Manchester Metropolis’s abysmal run of 5 consecutive losses lastly got here to an finish on Tuesday evening.
But their 3-3 draw to Feyenoord left supervisor Pep Guardiola beneath much more stress. Metropolis have been main 3-0 after 70 minutes and it appeared that their kind might have returned simply in time for his or her title conflict in opposition to Liverpool this Sunday.
Nevertheless, Feyenoord appeared to produce other plans. A 15-minute blitz noticed the Dutch aspect rating thrice to inflict one other harrowing outcome on the reigning Premier League champions. It was the newest a aspect has ever been three targets down within the Champions League and never misplaced the sport.
It was additionally the primary time since 1989 that Metropolis have did not win a recreation after taking a three-goal lead.
After a historic outcome for Feyenoord, FourFourTwo seems at among the most well-known video games in Champions League historical past, the place groups have been three targets forward and did not win.
Liverpool 3-3 AC Milan
The Miracle of Istanbul is well-known to soccer followers throughout the globe and stays the one time in Champions League historical past a workforce has did not win a 90-minute knockout match after being 3-0 up.
Maldini’s header, Crespo’s ending, Gerrard’s heroics, Dudek’s saves and at last Shevchenko’s penalty miss – it was the ultimate that had all of it.
Barcelona 6-1 PSG
After being trounced by Paris Saint-Germain 4-0 within the first leg of the 2016/17 Champions League spherical of 16 Messi and co had little hope of creating it by means of to their tenth consecutive Champions League quarter-final.
Three targets in 50 minutes gave them hope earlier than Cavani’s second-half strike left them needing three targets to undergo, due to the now-retired away-goal rule.
With three minutes to go, Neymar took issues into his personal fingers, scoring an attractive free-kick and a penalty within the 91st minute earlier than chipping an beautiful through-ball in for Sergi Roberto to finish La Remontada, sending Barcelona followers into rapture.
Roma 3-0 Barcelona
Only a yr on from their historic comeback it was Barcelona’s flip to capitulate. After a 4-1 defeat on the Nou Camp Roma knew three targets have been wanted to make sure a win through the away-goals rule.
Edin Dzeko’s sixth-minute strike set the tone and after Danielle De Rossi’s second-half penalty, Roma’s unattainable activity was almost full.
Up stepped essentially the most unlikely of heroes. Kostas Manolas towered above the Barcelona defence permitting Peter Drury to proclaim ‘Manolas the Greek God in Rome’.
Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona
One other recreation already effectively documented within the historical past books – and once more it was Barcelona who suffered a dramatic defeat.
Liverpool have been with out Mo Salah and Roberto Firmino, however Divock Origi made positive Jurgen Klopp’s aspect didn’t miss them.
Origi and Gini Wijnaldum bagged twice to safe a 4-3 win on mixture that despatched Liverpool by means of to their second Champions League ultimate in as a few years.
Deportivo La Coruna 4-0 AC Milan
Three targets behind in opposition to an AC Milan aspect that includes Maldini, Cafu, Pirlo, Seedorf, Kaka and Shevchenko – not many would have given Deportivo La Coruna an opportunity and rightly so. However the Portuguese outfit managed to tug off one of many
Champions League’s greatest-ever comebacks, as they gained 5-4 on mixture within the 2003/4 quarter-final, having misplaced the primary leg on the San Siro 4-1.
Alongside beating Monaco 8-3 within the group phases, their victory over AC Milan ensured their place in European soccer historical past in addition to a fourth place in FourFourTwo’s finest cult Champions League sides ever.
Different groups that misplaced after being three targets forward
For the reason that Champions League was revamped in 1992 groups have come from three targets all the way down to win in ninety minutes on simply three events.
Within the 1993/94 group stage, Werder Bremen had conceded three targets in 33 minutes to Anderlecht however got here again to win a thriller 5-3.
Comeback kings Deportivo La Coruna have been additionally three targets down in opposition to Paris Saint-Germain within the 2000–01 second group stage however managed to win the sport 4–3.
The latest occasion of a three-goal deficit being overturned was within the 2009/10 qualifying spherical. Maccabi Haifa had been 3-0 down Aktobe after simply quarter-hour of the second leg. The Israeli aspect secured a surprising turnaround to win 4–3 on mixture.
Three targets up and you continue to do not win?
Manchester Metropolis followers shall be relieved to know that eight different groups, within the Champions League, have did not win after being three targets forward.
Of these eight groups, just one workforce has had the misfortune of being on the tip of a spectacular comeback twice. In opposition to each Besiktas and Inter Milan, within the 2016/17 and 2023/24 group phases respectively, Benfica have been 3-0 up after 35 minutes earlier than ultimately drawing 3-3.
An English aspect has been concerned in each different occasion of a three-goal deficit being overturned, with Liverpool closely concerned in these.
The Miracle of Istanbul is arguably essentially the most well-known case of such a comeback, however Liverpool additionally managed to attract 3-3 after being 3-0 all the way down to Basel within the 2002/3 group stage. Sadly for Gerard Houllier’s aspect, the comeback was not sufficient to maintain them within the group phases.
Sevilla managed to get some revenge for AC Milan and Basel as they gave Liverpool a style of their very own drugs by coming from behind to attract 3-3 within the 2017-18 group stage, which included a 93rd-minute equaliser.
Arsenal additionally succumbed to a late comeback, drawing 3-3 to Anderlecht in 2014/15, while Chelsea have been dropping 4-1 to Ajax in 2019/20 however got here away with a 4-4 draw.
