da betway： Liverpool, Barcelona, Manchester United and Roma are among the clubs to have pulled off the seemingly impossible in Europe's premier cup competition
da dobrowin： In recent years, the Champions League has seen an explosion in against-the-odds comebacks. Teams at the top level just don't seem to know when they're beaten anymore, as the likes of Liverpool, Barcelona and Real Madrid have produced coupon-busting turnarounds their fans will never forget.
And so ahead of the 2022-23 quarter-final second legs, Chelsea and Bayern Munich supporters will be hoping that their teams can add their names to this illustrious list of miraculous results.
GOAL takes a look at some of the victories that can give those two sides hope ahead of their respective second legs.
Getty Images10Real Madrid 3-1 Manchester City AET (agg 6-5)
Real Madrid had seemingly used up their miracle quota by the time Riyad Mahrez's 73rd-minute strike put Man City 5-3 up on aggregate in the 2022 Champions League semi-finals.
In the last 16 they required a 17-minute hat-trick from Karim Benzema to overturn a two-goal deficit and progress past Paris Saint-Germain, while in the quarter-finals they went within 10 minutes of being dumped out against Chelsea before saving their skin in extra-time.
However, their most daring act of escapism was saved for Pep Guardiola's Cityzens. After Mahrez's goal, Madrid needed two to force the game to extra-time. The minutes ticked on by as the hope slowly drained out of Santiago Bernabeu.
Then, Rodrygo happened. In the 90th minute, the Brazilian nipped in front of Ederson to turn home Benzema's cut-back header. A matter of seconds later, they scored again. Rodrygo was the man once more, rising high to head Dani Carvajal's cross home.
Pandemonium ensued and Madrid rode this wave of momentum all the way to the final, with a Benzema penalty booking them a historic meeting against Liverpool.
AdvertisementGetty9PSG 1-3 Manchester United (agg 3-3, Man Utd win on away goals)
Manchester United were badly beaten by Paris Saint-Germain at Old Trafford in the first leg of their last-16 tie in 2018-19.
Though Neymar was missing for PSG, Kylian Mbappe ran the show and United were lucky to come away with a 2-0 defeat, made worse by Paul Pogba’s late red card.
But while Marcus Rashford and Romelu Lukaku didn’t always dazzle together, at times they were a fearsome pair.
This was one of those occasions, and it was Lukaku who gave United hope with a first-half double either side of a PSG goal from Juan Bernat.
Tahith Chong and Mason Greenwood were summoned from the bench, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer putting his faith in youth as the experience of Gianluigi Buffon, Thiago Silva and Dani Alves wilted.
With 89 minutes played, fellow sub Diogo Dalot took a shot from range and Presnel Kimpembe deflected it behind for a corner – only for VAR to overrule the decision after an age of deliberation, and award the visitors a 94th-minute penalty for handball.
Rashford, still only 21, stepped up against an all-time goalkeeping great and smashed the spot-kick into the top-left corner. Neymar watched on, aghast. As far as United fans were concerned, the good times were back.
Getty8Chelsea 4-1 Napoli AET (agg 5-4)
Chelsea were in chaos when they were beaten 3-1 by Napoli in 2012.
Andre Villas-Boas, brought in as one of the best young coaching talents in the world, was floundering.
Down and out in the Champions League, the Blues sacked him and appointed fan favourite Roberto Di Matteo, whose only previous managerial experience was at MK Dons and West Brom.
Di Matteo transformed Chelsea, and flipped the tie on its head.
The Blues’ senior trio of Didier Drogba, John Terry and Frank Lampard scored to take the game to extra-time following Gokhan Inler’s goal, before Branislav Ivanovic fired home from Drogba’s cross to win it in extra time.
Chelsea beat Benfica in the quarter-finals before their famous win over Barcelona in the semis, and they lifted the title against Bayern Munich in their own backyard.
Di Matteo was sacked by November, but few managers can claim to have such a transformative impact in such a short amount of time.
Getty7Manchester United 2-1 Bayern Munich
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer likes to talk about the 1999 final and with good reason.
In front of a crowd of 90,000 at Camp Nou, Mario Basler’s six-minute free-kick looked to have earned Bayern Munich their first title of the Champions League era, since their last win in 1976.
Bayern led for 84 of the 90 minutes of normal time, before United pulled off one of the all-time great final victories.
David Beckham’s corner wasn’t cleared, and Teddy Sheringham steered home from Ryan Giggs’ shot to deny the Germans victory.
Almost immediately, United won another corner. Again Beckham delivered, Sheringham nodded it down and Solskjaer arrived to lift it into the net.
There were just 101 seconds between the two goals. Sir Alex Ferguson’s side had lifted the FA Cup just four days previous, and their treble remains unmatched in English football.