Champions League
Manchester City – Olympique Lyonnais: Straight Knockout Shock Sees Lyon Clinically Progress Past City (1-3)
An over-conservative approach by Pep Guardiola prevented City from having the necessary impact his strategy required, eventually crumbling to a mix of individual mistakes, structural dilemmas,
Barcelona – Bayern Munich: Barcelona Humiliated By Relentless Bayern (2-8)
Bayern Munich entered the game with an aggressive style of play, and their high defensive line looked like it might be exploitable early on. Once Bayern
RasenBallsport Leipzig – Atlético Madrid: A Matured Leipzig Performance Upstages Simeone’s Impenetrable Atléti (2-1)
The absence of Timo Werner proved to be no problem for Julian Nagelsmann’s outfit – their ball dominance and outright control over Atlético Madrid eventually rewarded
Atalanta Bergamo – Paris Saint-Germain: PSG Dominate But Leave It Late (1-2)
Carried by a big Neymar night, PSG managed to give a good response to Atalanta’s notorious 3-4-1-2 system. Despite the Italians taking the lead in the
Barcelona – Napoli: Barça Clinically Power Through To The Quarter-Finals (3-1)
The score line was all Barça needed, but the performance that came along with it left much to be desired. While Napoli’s own spells of possession
Bayern Munich – Chelsea: Bayern Plunge the Dagger Into Chelsea’s Champions League Campaign (4-1)
Although Bayern Munich did not fully flex their muscles, they showed enough to see why so many tip them as favorites for this year’s Champions League
Juventus – Olympique Lyonnais: First Leg Ghosts Come Back To Haunt Juventus Out Of The Champions League (2-1)
Despite a particularly inspired Cristiano Ronaldo, Juve’s structural issues were hard to overcome even for the Champions League’s greatest goalscorer. Lyon did not need the most
Manchester City – Real Madrid: Madrid Mistakes Give City Comfortable Route To Quarter-Final (2-1)
The scoreline was ultimately decided by two mistakes from Raphaël Varane, which allowed Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus to get on the scoresheet either side of
Paris Saint-Germain – Borussia Dortmund: Redemption In Paris (2-0)
In an empty Parc Des Princes, punctuated by the sounds of fireworks set off by supporters barred from entry, PSG dismantled a skittish Dortmund side with
Liverpool – Atlético Madrid: Atlético Advance With Unlikely Heroics From Llorente (2-3)
The game played out largely as most predicted it would, with Atlético in a low block 4-4-2 shape fending off Liverpool wave after Liverpool wave. Strong