Paris Saint-Germain will play Real Madrid while Liverpool take on Inter Milan and Manchester United will face Atletico Madrid in the standout ties in the last 16 of the Champions League after an embarrassed UEFA was forced to redo Monday’s draw following a “technical problem”.
Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain will meet in the Champions League for the third time in four seasons after being paired together in Monday’s draw for the last 16.
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez on Tuesday called on his side to “make history” this week by handing Bayern Munich their first home defeat in the Champions League’s group stages since 2013.
Pep Guardiola criticised Kyle Walker after the full-back was shown a potentially costly red card in Manchester City’s Champions League defeat at RB Leipzig.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was delighted with the way his much-changed side dealt with AC Milan in the San Siro to set a new record by becoming the first English club to win all six Champions League group matches.
Ralf Rangnick announced on Tuesday that Manchester United had appointed a sports sport psychologist to ensure the players “think in the right way”.
Manchester City, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Ajax, Atletico Madrid are all among the teams that will be in the hat for the knockout stages of the Uefa Champions League after the first round of matchday six fixtures of Tuesday nights.
Manchester City produced an impressive display to beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 with both sides going through to the last-16, while Real Madrid joined the Citizens and Liverpool who were relentless in a 2-0 win over Porto.
Watch as Thomas Tuchel hails an “amazing team performance” from Chelsea as the Champions League holders booked their place in the last 16 with an imperious 4-0 rout of Juventus on Tuesday.
Manchester United’s caretaker manager Michael Carrick praised his players for picking up an important result after an emotional few days following the sacking of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Watch Carrick’s post-match presser here.