What’s the biggest score in a Champions League semi-final?
Manchester City vs Real Madrid and the Etihad Stadium was raining goals and close calls, but was it the highest scoring UCL semi-final of all time?
If you like goals then Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final was the game for you. Manchester City went in at half-time in the first leg at home 2-1 ahead. By the time the 82nd minute came around seven goals had been seen with the scoreboard showing 4-3.
And that’s how it ended, setting up a very special return leg in the Spanish capital, where they could set a new UCL record.
Highest score in a Champions League semi-final
The highest number of goals scored in UEFA’s showpiece competition is 13. This came across two legs in the 2017/18 season when Liverpool overcame Roma 5-2, 2-4. Back in the European Cup, an incredible 16 goals were scored when Eintract Frankfurt beat Glasgow Rangers 12-4 (6-1, 6-3).
Most goals in a Champions League game
Unlike our latest demonstration, semi-finals can often be rather tight affairs. So, let’s consider all games that have taken place since the Champions League was born. Here are the top places...
- 12 Dortmund 8-4 Legia Warszawa, 22/11/2016 (Matchday 5)
- 11 Monaco 8-3 Deportivo La Coruña, 05/11/2003 (Matchday 4)
- 10 Barcelona 2-8 Bayern, 14/08/2020 (quarter-finals)
- 9 Paris Saint-Germain 7-2 Rosenborg, 24/10/2000 (Matchday 3)
- 9 Lyon 7-2 Werder Bremen, 08/03/2005 (round of 16)
- 9 Villarreal 6-3 Aalborg, 21/10/2008 (Matchday 3)
- 9 Tottenham 2-7 Bayern, 01/10/2019 (Matchday 2)
- 9 Manchester City 6-3 Leipzig, 15/09/2021 (Matchday 1)