(block).toContain(
-          '_outputHelper(_t2.outputField).subscribe($event => (ctx).foo($event));');
+          '_outputHelper(_t2.outputField).subscribe(($event): any => (ctx).foo($event));');
     });
 
     it('should emit a listener function with AnimationEvent for animation events', () => {
       const TEMPLATE = `<div (@animation.done)="foo($event)"></div>`;
       const block = tcb(TEMPLATE);
-      expect(block).toContain('($event: animations.AnimationEvent) => (ctx).foo($event);');
+      expect(block).toContain('($event: animations.AnimationEvent): any => (ctx).foo($event);');
     });
 
     it('should emit addEventListener calls for unclaimed outputs', () => {
       const TEMPLATE = `<div (event)="foo($event)"></div>`;
       const block = tcb(TEMPLATE);
-      expect(block).toContain('_t1.addEventListener("event", $event => (ctx).foo($event));');
+      expect(block).toContain('_t1.addEventListener("event", ($event): any => (ctx).foo($event));');
     });
 
     it('should allow to cast $event using $any', () => {
       const TEMPLATE = `<div (event)="foo($any($event))"></div>`;
       const block = tcb(TEMPLATE);
       expect(block).toContain(
-          '_t1.addEventListener("event", $event => (ctx).foo(($event as any)));');
+          '_t1.addEventListener("event", ($event): any => (ctx).foo(($event as any)));');
     });
 
   });
@@ -374,18 +374,18 @@ describe('type check blocks', () => {
       it('should check types of directive outputs when enabled', () => {
         const block = tcb(TEMPLATE, DIRECTIVES);
         expect(block).toContain(
-            '_outputHelper(_t2.outputField).subscribe($event => (ctx).foo($event));');
+            '_outputHelper(_t2.outputField).subscribe(($event): any => (ctx).foo($event));');
         expect(block).toContain(
-            '_t1.addEventListener("nonDirOutput", $event => (ctx).foo($event));');
+            '_t1.addEventListener("nonDirOutput", ($event): any => (ctx).foo($event));');
       });
       it('should not check types of directive outputs when disabled', () => {
         const DISABLED_CONFIG:
             TypeCheckingConfig = {...BASE_CONFIG, checkTypeOfOutputEvents: false};
         const block = tcb(TEMPLATE, DIRECTIVES, DISABLED_CONFIG);
-        expect(block).toContain('($event: any) => (ctx).foo($event);');
+        expect(block).toContain('($event: any): any => (ctx).foo($event);');
         // Note that DOM events are still checked, that is controlled by `checkTypeOfDomEvents`
         expect(block).toContain(
-            '_t1.addEventListener("nonDirOutput", $event => (ctx).foo($event));');
+            '_t1.addEventListener("nonDirOutput", ($event): any => (ctx).foo($event));');
       });
     });
 
@@ -394,13 +394,13 @@ describe('type check blocks', () => {
 
       it('should check types of animation events when enabled', () => {
         const block = tcb(TEMPLATE, DIRECTIVES);
-        expect(block).toContain('($event: animations.AnimationEvent) => (ctx).foo($event);');
+        expect(block).toContain('($event: animations.AnimationEvent): any => (ctx).foo($event);');
       });
       it('should not check types of animation events when disabled', () => {
         const DISABLED_CONFIG:
             TypeCheckingConfig = {...BASE_CONFIG, checkTypeOfAnimationEvents: false};
         const block = tcb(TEMPLATE, DIRECTIVES, DISABLED_CONFIG);
-        expect(block).toContain('($event: any) => (ctx).foo($event);');
+        expect(block).toContain('($event: any): any => (ctx).foo($event);');
       });
     });
 
@@ -410,9 +410,9 @@ describe('type check blocks', () => {
       it('should check types of DOM events when enabled', () => {
         const block = tcb(TEMPLATE, DIRECTIVES);
         expect(block).toContain(
-            '_outputHelper(_t2.outputField).subscribe($event => (ctx).foo($event));');
+            '_outputHelper(_t2.outputField).subscribe(($event): any => (ctx).foo($event));');
         expect(block).toContain(
-            '_t1.addEventListener("nonDirOutput", $event => (ctx).foo($event));');
+            '_t1.addEventListener("nonDirOutput", ($event): any => (ctx).foo($event));');
       });
       it('should not check types of DOM events when disabled', () => {
         const DISABLED_CONFIG: TypeCheckingConfig = {...BASE_CONFIG, checkTypeOfDomEvents: false};
@@ -420,8 +420,8 @@ describe('type check blocks', () => {
         // Note that directive outputs are still checked, that is controlled by
         // `checkTypeOfOutputEvents`
         expect(block).toContain(
-            '_outputHelper(_t2.outputField).subscribe($event => (ctx).foo($event));');
-        expect(block).toContain('($event: any) => (ctx).foo($event);');
+            '_outputHelper(_t2.outputField).subscribe(($event): any => (ctx).foo($event));');
+        expect(block).toContain('($event: any): any => (ctx).foo($event);');
       });
     });