The list of the most clutch Champions League goalscorers is predictably headed by the tournament’s most prolific player, Cristiano Ronaldo. Manchester City icon Sergio Agüero can match the Portuguese legend and now a certain Ricardo Pepi has joined the select group.
The U.S. men’s national team (USMNT) hopeful scored his third decisive stoppage-time goal in club soccer’s most prestigious continental tournament on Tuesday evening, snatching a 1–1 draw for PSV Eindhoven in the 93rd-minute of a trip to Olympiacos. Pepi has a habit for pulling the rabbit out of the hat on big European nights.
Pepi’s first-ever Champions League goal was a 92nd-minute winner against Sevilla back in November 2023. The Texan forward had barely been on the pitch for 10 minutes by the time he nodded in, completing a dramatic turnaround after PSV had been trailing by two goals.
The Eindhoven outfit also found themselves 2–0 down to Shakhtar Donetsk in last season’s league phase. Fellow U.S. forward Malik Tillman scored twice in the final two minutes of normal time before Pepi popped up with another winner while the clock read 95.
