One Sided Finals

The Champions League, formerly known as the European Champions Cup and the European Cup, has had many a riveting final since it was first introduced in 1955.

Saturday's match between Manchester United and Barcelona at Wembley proved to be among the best of them all. Barcelona well and truly owned United, retaining 69% of overall ball possession and completing a total of 777 passes. As the saying goes, so long as the opposition don't have the ball, they can't score. Barca proved the adage true.

In its long and celebrated history, the Champions League has provided blessedly few one-sided finals, unlike, say, the Super Bowl. We searched high and low to dig up the five most one-sided Champions League finals in history, other than Saturday's game. It was hard work...

* 1960: Real Madrid slaughter Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3
* 1969: AC Milan pummel Ajax 4-1
* 1974: Only ever final played over two legs, and Bayern Munich batter Atletico Madrid 4-0
* 1989: AC Milan crush Steaua Bucharest 4-0
* 1994: AC Milan thump Barca 4-0