Top 5 clubs with most minutes in the Champions League without conceding a goal

Glasgow Rangers FC v Manchester United - UEFA Champions League — Van der Sar won the tournament with both United and Ajax and kept a number of clean sheets

Goals in the Champions League are a staple in the competition and even the best of clubs concede goals at this level of the game. Top teams boast excellent attacking threats and players of the sort are very important in winning the trophy but the defensive shape is equally important and required to reach the final.

Clubs with great defensive records in the competition were solid setups with great players comprising the defensive system of the team. Here we take a look at the top 5 clubs with the most minutes in the Champions League without conceding a goal.These are some of the top European clubs with the best defensive runs in the competition.

#5 AC Milan 02/11/2004 to 04/05/2005: 623 minutes

AC Milan v AC Siena - Serie A — Dida was the AC Milan goalkeeper at the time

Seven-time European Cup winners, AC Milan, during the 04-05 season, went 623 minutes without conceding a goal from November in the group stage up until the second leg semi-final. With Dida in goal during the seven games, the club didn't concede a single goal before Ji Sung Park and Philip Cocu scored for Eindhoven.

Milan brushed aside Shakhtar Donetsk and Celtic in the group stage, before knocking out Manchester United in the round of 16 and fellow rivals Inter Milan in the quarter-finals. However, Liverpool beat the club in the final of the competition and recorded one of the game's greatest comebacks against AC Milan.

The back four comprised of Alessandro Nesta, Jaap Stam, Paolo Maldini, and Cafu with Costacurta and Kaladze as reinforcements. A strong squad managed by the clever Ancelotti, Milan enjoyed a period of dominance in European football.