Hope for Man City, Chelsea & Spurs - great Champions League comebacks
Manchester City, Chelsea & Spurs all suffered defeats by three-goal margins in the first-leg ties of the Champions League last-16 last week. Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester City all need something memorable against Atletico Madrid, Paris St-Germain and Real Madrid respectively on Tuesday and Wednesday when the second legs take place.
Before this season’s last 16, there have been 51 occasions of a team losing the first leg of a Champions League knockout tie by three or more goals. Four of those have progressed to the next round. Tottenham travelled to Ajax for the second leg of their semi-final trailing 1-0, and things went from bad to worse in Amsterdam when Matthijs de Ligt and Hakim Ziyech put Ajax 3-0 ahead on aggregate before the break. Lucas Moura’s hat-trick sealed Tottenham’s spot in the final on away goals in the 95th minute. Liverpool overturned their own three-goal deficit against Barcelona after a 3-0 loss at the Nou Camp. Divock Origi got the ball rolling on seven minutes, before Georginio Wijnaldum scored twice. Trent Alexander-Arnold spotted Barcelona’s defence switch off from a corner, whipping the ball in low for Origi to fire home.
Roma clinched a memorable comeback to send Barcelona packing in the quarter-finals. Own goals from Daniele de Rossi and Kostas Manolas helped Barca record a 4-1 win in the first leg at the Nou Camp. Edin Dzeko’s late goal in Spain gave Roma something to build from and the forward struck early in the return leg. De Rossi atoned for his own goal with a second-half strike and,
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Several English clubs faced tough defeats in the Champions League last week - leaving fans wondering if they could recover. History shows that great comebacks are possible, but can these teams pull off a miracle?
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