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The UEFA Champions League is conceivably the most significant piece of silverware a professional footballer can achieve at the club football level. Round of 16 is the preliminary phase of the Champions League's knockout stages, which is contested over two legs with each team playing home and away.
The winners of one group play against the runners-up of another group, and thus the entire Round of 16 matchups are devised. Football clubs who were in the same group before cannot be drawn against one another in this round.
The away goal rule has been scrapped since the 2021-22 season. According to it, the team with more away goals progressed to the next round in case of a draw over two legs.
UEFA Champions League's Round of 16 has always given historic European scorelines over the years
With teams coming after a break after the group stages, the Round of 16 gets to see some good attacking football. They give it their all and hence, we see a lot of goals being scored at this stage.
With each tie involving at least a monstrous number of 12 goals on this list, let’s take a look at the five highest-scoring Round of 16 ties:
#5 AS Monaco 6-6 Manchester City (2016-17)
The only matchup on the list where both teams shared the same number of goals, this thrilling encounter occurred in the 2016-17 season. Manchester City crashed out on the away goal rule in a tie that arguably introduced the brilliance of young phenomenon Kylian Mbappe to the world.
After a nervy 5-3 victory in the home leg, City blew away their two-goal advantage in a very frantic first-half display at the Stade Louis II. The Monaco-based club progressed to the competition's quarter-finals and maintained their astonishingly good run of form in the next round. They dominated Borussia Dortmund and won 6-3 on aggregate.
#4 Bayern Munich 10-2 Arsenal (2016-17)
This is the first of Bayern Munich's two appearances on this list. The German juggernaut demolished Arsenal over two legs in the 2016-17 edition of the competition. The North London club lost 5-1 in both home and away territory, labeling their seventh defeat in 12 matches against the Bavarians.
Both Thiago Alcantara and Arturo Vidal scored braces in this tie in the first and second leg, respectively. The Bundesliga champions later got eliminated in the next round at the hands of Real Madrid. The Spanish club then went on to win the competition for a record 12th time.
#3 FC Barcelona 10-2 Bayer Leverkusen (2011-12)
FC Barcelona are the most successful team in the history of the Champions League Round of 16 with 21 wins over the years. The Catalan club are also second on the list of the highest number of goals in this round, scoring 75.
When they met German club Bayer Leverkusen in the 2011-12 season, FC Barcelona scored an astounding 10 goals over the two legs.
Lionel Messi made Champions League history in the second leg of this tie by being the first player ever to score five goals in a single game. The seven-time Balon d'Or winner later went on to score a total of 73 goals in all competitions that season.
But the 2011-12 campaign was known for Chelsea's surprise victory over the Spanish Champions in the semi-finals. Fernando Torres scored one of the most memorable goals in the history of the European Cup at Camp Nou, handing them a bitter 3-2 defeat. The Blues later went on to final the title, defeating Bayern Munich in the final.
#2 Olympique Lyon 10-2 Werder Bremen (2004-05)
2004-05 Ligue 1 champions Olympique Lyon annihilated the German club Werder Bremen 10-2 over two legs in the Champions League's Round of 16. After winning the first leg comfortably by three goals, the Lyon-based club didn't get complacent in the next leg and scored a staggering seven goals.
Two-time Premier League winner Sylvain Wiltord scored the highest number of goals in this tie. The french winger struck four goals over two legs, one away goal and then a hat-trick in the Parc Olympique Lyonnais.
The French club then went on to lose to PSV Eindhoven in the next round 2-4 on penalties at the end of the second leg.
#1 Bayern Munich 12-1 Sporting CP (2008-09)
Bayern Munich are the record holders of scoring the highest number of goals in the round of 16 fixtures with 88 goals. Die Roten scored an incredible 12 goals against Sporting CP in the 2008-09 season of the Champions League.
The matchup also holds the record of being the highest-scoring tie in the competition's history with 13 goals. Joao Moutinho scored the only consolation goal for Sporting CP in the second leg.
The Bavarian giants were handed embarrassment in the quarter-finals versus FC Barcelona, where they lost 5-1 to the Catalan club.
