8 Worst Defeats in UEFA Champions League Knockout Stage After Man City Mauling of Leipzig

• Manchester City thrashed Leipzig 7-0 in one of the biggest results in the Champions League knockout stage
• Erling Haaland made a feast of the German club, finding the back of the net five times
• Here we look at some of the biggest defeats in the competition as Barcelona once lost 8-2 to Bayern Munich

The UEFA Champions League continues to pitch some of the biggest rivalries in club football and here we look at some of the biggest wins and defeats.

The world watched on Tuesday night, March 14, as Manchester City humiliated German side Leipzig at the Etihad 7-1, with Erling Haaland finding the back of the net five times.

No doubt, Bayern Munich’s 8-2 demolition of FC Barcelona in the quarter-final in 2020 remains one of the biggest results in the competition as the Catalan giants lost heavily.

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It was the first time Barcelona would concede eight goals in a match since 1946 when Sevilla defeated them 8-1 in a Copa del Generalisimo encounter.

Manchester United walloped Italian side AS Roma 7-1 in 2007 as Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed a brace, while Patrice Evra, Wayne Rooney, De Rossi, Michael Carrick and Alan Smith were all on the scoresheet.

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Round of 16

1. Bayern Munich 7-0 Basel - 13/03/2012, second leg

2. Bayern Munich 7-0 Shakhtar Donetsk - 11/03/2015, second leg

3. Manchester City 7-0 Schalke - 12/03/2019, second leg

Quarterfinals

4. Bayern Munich 8-2 Barcelona - 14/8/2020, one-off tie in Lisbon

5. Manchester United 7-1 Roma - 10/04/2007, second leg

Semi-finals

6. Bayern 4-0 Barcelona - 23/04/2013, first leg

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7. Bayern Munich 0-4 Real Madrid - 29/04/2014, second leg

Final

8. AC Milan 4-0 Barcelona - 18/05/1994, Athens

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Meanwhile, Sports Brief earlier reported that Kylian Mbappe seems to be in a league of his own and many forget that he's still a youngster despite having played in his second World Cup final in Qatar last December.

The duopoly created by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo is gradually coming to an end, with the two stars ageing and nearing retirement from the game.

Haaland became the fastest player to score 30 UEFA Champions goals, doing so in just 25 games after hitting five past RB Leipzig last night.