FIVE GREAT SECOND-LEG RECOVERIES IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Barcelona 6 Paris St Germain 1 (Barcelona win 6-5 on aggregate) March 2017 Barca became the first team in Champions League history to overturn a four-goal first-leg deficit. With 88 minutes gone PSG still held a 5-3 aggregate lead but a free-kick and penalty from Neymar, followed by Sergi Roberto’s last-gasp settler completed a heist for the ages. Deportivo La Coruna 4 AC Milan 0 (Deportivo win 5-4 on aggregate) April 2004 No eyebrows were raised when Milan thumped their Spanish rivals 4-1 in the first leg but three goals in a remarkable first half at Riazor turned the tie. The Rossoneri were hanging on until the 76th minute, when Fran sent Deportivo through. Monaco 3 Real Madrid 1 (Monaco progress on away goals after 5-5 aggregate score) April 2004 Madrid headed to Monte Carlo full of confidence after a 4-2 first-leg win but Fernando Morientes – sent on loan from the Bernabeu to Monaco in 2003 and who scored a double in the first match – scored again against his employers. Ludovic Giuly’s brace sealed Real’s fate. Manchester Utd 3 Olympiacos 0 (Man Utd win 3-2 on aggregate) March 2014 Patience was wearing thin with Sir Alex Ferguson’s successor at Old Trafford, David Moyes, especially after a 2-0 defeat in Greece. But Robin van Persie’s hat-trick in Manchester at least gave the Scot a little longer in the dugout. Chelsea 2 Paris St Germain 0 (Chelsea progress on away goals after 3-3 aggregate score) April 2014 Eden Hazard’s effort in the 3-1 defeat in Paris had given Chelsea a crucial away goal. Back at Stamford Bridge, substitute Andre Schurrle opened the scoring and Demba Ba, also off the bench, scored the clincher in the 87th minute.