Roma beat Barcelona 3-0 at the Stadio Olimpico

Roma v Liverpool: Biggest comebacks in Champions League history give Reds something to think about

11:12 · WED May 02, 2018

With Roma needing to produce something special against Liverpool we look at the biggest Champions League comebacks in history.

Liverpool head to Roma on Wednesday on the back of an emphatic 5-2 victory at Anfield in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final, but as the Italians proved themselves only in the last round, comebacks can happen in this competition.

Roma stunned Barcelona 3-0 in the last round of this season’s Champions League, and that exact scoreline would again give them an unlikely victory and send them through to the final in Kiev.

That wasn’t the only memorable comeback in Champions League history though, and Liverpool need to take care not to become another sorry name on this list of epic comebacks.

Roma are a big price at 8/1 to make it through to the semi-finals, with the 3-0 scoreline they achieved against Barcelona being a 33/1 shot.

Here’s the list of the biggest comebacks in Champions League history.

Barcelona 6-1 PSG – 2017 last 16
(first leg 0-4)

Barcelona produced an epic comeback against PSG

The biggest comeback of them all came in Spain in Neymar’s most influential game of his career, as he produced some late heroics to complete a spell-binding night at the Camp Nou as the French side arrived with a commanding 4-0 first leg advantage.

Barca took just three minutes to get a goal and they’d got three-quarters of the comeback job done before Edison Cavani looked to have sealed the tie with an away goal on the hour mark.

Neymar would not have it though, and he lifted his side with two goals in the final two minutes before Sergi Roberto sent the crowd into bedlam with the winner in the fifth minute of injury time to cap off one of the craziest games in Champions League history.

Roma 3-0 Barcelona – 2018 quarter-finals
(first leg 1-4)

Roma players celebrate their win over Barcelona in the Champions League

We don’t have to look far back at all for Roma’s best Champions League moment as they dumped out Messi, Suarez and company at the Stadio Olimpico in the very last round. They were battered at Anfield but yet two late goals has given them hope.

The hopes would be slim had they not pulled off the exact same trick in the last round, when Edin Dzeko, Daniele De Rossi scored before Kostas Manolas’ dramatic late header put the Spaniards out.

Can lightning strike twice? Well at the very least it’ll give Liverpool something to think about and if Roma get a couple of goals back early then we could see another epic comeback in Rome.

Deportivo La Coruna 4-0 AC Milan 2004 quarter-finals
(first leg 1-4)

Deportivo turned the tables on AC Milan

Deport took the lead in the first leg before being put to the sword at San Siro, and even coach Javier Irureta admitted they needed a miracle back in Spain. That’s what they got though, as this talented but largely forgotten Depor team produced the game of a lifetime.

A powerful Milan side crumbled in the first half as goals from Walter Pandiani, Juan Carlos Valeron and Alberto Luque made it 3-0 to the home side, before Fran added a fourth in the second half to clinch the memorable victory.

Barcelona 5-1 Chelsea (aet) 2000 quarter-finals
(first leg 1-3)

Celestine Babayaro is sent off for Chelsea against Barcelona

This was another classic in this Champions League rivalry, as Chelsea headed to Camp Nou with a healthy lead, but saw that wiped out by Rivaldo and Luis Figo. Tore Andre Flo then grabbed a vital away goal as Chelsea put one foot in the semis.

With Chelsea just seven minutes from victory, Dani levelled the tie, before Rivaldo missed the chance to seal the tie as he missed a penalty to send the game into extra time.

The extra 30 minutes was equally as eventful as Rivlado then converted from the spot, Celestine Babayaro was sent off and Patrick Kluivert clinched a thrilling victory.

Monaco 3-1 Real Madrid – 2004 quarter-finals
(first leg 2-4)

Monaco got the better of Real Madrid

2004 was a good year for shocks, and although it was only a two-goal deficit from the first leg, the quality of the opposition and the manner of the second leg made this a remarkable story for Monaco – as Raul had put them 5-2 behind with the first goal of the night.

Ludivic Giuly pulled a goal back before Fernando Morientes, ironically on loan from Real Madrid, headed in a second after the break. Giuly then levelled the tie and put Monaco ahead on away goals as they clung on to go through to the semis.