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Away games in the UEFA Champions League are incredibly taxing for attackers. They hear boos and jeers from the first blast of the whistle to the last, as opposition fans try every trick up their sleeves to destabilize them. Only a handful manage to rise above the noise and deliver the goods in enemy territory, even fewer can get the job done in knockout games.
Today, we will take a look at a few attackers who have gone down in history books as the most notorious in away matches. Continue reading to meet the 10 players who have scored the most away goals in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League.
#10 Raul – 7 Goals
Raul Played A Whopping 741 Games For Real Madrid
Kicking off the list is Real Madrid icon and legendary marksman Raul Gonzales Blanco. The ex-Spain international scored 71 goals in 142 matches in UEFA Champions League. Seven of those goals came in 22 matches away from home.
Raul only represented two clubs in the UEFA Champions League — Real Madrid and Schalke. He played 130 games for Los Blancos, scoring 66 times and providing 29 assists, winning the competition thrice.
#9 Mohamed Salah: 7 Goals
Liverpool Ace Mohamed Salah Is Their Highest Earner
Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah has developed a taste of scoring in away matches, with him bulging the net seven times in 16 UEFA Champions League knockout matches in the opposition’s backyard. Salah, who is expected to leave Liverpool at the end of the 2023-24 season, has played 79 games in the competition between FC Basel, Chelsea, AS Roma, and his current employers, scoring 44 times and providing 15 assists.
The 2017-18 season was the best in Salah’s career as he scored 10 times and provided five assists in 13 appearances. However, it did not matter in the end, as Real Madrid crushed the Reds’ hopes in the final. The following season, he chipped in with five goals and a couple of assists as the Anfield outfit conquered Europe for the sixth time.
