After succeeding in overcoming a three-goal deficit and tying with a point at the Etihad Stadium, the Dutch Feyenoord Rotterdam entered the history of the Champions League competition from the broad door.
Feyenoord remained three goals behind until the last quarter of an hour of the match that took place yesterday, Tuesday, in the fifth round of the Champions League stage, and then suddenly rose up to be able to adjust the score in a few minutes.
Thanks to this historic comeback, which was achieved in 14 minutes, Feyenoord is now in fourth place on the list of teams that succeeded in adjusting the result after falling behind by 3 goals or more within the fewest possible number of minutes since the start of the tournament under its new name in the 1992-1993 season, according to the website ” Transfermarkt, the famous company specializing in club and player data.
Below are the 10 best results for teams that succeeded in coming back with the result after falling behind by 3 goals in the fewest number of minutes in the history of the Champions League under the new name.
- Sevilla 3-3 Liverpool (2017-2018)
Liverpool embarrassed its host Sevilla at home and in front of its fans in the group stage, as it led them by three goals in the first 29 minutes at the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium, but the Andalusian team shook off the dust of despair and succeeded in adjusting the score within 42 minutes.
- Besiktas 3-3 Benfica (2016-2017)
In the group stage that season, the Portuguese club, Benfica, was a guest of the Turkish club, Besiktas. They hit the visiting team hard, scoring 3 goals, all in the first half, but the home team succeeded in scoring 3 goals within 31 minutes, ending the match in a draw.
- Arsenal 3-3 Anderlecht (2014-2015)
In the fourth round of the group stage, England’s Arsenal honored its Belgian guest with three goals in the first 58 minutes, but Anderlecht succeeded in responding with three goals within 29 minutes.
- Deportivo La Coruna 4-3 Paris Saint-Germain (2000-2001)
Riazor Stadium lived the most beautiful 27 minutes in its European history after Deportivo overturned a 0-3 deficit against Saint-Germain to win 4-3 in the second round of the group stage, and the host team scored its four goals within 27 minutes of the second half.
- Basel 3-3 Liverpool (2002-2003)
Also in the group stage, Liverpool found itself trailing against its host Basel 3-0 in the first 29 minutes, and waited until the second half to recover, as it succeeded in scoring 3 goals within 24 minutes.
- Werder Bremen 5-3 Anderlecht (1993-1994)
On December 8, 1993, Anderlecht traveled to Germany to meet Bremen in the group stage. The visiting team scored 3 goals as the match reached its 33rd minute, before the hosts came back strong in the second half and scored 5 goals within 23 minutes.
- Benfica 3-3 Inter Milan (2023-2024)
In the fifth round of the group stage, Inter overturned its deficit against its host Benfica from 0-3 to a 3-3 draw in just 21 minutes, as the Portuguese team took a three-point lead before the visitors responded in kind.
- Manchester City 3-3 Feyenoord (2024-2025)
It is the most recent match on this list, in which Manchester City supporters thought that their team had finally found the way to winning 5 consecutive matches in all tournaments, after leading 3-0, but the last quarter-hour was very shocking.
Algerian Anis Hadj Moussa put Feyenoord on the path to a comeback with the result by scoring the first goal in the 75th minute through a defensive error. The Citizens’ defensive errors continued, and the Dutch team exploited them to score two more goals through Santiago Jiménez and David Hanko in the 82nd and 89th minutes, which means that Feyenoord scored. 3 goals in 14 minutes.
- Chelsea 4-4 Ajax Amsterdam (2019-2020)
Chelsea found itself trailing 1-4 against Ajax, but the Blues were able to equalize the score in the group stage match within just 11 minutes.
- Liverpool 3-3 Milan (3-2 on penalties) (2004-2005)
It is the most famous final match in the history of the Champions League, in which Milan led by three goals in the first half, and everyone thought that the title was on its way to Milan. It is known that it is difficult to score one goal against an Italian team, so what would it be like if the team needed 3 goals to return? ?
But Liverpool broke this rule and succeeded in scoring 3 goals and adjusting the score within just 6 minutes.
The Reds were not satisfied with that, but they eventually succeeded in winning the title after winning on penalties 3-2.
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