The top 20 UEFA Champions League counter-attacking goals of all time

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From Cristiano Ronaldo against Arsenal, to Hernan Crespo against Liverpool, we've picked out our top 20 counter-attacking goals in Champions League history.
Final few seconds of extra time ticking by.
Ignacio Rento is playing on cloud nine at the moment.
That's onside, sends Morata away.
Alvaro Morata can clinch it, and he does!
Adrian beaten again.
Alvaro Morata with the exclamation point
on a victory for Atletico Madrid at Anfield.
...Iani Aston, Marta Suarez.
The runners here, one of them is Neymar, and they've got Messi forward too.
Neymar in for Barcelona, to Lionel Messi,
down goes Cech, Messi scores, and that's how quickly they can do it.
The big three combined, the Barcelona lead.
From absolutely nothing, how quick was that?
Three minutes of stoppage time to play, PSG are in again here.
Mane, Bernat, the other full-back, back to Mane.
How about that for a splendid goal?
Attacking full-backs, they toyed with Real Madrid,
and then they finished them off.
Lovely third goal, stoppage time, Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 Real Madrid.
Beautifully by Firmino, and now Salah's at full tilt,
and Mane's through the middle, and so is Firmino,
it is Roberto Firmino, it's come back to Mane!
Can't have dared dream of this many,
they're most of the way to the quarter-final.
Morata, and that's great play.
Morata, and space for Cuadrado!
Juventus have bagged another one!
The outsiders tonight, Juventus, two to the good in Munich.
Can Bayern possibly fight back from this?
It's away by Rakitic, and then Zabaleta can follow in,
and look to Thiago Aguero, and that Mascherano was on to him quickly,
and that Messi can get the ball out to Neymar,
and here comes the Barcelona counter-attack.
Andre Gomes and Suarez are up there with him,
Messi's got there too, here's Messi!
Oh, he's started it, and then he finished it,
and Barcelona hit Manchester City on the counter-attack, and lead 1-0.
It's just a remarkable counter-attack from Barcelona,
Man City get caught up the pitch, far too many numbers forward.
Barcelona make it look so easy on the counter-attack.
Davies bursting into action again, leaving Christensen for dead,
Lewandowski waiting in the middle, tap in!
Robin Lewandowski, that's 39 goals this season for Bayern Munich's hitman,
and it's the first time in two years that he's scored in a knockout stage of the Champions League,
and it might well be a tie-clinching goal for the Bundesliga leaders,
Chelsea 0-0 Bayern Munich 3.
...converting, and it's fed, Ronaldo!
A 15th Champions League goal of the season for Cristiano Ronaldo.
And as he indicates, that is a new competition record.
