Benzema guides Madrid past Liverpool to reach Champions League quarters
Karim Benzema struck for Real Madrid to clinch a 1-0 win over Liverpool and qualification for the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday 6-2 on aggregate.
Karim Benzema struck for Real Madrid to clinch a 1-0 win over Liverpool and qualification for the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday 6-2 on aggregate.
UEFA boss Aleksander Ceferin on Tuesday threatened to take games away from clubs when away fans are banned, after Naples shut out all Frankfurt residents ahead of Wednesday’s last 16 tie.
Jurgen Klopp said Tuesday his Liverpool team might only have a one percent chance of beating Real Madrid to reach the Champions League quarter-finals, but they will try to use it.
Bayern Munich booked their ticket to the UEFA Champions League quarter finals with a 2-0 win over PSG, winning the tie 3-0 on aggregate. Spurs held Milan to a goalless draw, but the Italian champions advance having won the first leg 1-0.
Antonio Conte said Tottenham still need time to become a European force after bowing out in the last 16 of the Champions League 1-0 on aggregate to AC Milan after a 0-0 draw on Wednesday.
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored against his former club as Bayern Munich ended the Champions League hopes of Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, beating the French club 2-0 in their last-16 second leg to reach the quarter-finals.
Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann said star striker Sadio Mane was unlikely to start on Wednesday, but warned Paris Saint-Germain Mane can still be “decisive from the bench.”
Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier said on Tuesday the return to full fitness of Kylian Mbappe could see them past Bayern Munich and into the Champions League last eight.
Goncalo Ramos struck twice to help Benfica romp to a 5-1 Champions League last 16, second leg win over Club Brugge on Tuesday in Lisbon and a 7-1 aggregate victory.
Chelsea kept their season alive by beating Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at Stamford Bridge to progress to the quarter-finals of the Champions League 2-1 on aggregate on Tuesday.