2018 Gareth Bale (Real Madrid v Liverpool)
Reports before the Kyiv final were that Bale, who had only started three UEFA Champions League games all season, would get the nod alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema in the Madrid attack. Instead Zinédine Zidane went with the same XI that had started the 2017 final, leaving the Wales forward once again on the bench.
However, with the score at 1-1 just past the hour, Zidane gave Bale a go. Just 122 seconds later Bale was in the air scoring with an incredible overhead volley that many think eclipsed even the 2002 Madrid final winner claimed by his now-coach. With seven minutes to go Bale struck …