Is a two-goal lead the most dangerous in Champions League football?

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4/10/20251 min read

SUMMARY :

Luis Enrique and his players know that their quarter-final tie is not over, but what chance do Aston Villa have of hauling themselves back into this tie and even winning it?

Well Paris St-Germain might have a decent record away from home, but similar comebacks have been achieved before.

Nine teams have been exactly two goals down after an away leg in a knockout Champions League tie and managed to successfully turn things around at home.

The most recent to do that were Juventus, who lost 2-0 at Atletico Madrid in the 2018-19 last-16 stage but won their second leg 3-0.

PSG sides of the past have twice surrendered two-goal leads at the halfway stage of a Champions League knockout tie to be eliminated - the most of any club. It occurred for them against Chelsea in 2013-14 and against Manchester United in 2018-19.

Famously, the Parisians once surrendered a four-goal first-leg advantage against Barcelona, winning 4-0 at home but losing 6-1 at the Nou Camp.

That happened in 2016-17 when the French side were managed by Emery, and when PSG's current boss Luis Enrique was in charge of Barcelona.

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