It was a troublesome couple of days final week for the English golf equipment within the Champions League.
Six sides from the Premier League took half in last-16 first-leg ties, however none of them received.
Two of them – Newcastle and Arsenal – secured attracts, towards Barcelona and Bayer Leverkusen respectively, Liverpool misplaced 1-0 at Galatasaray, whereas the opposite three – Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester Metropolis – all suffered defeats by three-goal margins.
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On Tuesday and Wednesday the second legs happen with Spurs, Chelsea and Metropolis all needing one thing memorable towards Atletico Madrid, Paris St-Germain and Actual Madrid respectively.
Portuguese facet Sporting additionally start three objectives behind after they entertain Bodo/Glimt after dropping in Norway final week.
However there may be hope for these sides which are trailing closely.
Earlier than this season’s final 16, there have been 51 events of a crew dropping the primary leg of a Champions League knockout tie by three or extra objectives. 4 of these have progressed to the following spherical.
Now we have taken a take a look at these cases, in addition to Tottenham’s heroic 2019 comeback from 3-0 down with one half left.
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Ajax 2-3 Tottenham (semi-final second leg, 8 Might 2019, 3-3 on agg, Spurs win on away objectives)
Lucas Moura’s hat-trick helped Spurs attain their first Champions League remaining [Getty Images]
Tottenham travelled to Ajax for the second leg of their semi-final trailing 1-0, and issues went from unhealthy to worse in Amsterdam when Matthijs de Ligt and Hakim Ziyech put Ajax 3-0 forward on mixture earlier than the break.
Spurs wanted to attain thrice with out reply to progress on away objectives, and got a glimmer of hope 10 minutes into the second half by Lucas Moura – and it was recreation on simply 4 minutes later.
Moura pounced on a free ball within the field after Fernando Llorente’s shot was saved and he curled dwelling to place the hosts on the ropes.
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The beautiful turnaround was accomplished within the ninety fifth minute when Moura recorded a hat-trick to seal Tottenham’s spot within the remaining on away objectives, leaving Ajax gamers strewn throughout the turf in disbelief.
Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona (semi-final second leg, 7 Might 2019, 4-3 on agg)
Divock Origi’s aim sparked wild scenes on one other memorable Champions League night time at Anfield [Getty Images]
Simply 24 hours earlier than Tottenham’s heroics in Amsterdam, Liverpool had overturned their very own three-goal deficit.
The Reds’ hopes of forcing their approach again into the semi-final after a 3-0 loss to Barcelona on the Nou Camp seemed slim, particularly with Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino unavailable due to damage.
However Divock Origi acquired the ball rolling on seven minutes, earlier than the tie actually turned within the area of 166 seconds after half-time when substitute Georginio Wijnaldum scored twice.
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A second of fast considering noticed Liverpool full the job as Trent Alexander-Arnold noticed Barcelona’s defence change off from a nook, whipping the ball in low for Origi to fireside dwelling and spark wild scenes at Anfield.
Roma 3-0 Barcelona (quarter-final second leg, 10 April 2018, 4-4 on agg, Roma win on away objectives)
Kostas Manolas headed in a late aim as Roma secured a memorable win over Barcelona [Getty Images]
“Roma have risen from their ruins.”
That iconic line from commentator Peter Drury summed up an unbelievable night time as Roma clinched a memorable comeback to ship Barcelona packing within the quarter-finals.
Personal objectives from Daniele de Rossi and Kostas Manolas helped Barca document a 4-1 win within the first leg on the Nou Camp.
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Edin Dzeko’s late aim in Spain gave Roma one thing to construct from and the ahead struck early within the return leg to additional strengthen their perception.
De Rossi atoned for his personal aim with a second-half strike and, with simply eight minutes to go, Manolas headed dwelling a nook to finish Roma’s 34-year await a spot within the semi-finals of Europe’s main competitors.
Barcelona 6-1 Paris St-Germain (last-16 second leg, 8 March 2017, 6-5 on agg)
Neymar was the star of the present throughout ‘Le Remontada’ [Getty Images]
Arguably the best comeback of all, this one is so iconic that it has its very personal title in France and Spain – La Remontada (The Comeback).
PSG had been medical at dwelling, profitable 4-0, however the Nou Camp sensed one thing particular when Luis Suarez scored after simply three minutes within the second leg.
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Barcelona had been two objectives to the great on the break courtesy of a Layvin Kurzawa personal aim, however nonetheless trailed by two objectives on mixture.
Lionel Messi scored a penalty quickly after the restart however Edinson Cavani hit again to silence the house devoted, though it wasn’t the pendulum-swinging second PSG hoped for.
Barcelona, now trailing 5-3, wanted three objectives in fewer than half-hour to attain a miracle. Neymar scored a free-kick within the 88th minute to supply additional hope, earlier than the Brazilian stroked dwelling a 91st-minute penalty to degree the tie at 5-5 on mixture.
However PSG had been nonetheless heading by on away objectives.
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Then, with 20 seconds of added time remaining, La Remontada got here to fruition when Sergi Roberto turned dwelling Neymar’s chipped cross, with Barcelona changing into the one crew in historical past to overturn a four-goal Champions League deficit.
Deportivo La Coruna 4-0 AC Milan (quarter-final second leg, 7 April 2004, 5-4 on agg)
Deportivo La Coruna’s Albert Luque celebrates scoring towards AC Milan [Getty Images]
Deportivo La Coruna, presently plying their commerce within the second tier of Spanish soccer, are now not related to the Champions League – however they carried out an unforgettable fightback towards heavyweight opposition in 2004.
Milan travelled to Spain with a 4-1 lead from the primary leg, however Deportivo weren’t able to roll over.
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Walter Pandiani, who broke the impasse on the San Siro, acquired the Spaniards up and operating on dwelling soil.
Not like the primary leg after they sat again after taking the lead, Deportivo threw warning to the wind and it paid off as they worn out Milan’s mixture benefit in simply 43 minutes after objectives from Juan Carlos Valeron and Albert Luque.
That may have been sufficient for Deportivo to undergo on away objectives however they continued to press and Fran slotted dwelling a fourth to verify Carlo Ancelotti’s facet had been heading out.
Watch highlights of each Champions League recreation from 22:00 on Wednesday on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport web site and app.
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There can even be a Champions League Match of the Day on BBC One on Wednesday, from 22:40 to 00:00.