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This season's UEFA Champions League has been one of a kind. Great matches, comebacks, moments, and performances, this season's tournament had it all.
This season's Champions league also saw the inclusion of VAR from the Round Of 16 which indeed made things more interesting and dramatic.
This season's competition saw some mind-blowing performances, many of which led to some of the best comebacks in the history of this competition.
The 2018-19 edition of the Champions League marked the end of the Spanish dominance and also started a new era, as for the first time since 2013, neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Lionel Messi made it into the final of the Champions League.
With this season's Champions League coming to an end on June 1st, in an all-English finale between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, we take a look back at the top performances of this season's Champions League.
#5 Lionel Messi v Tottenham Hotspur - Group Stage Matchday 2
It was another majestic European night for the Argentine as he slipped two past Hugo Lloris and hit the woodwork twice in the second half as he delivered one of the best performances of this season's Champions League. Barcelona beat Tottenham 4-2 at Wembley, to further cement their position atop Group B.
Messi had ninety-six touches in this game and also played a key role in the other two goals Barcelona scored.
Messi seemed in the best form of his life and it looked like he could have easily scored four or five as Tottenham became victims of yet another Messi masterclass.
#4 Son Heung-Min v Manchester City - Quarterfinal 2nd Leg
Arguably the best match of this season's Champions League saw Manchester City battle Tottenham for a place in the semifinal, in which Son Heung-Min starred and saved the day for Spurs, as he scored two vital away goals in the 7th and 11th minute of the match.
Son constantly lurked inside the box and created some major chances for Tottenham as they looked to survive a relentless City side at the Etihad Stadium.
Despite losing 4-3 on the night, Tottenham won the tie on aggregate on away goals, the final score of the tie being 4-4 in which Son scored three goals for Spurs, one in the first leg and two in the second leg as he proved to be the ultimate hero of this tie.
#3 Cristiano Ronaldo v Atletico Madrid - Round of 16 2nd Leg
After being 2-0 down in the first leg against Atletico Madrid, Juventus had it all to do in the second leg and who else it could have been other than the greatest player of this competition to step up again in the big stage?
All eyes were on Ronaldo, and he did not disappoint as he gave one of the best performances of his career.
Ronaldo again proved to be decisive as he scored a mind-blowing hat-trick which sent Atletico Madrid out of the Champions League as Juventus won 3-0 on the night and 3-2 on aggregate.
Ronaldo scored a record-equalling eighth hat-trick, as he once again proved to be Atletico Madrid's worst nightmare, knocking them out of this competition for the fifth time, this time by overturning a 2-0 deficit.
#2 Dusan Tadic v Real Madrid - Round Of 16 2nd Leg
Perhaps the most shocking result of this season's Champions League was when Ajax knocked out defending champions Real Madrid on their own turf by beating them 4-1, inspired by an imperious display from their Serbian star Dusan Tadic.
Tadic was the Man Of The Match as he scored one and set up two as Ajax completely outplayed Real Madrid, and condemned Los Blancos to their first elimination from the Champions League since 2015.
Tadic bossed Madrid's defense and left Casemiro for dead, before providing his second assist to David Neres as he spun away from Casemiro showing possibly the best skill of this season's competition. Tadic had the match of his life, and that enabled Ajax to reach the quarterfinal.
#1 Lucas Moura v Ajax - Semifinal 2nd Leg
After being 2-0 down in the first half and 3-0 on aggregate in the tie, Spurs needed three goals in the second half to win the tie and it seemed like mission impossible.
With Harry Kane out of the game due to injury and Son looking out of form, Lucas Moura stepped up and scored a stunning hat-trick, which he completed in the 96th minute, to lead Mauricio Pochettino's men to the most unlikely of all comebacks.
Spurs got out of jail, with a 3-2 win on the night, which sent them through to the final on the away goals rule. Moura became the fifth player ever to score a Champions League semifinal hat-trick, and he isn't done. Spurs will go to their first ever UEFA Champions League Final, and against Liverpool in Madrid, one cannot write them off.
