Every UEFA Champions League Player of the Match

UEFA gave an official Player of the Match award after every 2020/21 UEFA Champions League knockout stage game to recognise the top performers in Europe’s top club competition.

The UEFA technical observers at each game decided who deserved to be the Player of the Match, with an official trophy handed to the successful candidate after full time. Bolded teams (below) are those of the selected player.

Final

29/05: Man. City 0-1 Chelsea – N'Golo Kanté

Semi-finals

First legs
27/04: Real Madrid 1-1 Chelsea – N'Golo Kanté
28/04: Paris 1-2 Man. City – Kevin De Bruyne

Second legs
04/05: Man. City 2-0 Paris – Rúben Dias
05/05: Chelsea 2-0 Real Madrid – N'Golo Kanté

Quarter-finals

Vinícius Júnior with the awardUEFA via Getty Images

First legs
06/04: Manchester City 2-1 Dortmund – Kevin De Bruyne
06/04: Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool – Vinícius Júnior
07/04: Porto 0-2 Chelsea – Jorginho
07/04: Bayern 2-3 Paris – Kylian Mbappé

Second legs
13/04: Paris 0-1 Bayern – Neymar
13/04: Chelsea 0-1 Porto – Christian Pulišić
14/04: Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid – Casemiro
14/04: Dortmund 1-2 Manchester City – İlkay Gündoğan

Round of 16

First legs
16/02: Leipzig 0-2 Liverpool – Mohamed Salah
16/02: Barcelona 1-4 Paris – Kylian Mbappé
17/02: Porto 2-1 Juventus – Sérgio Oliveira
17/02: Sevilla 2-3 Dortmund – Erling Haaland
23/02: Lazio 1-4 Bayern – Robert Lewandowski
23/02: Atlético 0-1 Chelsea – Olivier Giroud
24/02: Mönchengladbach 0-2 Manchester City – João Cancelo
24/02: Atalanta 0-1 Real Madrid – Ferland Mendy

Erling Haaland with the award

Second legs
09/03: Juventus 3-2 Porto – Sérgio Oliveira  
09/03: Dortmund 2-2 Sevilla – Erling Haaland  
10/03: Liverpool 2-0 Leipzig – Fabinho
10/03: Paris 1-1 Barcelona – Keylor Navas
16/03: Manchester City 2-0 Mönchengladbach – Kevin De Bruyne
16/03: Real Madrid 3-1 Atalanta – Luka Modrić
17/03: Bayern 2-1 Lazio – Joshua Kimmich
17/03: Chelsea 2-0 Atlético – N'Golo Kanté

UEFA's technical observers

Ginés Carvajal
Cosmin Contra
Corinne Diacre
Dušan Fitzel
Steffen Freund
Robbie Keane
Roberto Martínez
Ginés Meléndez
John Peacock
Willi Ruttensteiner
Gareth Southgate
Patrick Vieira