Drogba 11-12 (h)

The main man from that night 8 years ago though was Didier Drogba as he scored the equaliser, and then went on to net the winning penalty in this final act as a Chelsea player (well until he rejoined in 2014!).

Drogba had been a one man battering ram in attack for the semi final ties against Barcelona and performed miracles again in the final; often holding off several defenders at once in a bid to create a counter attack and buy some relief for our defence. However, it looked to all be in vein when Thomas Muller scored with just seven minutes left.

Fernando Torres seemed to be heading down a blind alley on the byline, but managed to earn our only corner of the match; Mata whipped it in and Drogba powered home past Neuer to spark wild celebrations in the Chelsea end.

In the extra time that followed Drogba contrived to trip Ribery in the box (just as he had Fabregas in the semi final at the Nou Camp, or was that one a dive?!). Luckily Cech managed to save the first of three penalties on the night and we were heading to penalties just like four years previously in 2008 against Manchester United. Drogba had missed that shootout after being sent off for petulantly slapping Vidic, and of course would have taken a penalty, possibly instead of the unfortunate John Terry.

On this occasion we again had a chance to win it with our fifth and final penalty. From my seat up in the gods of the Allianz Arena I can recall the anticipation in the crowd around me and also the age it seemed to take Drogba to walk up to the take the penalty. A couple of short steps back, and Drogba slotted home in the bottom left corner, and the rest is history! What a night!