UEFA Champions League results: UEFA champions league results: Manchester City vs Real Madrid, Chelsea vs PSG, Arsenal vs Leverkusen
Maintaining a three-goal lead in the first leg, Madrid took a 5-1 aggregate lead with two goals from Vinícius Júnior, helped by City captain Bernardo Silva’s early red card, to win City 2-1, and defending champions PSG scored twice in the first 14 minutes as they beat Chelsea 3-0. This made for an 8-2 aggregate success.
Bodø/Glimt, the Norwegian club from a fishing town with a population of approximately 55,000 north of the Arctic Circle, also took a 3-0 lead in the first match, but lost 5-0 to Sporting Lisbon after extra time.
There has been only one major comeback in the Champions League: Barcelona’s famous “Remontada” against PSG in 2016-17.
Sporting’s reward was a quarter-final meeting with Arsenal, who beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 to make it 3-1 on aggregate and keep their hopes of a quadruple trophy this season alive.
Manchester City-Real Madrid
Madrid knocked City out of the Champions League for the fourth time in five years and this time it ended matter-of-factly with Silva being shown a red card in the 20th minute for sticking his elbow on the goal line to block Vinícius’ shot, following video review. The Brazilian star put aside his penalty to give Madrid a four-goal cushion and converted a close-range finish in second-half stoppage time to secure victory on the night of a European record 15 wins. champions.
Erling Haaland equalized for City in the 41st minute, which created enough chances to score the necessary goals even with 10 men.
Kylian Mbappé came on as a second-half substitute after being injured for almost a month. Madrid hope that the French striker will not suffer an injury before the quarter-final against Bayern Munich or Atalanta. Bayern is ahead 6-1 from the first leg.
Chelsea vs PSG
Eight months after losing the Club World Cup final to Chelsea, PSG inflicted a resounding two-legged defeat on the English team at Stamford Bridge with goals from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Bradley Barcola and Senny Mayulu.
PSG will continue its title defense against Galatasaray or Liverpool in the quarter-finals. Galatasaray won the first match 1-0.
Arsenal vs Leverkusen
In a tough night for English clubs, Arsenal secured representation in the last eight of the Premier League.
Eberechi Eze headed home with a towering shot from the edge of the box before Declan Rice added a second at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal, nine points clear at the top of the Premier League, are in the English League Cup final (playing Manchester City on Sunday) and the FA Cup quarter-final, where they will be heavy favorites against second-tier Southampton.
The quadruple should definitely not be ignored.
Bodø/Glimt fascinated the football world
The Bodø/Glimt fairy tale is over – but only after an unexpected streak that captivated the football world.
The team advanced to the play-off round by beating Manchester City and Atletico Madrid in the last two rounds of the league stage, and advanced to the last 16 rounds by defeating Inter Milan, the northernmost team playing in the Champions League, last season’s runner-up, at home and away.
Winning 3-0 at the 8,000-capacity Aspmyra stadium last week was not enough against Sporting, who took the match to extra time with goals scored by Gonçalo Inácio, Pedro Gonçalves and Luis Suarez in the rematch.
There, Uruguay left-back Maxi Araújo scored in the 92nd minute to put Sporting ahead on aggregate for the first time, while Rafael Nel added the fifth point in injury time.
