Spurs' position in the group had changed six times over the course of the match, and it was one of the great evenings of ebbs and flows. Spurs went behind against their French hosts and, if the scoreline had stayed that way, they were destined to drop to third in their group and as a consequence Europa League beckoned.īut Clement Lenglet equalised and, with Marseille piling on the pressure as they needed to win to progress, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg struck a late winner to confirm Spurs as group winners. How about a 95th-minute winner to seal your place in the knockout stages? Tottenham are never far from drama in the Champions League. Marseille 1-2 Tottenham, 2022 Tottenham's Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (right) celebrates scoring with Harry Kane against Marseille in the 2022 Champions League group stage United had raced into a two-goal lead, including a thunderbolt from Bruno Fernandes, but ended up having to settle for a point in a classic match they had led 3-1. That was certainly the case in this game with Red Devils summer signing Andre Onana twice letting free-kicks in from Hakim Ziyech when he should have perhaps done better. Most great games have mistakes in, don't they?

Galatasaray 3-3 Man Utd, 2023 Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana made two costly mistakes in a 3-3 draw with Galatasaray in the Champions League group stage last month We've trawled through the archives and picked out some of the great group games from years gone by.ĭon't forget to rank yours at the bottom and ask your friends to do the same.

Each side will play eight games, instead of the current six, and there will be a new knockout play-off round introduced between the league stage and last 16.

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