Barcelona among likes of Manchester United, Chelsea, AC Milan and even Newcastle in scoring stoppage time goals to seal Champions League qualification
Sponsored by
BARCELONA’S incredible 6-1 victory over Paris Saint-Germain was the 11th time a team has clinched qualification in stoppage time of a Champions League tie.
With two minutes of added time already played, the score was 5-1 and would have seen Paris Saint-Germain advance to the quarter-finals on the away goals rule.
Barcelona pressed for the clincher and Neymar was the coolest man in the stadium as he dinked the ball into the box for Roberto to slide in past Kevin Trapp.
Keep up to date with ALL the Barcelona news, gossip and transfers on our club page
Cue bedlam in the Nou Camp.
But who else has felt that kind of emotion in the Champions League?
Most Read in football
Manchester United 2 Bayern Munich 1, 1999 final
The only time it has ever happened in a final.
Mario Basler had put the Germans ahead in the sixth minute — and things stayed that way until after Pierluigi Collina’s assistant had shown three minutes of stoppage time.
But Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer still had time to score and clinch the most historic of victories.
Feyenoord 2 Newcastle 3, 2003 group stage
Newcastle looked down and out after losing all three of their opening matches.
But they stormed back to win their next two — including a win over eventual finalists, Juventus — to set up the decider.
The Toon threw away a two-goal lead, before Craig Bellamy scored in extra-time to send the Magpies wild.
Milan 3 Ajax 2, 2003 quarter-finals
An Ajax team including the likes of Rafael van der Vaart and Zlatan Ibrahimovic had earned a credible 0-0 draw in Amsterdam.
And they looked set to make their first semi-final appearance in six years after Steven Pienaar had drawn them level on the night.
But Jon Dahl Tomasson popped up to break their hearts with the last kick of the game, from what looked to be an offside position.
Sparta Prage 1 Lazio 0, 2004 group stage
Besiktas conceded two late goals at home to Chelsea, which opened the door to the winner of this match to qualify.
Lazio went for broke as they needed to score four.
But Marek Kincl’s goal in the 93rd minutes sent Sparta Prague into the knock-out stages for the first time in their history.
Manchester United 1 Porto 1, 2004 last-16
This time, United were on the receiving end of a sucker-punch.
A 2-1 defeat in Oporto was cancelled out when Paul Scholes put the Red Devils ahead on the night.
But a Tim Howard mistake allowed Costinha to equalise — and Jose Mourinho famously ran down the touchline in celebration.
PSV Eindhoven 3 AC Milan 1, 2005 semi-final
A cruel, cruel result once again in favour of Milan against a Dutch side.
PSV Eindhoven had been fantastic and deserved to be sending this tie to extra-time until Massimo Ambrosini scored in the first minute of stoppage time.
The Dutch side even added another immediately after, but it was not enough.
Valencia 1 Chelsea 2, 2007 quarter-final
There have been so many famous Chelsea nights in recent years, this one is often forgotten.
Valencia and Chelsea had drawn 1-1 at the Mestalla and Andrei Shevchenko’s equaliser at Stamford Bridge looked to be sending the tie to extra-time.
But Michael Essien became the hero as his goal put the Blues in a third semi-final in four years.
Chelsea 1 Barcelona 1, 2009 semi-final
This time Chelsea felt the pain.
Essien’s stunner appeared to have set up a repeat of the previous season’s final against United.
But the Ghanaian’s fluffed clearance landed at the feet of Lionel Messi, who fed Andres Iniesta to power a drive past Petr Cech.
Inter Milan 2 Marseille 1, 2012 last-16
A stoppage time Andre Ayew goal had given Marseille a 1-0 win in the first leg.
But Gabriel Milito had wiped out that lead — only for Brandao to send the away fans into ecstasy with his goal two minutes after the 90.
Giampaolo Pazzini scored a penalty four minutes later for the hosts, but it was too late.
Borussia Dortmund 3 Malaga 2, 2013 quarter-final
An incredible match — one of the Champions League’s best-ever games.
Malaga were 2-1 up in stoppage time, having drawn the first leg 0-0.
But Marco Reus in the 91st minute then Felipe Santana two minutes later completed the turnaround.