Bradley Barcola was among the many scorers as Paris Saint-Germain beat Chelsea 3-0 to assert an 8-2 mixture victory of their last-16 tie. Photograph: AFP
LONDON:
Holders Paris Saint-Germain, file 15-time winners Actual Madrid and Arsenal surged into the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday, whereas Sporting produced an excellent comeback in Portugal to finish Bodo/Glimt’s outstanding run.
PSG seem like coming again into the shape which noticed them win the Champions League for the primary time of their historical past final season, because the French membership crushed Chelsea 3-0 in London to assert a complete 8-2 mixture victory of their last-16 tie.
Chelsea had been left with a mountain to climb after a late collapse in final week’s first leg, and PSG rapidly snuffed out any probability the English membership had.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia adopted his first-leg double by opening the scoring on six minutes at Stamford Bridge, with Chelsea defender Mamadou Sarr misjudging a protracted ball on his Champions League debut after which being outmuscled by the Georgian who utilized the end.
Bradley Barcola fired in an excellent second purpose from an Achraf Hakimi help, and the house followers have been streaming for the exits when substitute Senny Mayulu swept in PSG’s third on the night time simply after the hour.
“We clearly dominated, we’re very glad to be within the quarter-finals and I feel it’s effectively deserved,” PSG coach Luis Enrique advised Canal Plus.
PSG’s fourth victory in opposition to English opposition in a two-legged knockout tie because the begin of final yr units up a last-eight tie in opposition to Liverpool or Galatasaray, who meet on Wednesday at Anfield with the Turkish aspect main 1-0 from the primary leg.
Two-time European champions Chelsea weren’t the one English membership to be eradicated on Tuesday, with Manchester Metropolis dropping 2-1 at dwelling to Actual as they went out 5-1 on mixture.
Actual led 3-0 from the primary leg in Spain, the place Federico Valverde scored a hat-trick, and their qualification was by no means unsure after Metropolis’s Bernardo Silva was despatched off on 20 minutes for stopping a goalbound Vinicius Junior shot on the road along with his arm.
Vinicius transformed the penalty, and Pep Guardiola’s aspect had an excessive amount of to do, even when Erling Haaland levelled the scores on the night time earlier than half-time along with his thirtieth purpose this season.
Sporting comeback sinks Bodo/Glimt
Actual changed Thibaut Courtois with Andriy Lunin in purpose at half-time, and the tie was over lengthy earlier than Vinicius scored once more in stoppage time to seal the win on the night time.
“All of us gamers know that the great video games are coming and when Madrid play on this competitors, the whole lot adjustments,” mentioned Vinicius, as Actual knocked Metropolis out for the third season operating.
Actual are virtually sure to face Bayern Munich in a heavyweight quarter-final, with the Germans 6-1 up in opposition to Atalanta earlier than Wednesday’s return match.
Premier League leaders Arsenal’s dream of a quadruple stays alive after they beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 on the Emirates Stadium for a 3-1 mixture success.
That they had wanted a late penalty to attract in Germany final week, and completed the tie off within the return with objectives both aspect of half-time from Eberechi Eze and Declan Rice.
Eze broke the impasse with a long-range rocket late within the first half and Rice’s composed end killed off Leverkusen.
“We had 4 or 5 conditions the place we must always have scored a 3rd however general we absolutely deserved to win and be into the quarter-finals,” mentioned Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta.
His group now face Manchester Metropolis within the English League Cup last on Sunday, and can play Sporting within the quarter-finals.
The Portuguese champions produced an outstanding fightback, overturning a 3-0 deficit from final week’s first leg in opposition to Bodo/Glimt by beating the Norwegians 5-0 after further time in Lisbon.
Goncalo Inacio and Pedro Goncalves scored earlier than a Luis Suarez penalty on 78 minutes pressured further time.
Uruguayan full-back Maxi Araujo gave Sporting the lead within the tie for the primary time within the 92nd minute, and Rafael Nel made positive of their progress with the fifth proper on the finish.
Bodo/Glimt’s improbable run involves an finish as Sporting attain the quarters of Europe’s elite membership competitors for the primary time since 1983.
