Champions League - Chelsea-Liverpool makes UEFA Top 10

Eurosport - Thu, 16 Apr 15:41:00 2009

UEFA have included Chelsea's thrilling 4-4 Champions League quarter-final draw with Liverpool in a list of 10 classic matches to have graced the competition.

Frank Lampard celebrates scoring against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in their Champions League quarter-final second leg, April 2009 - 0

Chelsea went into the second-leg at Stamford Bridge with a 3-1 lead and hit back from 2-0 and then 4-3 down to secure a 7-5 aggregate victory that sets up a semi-final meeting with in-form Spanish giants Barcelona.

Three more Liverpool matches feature on the UEFA list, published on their official website.

First up is the Reds' dramatic 4-2 victory over fellow Premier League heavyweights Arsenal at the quarter-final stage of last season's competition.

Liverpool led 2-1 with six minutes remaining and looked to be on course for the last four, before an incredible slaloming run from England winger Theo Walcott set up Emmanuel Adebayor for a goal that put Arsenal in front on the away goals rule.

With extra time beckoning, Steven Gerrard converted a penalty after substitute Ryan Babel had been brought down by Kolo Toure, with the Dutchman then firing home in added time to clinch Liverpool's progress and a 5-3 aggregate win.

But the Merseysiders succumbed to an equally sensational defeat in the quarter-finals of the 2001-02 competition, when a late goal from Brazilian defender Lucio earned German side Bayer Leverkusen a 4-2 second-leg win that took them into the last four.

Liverpool's most famous Champions League performance, however, came in the final of the 2005 competition in Istanbul.

Trailing 3-0 to Italy's Milan at half-time, Rafael Benitez's charges stormed back into the game in the second period, scoring three times to take the match to extra time and then clinching victory in the penalty shootout thanks to the heroics of Polish goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek.

Milan had been the victims of a similarly jaw-dropping comeback in the 2003-04 competition, which also features in UEFA's list.

Having beaten Deportivo La Coruna 4-1 in the first leg of their quarter-final tie at the San Siro, the Rossoneri travelled to Depor's Riazor stadium fully expecting to progress.

But the Spanish underdogs stunned them by racing into a 3-0 lead by half-time, with a late goal from Fran capping a remarkable and unprecedented turnaround.

Dramatic comebacks are unsurprisingly prominent on UEFA's rundown, which features Monaco's 3-1 quarter-final destruction of Real Madrid in 2004, in which a goal from Monaco's Fernando Morientes, on loan from Real, helped dump his shell-shocked employers out of the competition.

Also included on the list are Barcelona's 5-1 (6-4 aggregate) quarter-final victory over Chelsea in 2000 and Fenerbache's 3-2 spotkick win against Sevilla in last season's round of 16, after both legs had finished 3-2 to the home side.

Manchester United's memorable 1999 triumph earns them two places in the list.

Inspired by Irish midfielder Roy Keane, Alex Ferguson's men fought back from 2-0 down to beat Juventus 3-2 in Turin in the semi-finals, having scraped a 1-1 draw in the first leg at Old Trafford.

More drama was to follow in the final in Barcelona, when injury-time efforts from substitutes Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer secured a scarcely believable 2-1 triumph against Bayern Munich.

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  1. good match

    From Owen, on Mon 27 Apr 3:54PM

  2. i do not understand u donkeysbeck
    u r not speaking­ english
    garrard = gerrard lavapool = liverpool

    From rk23uk, on Tue 21 Apr 7:21PM

  3. I'm still suprising with all man-u fan, the most­ terrible thing there is that there fans in naija are­ all ninny, they talk as if they can do more than what­ they know, you can not think more than ur brain and you­ can never play better than your pick, you all should­ give a space and listen to the men when they speak..­ Anyway it's time already to justify who know how to­ do it better, a time to seperate boyz from men. The men­ were around the corner, so u all little kid should give­ space to ur don..The blues..Up Chepe! Chepe 4­ LIFE...Comin live from truly naija born Olu. SHow .­ A.K.A DON PUYON...I still remain Olu-Bamty...

    From beneterneedllove, on Tue 21 Apr 6:32PM

  4. can all of you sweaty socks plz use plain english.­ whats the point of writing if no 1 can understand yers?

    From Gerry, on Mon 20 Apr 11:06AM

  5. come on liverpool
    win the title you will neeeveer­ waaalk aaalooone

    From harrisonpeterkin, on Mon 20 Apr 10:28AM

  6. come on liverpool win the title.

    From harrisonpeterkin, on Mon 20 Apr 10:27AM

  7. CHARLIE ,READ THE F,CKING THING ,YOU GLORY CHASING­ PEOPLE ARE SO BLINKERED THIS THREAD IS AGAIN ABOUT­ LITTLEPOOL , ARE YOU BRAIN DEEAD OR WHAT

    From handyandyisalways, on Mon 20 Apr 9:22AM

  8. comment number 22 u should read the top CHEALSEA make­ it to the top ten any way all the teams that loose and­ win should always be remembered dur

    From Charlie, on Sun 19 Apr 9:31PM

  9. Actually i hate man ure. YNWA till i die !!!!

    From Bike 69, mabaho ka !, on Sun 19 Apr 7:20PM

  10. i think you will find this page is about liverpool only­ ,what a biased seff centered lot you are !! who gives a­ damm whether a game is put in the top ten (by a panel­ of liverpool fans )when you play a game of football and­ win you are remembered ,when you play a game of­ football and lose you should be forgotten until you­ compete next! why do liverpool people want to keep­ being involved in the headlines when they are out of­ competitions ? let the winning teams take the praise­ they deserve,i think it's a case of the squeeky­ wheel getting all the oil! please wait till you win­ before you shout your mouths off

    From handyandyisalways, on Sun 19 Apr 10:51AM

  11. to the muppets, barcalona play in the spainish league­ which only has two-three teams capable of winning­ anything ,and if honest they wouldn't win the epl .­ although a fanftastic side they dont play anyone with­ the power of chelsea ,utd ,arsenal etc ,so lets see how­ they do against an english side who are capable of­ beating them!they cannot attack without covering at the­ back ! and while chelsea leak goals they have proven­ they score more !!!! could be a goodn

    From handyandyisalways, on Sun 19 Apr 10:43AM

  12. this page is about chelsea and liverpool not man u any­ way fernando torres is sssoooo the best

    From Charlie, on Sun 19 Apr 9:37AM

  13. GARRARD AS A DAVAR AND CANNAT PLAY FAATBALL. LAVARPAAL­ ARA RABBASH

    From donkeys_beck, on Sat 18 Apr 12:10PM

  14. To comment 13 (Ade P.)

    Re : And I'm ashamed you­ call­ yourself a Man U fan.

    From altez007, on Sat 18 Apr 10:32AM

  15. Might have been a boring game but as a Brit living in­ Germany I thoroughly enjoyed the last few minutes

    From isla.brock, on Fri 17 Apr 8:28PM

  16. he he he.....couldn't believe eh...

    From werson, on Fri 17 Apr 3:57PM

  17. great game indeed

    From Lilian O, on Fri 17 Apr 11:40AM

  18. To comment 13 (Ade P.)

    And I'm ashamed you call­ yourself a Man U fan.

    From Troika, on Fri 17 Apr 8:33AM

  19. 1999 Man u V`s Bayern, boring boring boring, how can­ they say that was top 10, if it was`nt for the last­ couple of minutes that match would have gone down as­ one of the worst finals, i`m ashamed to call myself a­ man u fan....

    From Bike 69, mabaho ka !, on Fri 17 Apr 8:08AM

  20. I bet Pratinni is livid 3 English teams in the semi­ finals no French, England rule Europe, just ask Sep­ Blather

    From Ronsenglish, on Fri 17 Apr 7:39AM
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