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Sensational comebacks are increasingly a staple of the modern Champions League, and this season they have belonged almost exclusively to Real Madrid.Los Blancos trailed Manchester City 1-0 heading into the 90th minute at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday, with Pep Guardiolas team leading 5-3 on aggregate.Yet two goals in the space of 91 seconds from Rodrygo forced extra-time, and Carlo Ancelottis team set up a meeting with Liverpool in Paris when Karim Benzema converted a penalty to claim a 3-1 win (6-5 on aggregate).It was the third stunning turnaround Madrid have enjoyed in the knockout stages this campaign, followingBenzemas hat-trick against Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 andRodrygos goal against Chelsea to secure an aggregate win in the quarters last month.Heres a few other incredible comebacks to jog your memory.Real Madrid 3-1 PSG (3-2 agg), 2022Madrid have done it the hard way this season, as they target a 14th European title.Not many fancied them to get through against PSG, especially when Kylian Mbappe, who had scored a stunning goal in the first leg in Paris in February, put Mauricio Pochettinos team ahead at the Santiago Bernabeu with a crisp finish.Yet Gianluigi Donnarummas slack play enabled Benzema to pounce and pull Jared Norris Jersey one back, with the striker then scoring twice in two minutes to turn the tie on its head and set Madrid en route to the final.Barcelona 6-1 PSG (6-5 agg), 2017 Barcelona remain the perpetrators of the most remarkable of all Champions League comebacks, at least in terms of deficit overhauled.Trailing 4-0 from the first leg of their last-16 tie with PSG, Luis Suarez and Lionel Me si scored either side of a Layvin Kurzawa own goal, only for Edinson Cavani to grab what was expected to be the decisive strike for the visitors.However, two quickNeymar goals the second a highly controversial penalty after an apparent Suarez dive levelled the tie at 5-5. Antonio Gibson Jersey Then, in the fifth minute of stoppage time, Sergi Roberto struck to create a slice of Champions League history no side had ever turned around a four-goal first-leg deficit before.Roma 3-0 Barcelona (4-4 agg, Roma won on away goals), 2018 The boot was on the other foot when Barcelonawere dethroned in the Italian capital last yearas Roma completed one of the most unlikely turnarounds in quarter-final history.Eusebio Di Francescos side came back from a 4-1 first-leg deficit to progre s to the last eight on away goals after a thrilling 3-0 win in front of their home fans.Edin Dzeko, Daniele De Ro si and Kostas Manolas secured the 4-4 aggregate draw and sent the Stadio Olimpico into raptures, as Barca completely fell to pieces. Liverpool 4 Barcelona 0 (4-3 agg), 2019 Fresh from netting a late winner at Newcastle United the weekend before, Divock Origi DeAndre Carter Jersey allowed the Liverpool faithful to dream by poaching his maiden Champions League goal in the seventh minute.Jurgen Klopp needed Ali son to be on form as he saved from Me si and Suarez, before another unlikely hero emerged.AndrewRobertsons injury forced James Milner to left-back and Georginio Wijnaldum into the fray at half-time. By the hour, the Dutch midfielder had Liverpool level thanks to two goals in 122 delirious seconds.Origi had the final word thanks to Trent Alexander-Arnolds quick thinking from a 79th-minute corner, leaving Barcelona and Me si crestfallen once more. The Reds went on to beat Tottenham in an all-English final. Real Madrid 1-4 Ajax (5-3 agg), 2019 Despite their impre sive display in their 2-1 first-leg defeat, nobody really seemed to think Ajax could turn things around at the Santiago Bernabeu. Sergio Ramos certainly did not he earned a bookingto avoid the risk of a quarter-final ban, earning an extra-game suspension from UEFA in the proce s.In the absence of their captain, Madrid completely capitulated amid a fearle s and thrilling Ajax the type of which Liverpool might yet be faced with in the final.Hakim Ziyech and David Neres put the visitors 2-0 up after only 18 minutes and it was 3-0 just after the hour mark thanks to the inspired Dusan Tadic.Marco Asensio got a goal back, but La se Schones free-kick beat Thibaut Courtois and sent Madrid crashing out. It was the first time they had ever been knocked out after winning the first leg of a Champions League tie.PSG 1-3 Manchester United (3-3 agg, United won on away goals), 2019 It really had been quite the season for upsets in Europes premier competition. A day onfrom Ajaxs thrashing of Madrid, United made history at Parc des Princes.No side had ever won a knockout tie after trailing 2-0 from a first leg at home, and with 10 senior players mi sing, including the banned Paul Pogba, Uniteds chances looked slim.Romelu Lukaku scored just two minutes in, though, and despite Juan Bernats equaliser on the night, Lukaku struck again after a Gianluigi Buffon error to make it 2-1.As the game crept towards second-half injury time, Diogo Dalots shot struck Presnel Kimpembes arm and the referee awarded a penalty after a lengthy VAR review. Marcus Rashford scored it, United progre sed, and the clamour for Solskjaer to be given the permanent managers job grew louder. Deportivo La Coruna 4-0 AC Milan (5-4 agg), 2004 Deportivowere among Spains major forces Sean Taylor Jersey just after the turn of the century and one of their finest moments in Europe came in April 2004 when, despite being 4-1 down from the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final with AC Milan, they stunned the Italians at home.Walter Pandiani, Juan Carlos Valeron and Albert Luque had Depor ahead on away goals before half-time, with Fran Gonzalez who played for them in the second division in the late 80s and is still their record appearance holder fittingly scored the fourth to make sure of their pa sage.Depor were eliminated by eventual winners Porto in the semi-finals, but thiscomeback stood as arguablythe very best in Champions League history until Barca went one better.Liverpool 3-3 AC Milan (AET, 3-2 on pens), 2005 That famous night in Istanbul. Liverpool found themselves on the end of a hiding at half-time in the 2005 Champions League final, as Paolo Maldini and a Hernan Crespo brace had the Serie A side 3-0 up.But the second half proved to be one of the most iconic 45 minutes in Liverpools history, with goals from Steven Gerrard, Vladimir Smicer Montez Sweat Jersey and Xabi Alonso levelling the match up by the hour mark.Milan then failed to hold their nerve in the penalty shootout, as Jerzy Dudeks leggyanticsin the Liverpool goal helped the Pole outsmart both Andrea Pirlo and Andriy Shevchenko after Serginho blazed the first kick over, resulting in the Premier League side lifting their fifth European title.Manchester United 2-1 Bayern Munich, 1999 Po sibly the two most dramatic minute