Top 10 thrilling Champions League Matches of All Time

UEFA Champions League & UEFA Cup Draw
The Champions League trophy awarded to the winners of the tournament.

#5: BORUSSIA DORTMUND 3-2 MALAGA (2012-13)

Malaga CF v Borussia Dortmund - UEFA Champions League Quarter Final
Lewandowski helped Dortmund complete one of the most dramatic comebacks ever.

Round: Quarter-final second leg

Aggregate: Borussia Dortmund 3-2 Malaga

In what was one of the best quarter final matchups in the history of the competition, German side Borussia Dortmund emerged as winners after a high-pressure 90-minute game at the Signal Iduna Park. Dortmund reached the finals only to lose to arch-rivals Bayern Munich that season.

The match started on a totally opposite note, as Malaga gained the lead after Joaquin fabulously cut past right back Schmelzer to score the opener. Dortmund remained favorites to win the tie, as Polish striker Lewandowski cancelled out Malaga's lead after a clinical finish from a sublime chopped pass by Marco Reus. Eliseu piled pressure on the Germans after an 82nd-minute finish.

Dortmund now needed two goals to win to reach the semis. Marco Reus once again rose to the occasion after striking a loose ball home to equalize for the Yellows in stoppage time. Felipe Santana then cemented his name in the Champions League folklore, after he netted the ball from a Marco Reus set-piece.

Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Schmelzer, Subotic, Felipe Santana, Piszczek, Bender (Sahin 73), Gundogan (Hummels 86), Gotze, Reus, Blaszczykowski (Schieber 72), Lewandowski

Goalscorers: Lewandowski 40, Reus 90+1, Felipe Santana 90+3

Malaga: Caballero, Gamez, Demichelis, Camacho, Antunes, Toulalan, Duda (Eliseu 74), Sergio Sanchez, Isco, Joaquin (Portillo 87), Baptista (Santa Cruz 83)

Goalscorers: Joaquin 25, Eliseu 82

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