I also have the article from the guardian to share with you guys. But it focuses purely on UCL.

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After Chelsea and Liverpool’s titanic battle at Stamford Bridge, we rank the most memorable Champions League 2008/09 encounters of all time

10. Deportivo La Coruna 4-3 Paris Saint-Germain (2000/01 group stage).
Leroy, the last-minute replacement for the injured Nicolas Anelka, scored twice for PSG as, following Jay-Jay Okocha’s fortunate opener, they established a 3-0 lead, Deportivo’s normally raucous Riazor stadium stunned to silence. Birmingham fans will wonder how Walter Pandiani could hold sway over European classics, but the substitute’s hat-trick of headers, along with a Diego Tristán goal, lead the most unbelievable of comebacks in the final half-hour

9. Milan 4-0 Barcelona (1993/94 final).
The great Barcelona side of Ronald Koeman, Hristo Stoichkov and Romario was expected to swat aside Fabio Capello’s Milan shorn of their hugely influential but suspended captain, Franco Baresi. Daniele Massaro scored twice in the first half as Milan dominated against their highly fancied opponents. Having set up Massaro’s second, Dejan Savićević deservedly capped a superb performance with the third, lobbing Andoni Zubizarreta. Marcel Desailly, in scoring the fourth, put his mark on a victory that made him the first player to win consecutive European Cups with different clubs

8. Man Utd 4-3 Real Madrid (2002/03 quarter-final second leg).
The phenomenon that was Ronaldo at his peak was given a standing ovation by the Old Trafford crowd after his hat-trick rendered United’s brave effort pointless. Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo and Steve McManaman all excelled in midfield for the Spanish side, prising open a United defence where the last line of defence was an unsure Fabien Barthez. Ruud van Nistelrooy scored his 14th Champions League goal of the season against his future club before David Beckham did the same, twice – but it was all just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic after Ronaldo’s display of power, pace and lethal finishing

7. Dynamo Kiev 3-3 Bayern Munich (1998/99 semi-final first leg).
Andriy Shevchenko and Kakha Kaladze put the Ukrainian side in the box seat with first-half goals only for Michael Tarnat to give the Germans a lifeline just before half-time with an extraordinary free-kick from 35 yards. Vitaliy Kosovksyi made it 3-1 on the restart before Steffan Effenberg fired home a trademark free-kick. The match was approaching its denouement when Carsten Jancker popped up inside the area to stun the majority of the 80,000 in the Olympic Stadium in Kiev. Bayern were, of course, to be on the wrong end of such a comeback in the final against Manchester United

6. Valencia 5-2 Lazio (1999/2000 quarter-final first leg).
A hat-trick from Gerard López was the difference between these two sides after a pulsating match that saw the conventional first leg strategy of keeping it tight dispensed with at the Mestalla. Gerard’s first in the fourth minute came two minutes after his team-mate Miguel Ángel Angulo had opened the scoring. Simone Inzaghi halved the deficit before Gerard scored twice, either side of half-time. Marcelo Salas gave hope to the Italians before Claudio Lopez’s injury-time strike demoted the return leg to dead rubber status

5. Chelsea 4-4 Liverpool (2008/09 quarter-final second leg).
Few expected thrills and spills when these two were pitted against each other for the fifth season in succession, which made the ludicrous 180 minutes that followed all the more joyous for the neutral, particularly the second instalment. Petr Cech forgot how to keep goal but Didier Drogba returned to his unplayable best. Each side’s Brazilian demonstrated nous from free-kicks in very different ways, Fernando Torres retreated, while Frank Lampard eventually excelled in a match that ebbed and flowed so much as to make even the armchair fan nauseous

4. Chelsea 4-2 Barcelona (2004/05 last-16 second leg).
Eidur Gudjohnsen, Frank Lampard and Damien Duff proved within 20 minutes that Jose Mourinho could adopt a devil-may-care attitude when the mood struck, but by half-time Ronaldinho, still in his pomp and certainly in the mood, struck – once from the penalty spot and then with the most glorious of 20-yard belters, preceded by an arrogant shuffle and no discernable backlift. Petr Cech saved brilliantly from future team-mate Juliano Belletti, Andres Iniesta and Carlos Puyol before John Terry won the game with a trademark header

3. Deportivo 4-0 Milan (2003/04 quarter-final second leg).
Never have Milan been made to look as feeble in defence as they were in the first 43 minutes of this match. Goals from Walter Pandiani, Juan Carlos Valeron and Albert Luque brought Deportivo level after they had lost the first leg 4-1 at San Siro. There was an inevitability to Gonzalez Fran’s second-half clincher as the Rossaneri’s defence was swept away in a blue and white cyclone

2. Juventus 2-3 Man Utd (1998/99 semi-final second leg).
This match brings two words to mind: “Roy Keane” – his performance and the residual effect it had on his team-mates was astounding, but what shouldn’t be forgotten is, having drawn level after Filippo Inzaghi’s early brace via their talismanic captain and Dwight Yorke, Alex Ferguson’s side were ahead on away goals, but they kept attacking and Andy Cole’s late tap-in was a deserved winner

1. Liverpool 3-3 Milan – Liverpool win 3-2 on pens (2004/05 final). Behind 3-0 at half-time to goals from Paolo Maldini and a brace from Hernan Crespo, a breathless six-minute spell and goals from Steven Gerrard, Vladimir Smicer and Xabi Alonso brought Liverpool level. Goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek excelled, not only in the shootout, but also with a stunning double save from Andriy Shevchenko at the end of normal time

Because Juve had that all important away goal and then even went 2-0 up after 11 minutes at the Stadio Delle Alpi.

It wasn’t a comeback of mesmeric proportions but I feel it’s still worthy of a place in this list.

You are right to pick out Arsenal’s 5-1 victory against Inter in the San Siro but this article focuses purely on comebacks involved in knockout European fixtures. A fantastic result though and I am a great admirer of Henry.

@ Rich

I am a Manchester United fan so by no means am I defending Steven Gerrard or Jerzy Dudek. In football terms, the way that Liverpool bounced back from 3-0 down at half-time was remarkable and rival fan or not, you have to praise them.

In terms of your comments about this being an ‘English loving sight’ as you put it. First of all it’s a site and second, half of the ties I picked out didn’t involve English clubs. I only mentioned five English team’s altogether and you can’t discredit four of them for their respective comebacks.

But what’s great about a comeback that ultimately ends in defeat? I remember that Inter-Arsenal tie, and whatever Inter did at Highbury, it wasn’t for anything since they were destroyed 5-1 at San Siro (as you noted).

@ Rich

The site is a UK based one, but the author points out that the best comeback was a tie from Germany contested by what I think was a club from East Germany (Dynamo Dresden) and West Germany (Bayer Uerdingen). And to be fair, the Liverpool-Milan match in 2005 was a final with much more at stake than some Cup Winners’ Cup match in 1986, but the accusations of the site being English loving is somewhat misplaced. The 3-3 draw in Istanbul was amazing, and I’m no Liverpool fan. Maybe on par was the 2-1 win by Man Utd against Bayern at Camp Nou in 1999, but to put myself in the shoes of Liverpool fans at halftime on that May night, I would have (1) been cursing the luck of the team, (2) cursing at myself for spending all that money to get to Istanbul to watch a 3-0 loss and (3) cursing at Milan for causing all of this. To then witness that kind of turn around, in the words of Master Card, “priceless!”

Still find United’s 2-1 victory over Bayern of greater nature since they actually won the game to complete the comeback.

If I recall: 1996 UEFA Cup: Brøndby – Karlsruhe. Brøndby lose 3-1 at home only to win 5-0 in Karslruhe to move into the 4th round… nice comeback too!