Thursday, March 12, 2009

Bayern Munich history has another page

On Tuesday, Bayern Munich beat Sporting Lisboa 7-1 after having won the first leg 5-0. The aggregate goal difference of 11 goals is the biggest margin in the knockout phase of the Champions League.

The previous record was held by Olympique Lyon when they knocked out Werder Bremen by an aggregate score of 10-2. Liverpool beat Real Madrid by an aggregate score of 5-0 and this is listed joint fourth on the all-time CL list, according to Infostrada.

Biggest aggregate score in CL knock-out phase
# Score First leg Second leg

11 12-1 Sporting CP - Bayern Munich (25 Feb 2009) 0-5
Bayern Munich - Sporting CP (10 Mar 2009) 7-1

8 10-2 Werder Bremen - Olympique Lyon (23 Feb 2005) 0-3
Olympique Lyon - Werder Bremen (08 Mar 2005) 7-2

6 6-0 Bayern Munich - 1.FC Kaiserslautern (03 Mar 1999) 2-0
1.FC Kaiserslautern - Bayern Munich (17 Mar 1999) 0-4

5 8-3 AS Roma - Manchester United (04 Apr 2007) 2-1
Manchester United - AS Roma (10 Apr 2007) 7-1

5 5-0 AC Milan - Internazionale (06 Apr 2005) 2-0
Internazionale - AC Milan (12 Apr 2005) 0-3

5 5-0 PSV - Olympique Lyon (21 Feb 2006) 0-1
Olympique Lyon - PSV (08 Mar 2006) 4-0

5 5-0 Real Madrid - Liverpool (25 Feb 2009) 0-1
Liverpool - Real Madrid (10 Mar 2009) 4-0

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