Uefa dismisses weekend Champions League games rumours
European football bosses have rejected fears they will schedule Champions League fixtures at weekends as ‘complete nonsense’.
European football bosses have rejected fears they will schedule Champions League fixtures at weekends as ‘complete nonsense’.
Tottenham Hotspur have been drawn against Manchester City in an all-English Champions League quarter-final tie, while Manchester United will face Barcelona.
Lionel Messi saluted Cristiano Ronaldo’s efforts from the previous night after producing a superb display of his own in Barcelona’s thrashing of Lyon on Wednesday.
Barcelona head coach Ernesto Valverde has said Lionel Messi was ‘incredible’ as the Blaugrana booked a Champions League quarter-final berth by beating Lyon 5-1.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes the 3-1 victory over Bayern Munich puts the club back ‘where they belong’ in the upper echelons of world football.
Barcelona booked a Champions League quarter-final place with a 5-1 home win against Lyon secured thanks to Lionel Messi’s inspirational performance, triumphing on aggregate by the same scoreline.
Sadio Mane’s brace inspired Liverpool to a convincing 3-1 win at Bayern Munich and a place in the Champions League quarter-finals.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat-trick heroics for Juventus against Atletico Madrid mean that he now owns as many Champions League match balls as eternal rival Lionel Messi.
Manchester City sent out a European warning as they smashed seven past Schalke to power into the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday.
Cristiano Ronaldo hailed it a ‘magical night’ after his hat-trick helped Juventus overturn a two-goal deficit in their Champions League last-16 tie against Atletico Madrid.