Eight effective substitute appearances after Lewandowski’s five goal haul

Following Robert Lewandowski’s substitute appearance for Bayern Munich, 4/1 with Coral to win the Champions League, against Wolfsburg, which saw the Polish striker come off the bench to score five with the Bundesliga champions trailing 1-0 prior to his introduction to the match, Coral take a look at 10 of the best substitute impacts over the years.

Tim Krul: Netherlands v Costa Rica
Who can forget the impact that the Newcastle United goalkeeper had at the World Cup for his country? Still goalless after 120 minutes of football, Louis van Gaal made what turned out to be a tactical masterstroke bringing the 27-year-old on for Jasper Cillessen.

It seemed this is a decision which affected the psychology of couple of the Costa Rica penalty takers, though Krul’s unconventional antics before each penalty were criticised after.

Henrik Larsson: Barcelona v Arsenal
The ex-Celtic and Manchester United striker came on in the Champions League final for Barcelona in 2006 and although he didn’t score, he changed the dimension of the game to give the Catalan giants momentum, setting up Brazilian right back Juliano Belletti’s goal.

Michael Owen: Manchester United v Manchester City
Already having played his part in helping to restore Liverpool to one of Europe’s biggest clubs while he was there, Owen secured his name in Red Devils’ folklore after his winning strike in the Manchester derby deep into injury when he was brought on in the 4-3 thriller at Old Trafford in 2009.