UEFA Champions League 2011/12 final (Bayern 1-1 Chelsea, 4-3 pens)
Chelsea won their first Champions League on 19 May 2012 in Bayern's own stadium in Munich, Didier Drogba equalising in the 88th minute five minutes after Thomas Muller had headed Bayern ahead, then converting the last penalty of a 4-3 shoot-out. Bayern had been trying to become the first club to win the competition at home.
Why this wins its question: Summaries give the shoot-out score and Drogba's name. UEFA's report gives the whole sequence in order, including that Neuer scored a penalty himself and that Cech's decisive touch put Schweinsteiger's kick on to a post rather than saving it cleanly - and the framing that makes the night matter, which is that Bayern were trying to become the first club ever to win the competition in their own stadium and were eight minutes from it.
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Chelsea beat Bayern Munich 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw over 120 minutes in the 2012 Champions League final, played on 19 May 2012 at Bayern's own stadium in Munich. It was Chelsea's first title in the competition, and it ended Bayern's attempt to become the first team to win it in their own stadium.
Thomas Muller headed Bayern ahead with seven minutes remaining, creeping in at the back post to meet Toni Kroos's left-wing cross, the ball going in off the underside of the crossbar. Didier Drogba levelled in the 88th minute with an emphatic near-post header from Juan Mata's right-wing corner.
Three minutes into extra time Drogba clipped Franck Ribery's right foot, and Petr Cech dived to his left to block Arjen Robben's driven penalty.
The shoot-out in order: Manuel Neuer saved Mata's opening kick; then Philipp Lahm, Mario Gomez, David Luiz, Neuer himself and Frank Lampard all converted; Cech saved from Ivica Olic; Ashley Cole restored parity; Cech touched Bastian Schweinsteiger's effort on to a post; and Drogba slotted in the final kick.
Both clubs arrived with shoot-out history: Bayern's previous European Cup had been won in a shoot-out in 2001, Chelsea had lost one four years earlier, and Bayern had beaten Real Madrid on penalties in that season's semi-finals.
Bayern dominated the match, taking 11 shots to Chelsea's two in the first half though nine of them missed the target, having won all seven of their home European matches that season and scored 21 goals in them. Roberto Di Matteo gave the 22-year-old Ryan Bertrand a Champions League debut in an unfamiliar role on the left of midfield to contain Robben, and Bayern's supporters unveiled a banner reading "Unsere Stadt, Unser Stadion, Unser Pokal".