Man Utd Match Real Madrid's Legendary Champions League Feat After Roma Comeback

Say what you will about Manchester United, but the club is Champions League royalty. From being the first English team to compete-and win-in the original European Cup, to triumphing twice more in the Champions League era and lifting the iconic trophy more recently than AC Milan, Juventus and Ajax, the Red Devils are part of the fabric of the competition.

Recent struggles aside, which have seen the club qualify only inconsistently since Sir Alex Ferguson retired more than a decade ago, Manchester United remains Manchester United. Tuesday night's clash with Roma for a while looked as though it would mark a continuation of the alarming slump that has defined the early portion of 2026-27.

The Serie A side, free scoring so far this season, raced into a 2-0 lead inside the first 20 minutes. A lucky break from penalty encroachment initially helped turned the tide in the second half, but then the momentum shifted massively and Matheus Cunha inspired the late comeback to snatch a3-2 victoryinstead.

By the end, it was like the United of old once more. Now, no club has ever won more Champions League matches after trailing by two or more goals at some point in the contest.

This week marked the fourth such time in the post-1992 era that United have pulled off a comeback win of that nature. Only Real Madrid can match that.

Man Utd's UCL Comeback Wins From Two (or More) Goals Down Roy Keane had the game of his life against Juventus. Juve led by two inside the first 11 minutes, before Roy Keane's iconic "captain's goal" reduced the deficit in the 24th minute and Dwight Yorke had leveled the scoreline still in the first half.

At that point, United had done enough to reach a first European Cup final in 31 years, but Andy Cole's late third clinched victory in the match itself. A group-stage comeback against Braga in October 2012 is less remembered.

The Portuguese side, who had Ruben Amorim lining up in midfield that night, scored twice in the first 20 minutes through Brazilian winger Alan. Javier 'Chicharito' Hernández pulled one goal back in the first half, but it wasn't until later on that Jonny Evans and another from Chicharito turned the match in United's favor.

Comeback wins were Ferguson's hallmark, but this was one of his last. Prior to beating Roma this week, the other occasion saw Atalanta lead 2-0 at Old Trafford in October 2021 in one of Ole Gunnar Solskjær's final matches as United manager.