Top 3 ‘greatest comebacks’ in Champions League you still remember

Top 3 ‘greatest comebacks’ in Champions League you still remember

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The Champions League is by far the most esteemed football club tournament, and has always been.

Some of the recent comebacks on this major stage are still remembered, as it is an amazing feat like no other in the world of football.

The Champions League puts out some of football’s best qualities and several spectacular comebacks.

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We still recall the comebacks achieved in finals in recent years by Liverpool and Barcelona which is still sharp in our memories.

Barcelona 6-1 PSG (6-5 agg) [2016-17 UCL Round Of 16 at Camp Nou]

This is perhaps the most popular comeback in the Champions League history and surely no football fans can ever forget this night.

FC Barcelona fulfilled the difficult challenge of covering a 4-0 gap from their Champions League first leg Last 16 game against Paris Saint Germain. They achieved all that in front of the crowds, drawing 6-1 at the Camp Nou in a thrilling game.

The star-studded trio of MSN (Messi, Suarez, Neymar) who were criticized after a 4-0 defeat in the first, rose to the occasion in the second leg.

The closing 7 minutes of the night were the most heartfelt and cherished by the football fans. A spectacular free-kick from Neymar in the 88th minute and a goal in the 91st from spot before Sergi Roberto scored in the 95th to take it home from Neymar’s cross – who had an incredible game that no one can forget.

Liverpool 3-3 (pen 3-2) [2005-06 UCL Final at Ataturk Olympic Stadium]

Who can forget that night in Istanbul? You must be living under a rock if you haven’t heard of this epic tale.

AC Milan were the dominant force in Europe having won the Champions League two years earlier at the time. Liverpool heroics are still counted amongst one of the greatest moments not only in football but in sports history.

Meanwhile, Liverpool ended fifth in the league that season and had to win the race for the 2005-06 season to stay in the Champions League.

Milan grabbed an early advantage with a strike from Paolo Maldini and Hernán Crespo’s brace made it seem like the European dream was over for the Merseyside after they were 3-0 down in the half-time.

Steven Gerrard ‘s scores, Vladimír Smicer and Xabi Alonso leveled the game 15 minutes into the second period, culminating in a 3-3 draw to take the game to the penalties after a goalless extra-time.

Liverpool were able to win 3-2 on spot kicks to claim their fifth European Cup and complete a comeback for the ages.

Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona (4-3 agg) [2018-19 UCL semi-finals at Anfield]

Liverpool had previously orchestrated prominent European fightbacks, especially when they regained this competition in Istanbul in 2005. However, this comeback was probably their biggest in their glamorous past.

An incredible night in Anfield where the Reds pulled the unthinkable off against Barcelona to book their Champions League final spot before finally winning it for the 6th time.

This was just the fourth time a team has overturned a three-or-more goal deficit from the first leg of a Champions League.

Liverpool were 3-0 down as they invited Barcelona to home for yet another Anfield miracle. Luis Suarez who faced against his old club shot the Catalans into the lead at Camp Nou, until Lionel Messi’s brace, which included the extraordinary free-kick, appeared to have sealed their place in the 2019 finals in the first leg.

Liverpool proved they were the deserving champions despite missing on Mohammad Salah and Roberto Firmino missing due to injuries. The braces each from Gini Wijnaldum and Divock Origi in the second leg cannot be written off history books as ‘one of the greatest comebacks in Champions League history’.

As they all say: ‘It all switches as you head to Anfield’ and Liverpool confirmed yet again with an unearthly fightback which no football fan can forget anytime soon.

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