In Pictures: The quick shots of the Champions League
This year Alexandre Pato got the big clash between AC Milan and Barcelona off to a flying start scoring after just 24 seconds. The tie ended in a 2-2 draw with Milan also scoring in the dying minutes of the game. The quick shot gave Milan(***)s Pato the fifth fastest Champions League goal of all time [GALLO/GETTY]
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However, the fastest goal in Champions League history was a lot quicker than Pato(***)s effort. Roy Makaay gave Bayern Munich a very early advantage against Real Madrid with a goal after just 10 seconds in their last 16 clash in 2007 [GALLO/GETTY]
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Gilberto Silva fired a quick shot for the Gunners during their Champions League group stage match with PSV Eindhoven in 2002. The goal scored after just 20 seconds of action was the first of four for Arsenal in a match that saw Thierry Henry score twice [GALLO/GETTY]
20 seconds was also the time it took Alessandro Del Piero to fire Juventus in front of Manchester United during their group stages match in 1997. Despite the early lead the game ended 3-2 to Man Utd after a late Ryan Giggs(***) goal. Juventus eventually made it to the final of the competition but lost out to Real Madrid [GALLO/GETTY]
Back in 2005, Clarence Seedorf gave AC Milan the advantage against Schalke 04 after 21 seconds. The match ended 2-2 with Milan making it through to the semi-finals before being beaten by eventual champions Barcelona [GALLO/GETTY]
Schalke 04 were once again victims to an early goal in the 2010-11 Champions League competition when Inter(***)s Dejan Stankovic (L) scored after 25 seconds in their quarter-final. However, Schalke had the last laugh winning the two-leg tie 7-3 to make the semis [GALLO/GETTY]
Brazilian Deco needed a few seconds longer to score against Norweigan side Molde in their group round match in 1999. His 30 second strike helped Porto to a 3-1 victory [GALLO/GETTY]
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It took Germany(***)s Andreas Moeller far longer to smoke that cigar than to score against Juventus back in 1995. However, despite scoring after only 37 seconds his Borrusia Dortmund side went on to lose the group stage match 3-1 [GALLO/GETTY]
