There’s a strong argument that the Champions League knockout rounds represent the pinnacle of modern football where legends are made and broken – and a quick glance at the list of top scorers in the competition would prove that point.
With almost all of the top players in world football present, and an added sense of jeopardy often absent in today’s game, the knockout stages of the Champions League are often thrilling, dramatic and memorable affairs.
We’ve crunched the numbers and have listed the 10 players who ‘came up clutch’ and scored the most Champions League knockout goals.
=10. Frank Lampard – 15 goals
Chelsea regularly menaced their way to the latter stages of the Champions League during the 2000s and often relied upon Lampard to supply goals from midfield.
The England midfielder scored against Barcelona and Bayern Munich in 2005 and captained the side during that glorious night in Munich in May 2012 but his most memorable contributions came four years previously.
Lampard scored in the final against Manchester United but the more emotional moment came when converting a penalty in the semi-final against Liverpool just days after his mother had passed away.
His celebration that night, pointing his fingers to the sky, was a testament to Lampard’s resilience and courage to perform for Chelsea under some of the worst emotional circumstances anybody can go through.
=10. Kylian Mbappe – 15 goals
The dazzling France international couldn’t find the net in PSG’s recent defeat to Bayern Munich but you imagine he’ll be adding to this tally significantly in the coming years. We fully expect him to be up in the top three by the time he hangs up his boots.
=8. Filipo Inzaghi – 16 goals
The man Sir Alex Ferguson once quipped was ‘born offside’ could always be relied upon to poach some crucial goals and the Italy striker scored 16 in the Champions League knockout rounds for Juventus and AC Milan.
His most memorable goals probably came against Liverpool in the 2007 final…
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=8. Arjen Robben – 16 goals
There are three things that are certain in life: Death, taxes and Arjen Robben cutting in from the right flank and finding the top corner.
During his time at Bayern Munich, the winger perfected the art and most of his Champions League knockout goals were carbon copy finishes.
But his most important goal in the competition came when he…
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