FC Barcelona beat Benfica 5-4 in a nine goal Champions League thriller where the Catalans completed a comeback for the ages to stay second in the elite European competition’s league phase.
Hansi Flick’s men went 1-0 down in under two minutes at the Estadio da Luz with Vangelis Pavlidis capitalising on slack defending.
Robert Lewandowski pulled one back with a 13th minute penalty, but the Greek striker on the other side of the ball completed his hat trick in just over half an hour meaning that Barca trailed 3-1 at the interval.
Raphinha scored his first of evening when heading a ball back into the net from a poor kick out by Benfica goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin.
Yet when Ronald Araujo scored past his own shotstopper and Barca trailed 4-2 and by a two-goal margin all seemed lost.
The Blaugrana had other ideas, though, and embarked on remontada for the ages.
Another Lewandowski spot kick reduced the advantage, before Eric Garcia latched onto a Pedri cross to finally equalize.
Deep into stoppage time, a Raphinha in form of his life ran with everything he add on a counter attack and cooly cut inside to smash home and give his team a victory to remember.
