Guardiola praises five-goal Haaland after 7-0 win over RB Leipzig
Follow stay updates from the Champions League draw because the quarter-final and semi-finals ties are set. Holders Real Madrid and Manchester City are the clear favourites, with Napoli and Bayern Munich additionally trying robust, which units up an intriguing draw with the contenders all hoping to keep away from one another.
Conversely, the likes of Chelsea, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Benfica might be handed a chance to progress to the final 4. Chelsea have twice gained the Champions League after sacking their supervisor mid-season. Could Graham Potter’s aspect repeat the trick this marketing campaign?
Madrid and City each produced assertion performances within the final 16, with the holders thrashing Liverpool at Anfield and Erling Haaland scoring 5 targets within the destruction of RB Leipzig. Will they have the ability to keep away from one another as the trail to Istanbul is made?
Follow stay updates from the Champions League draw, beneath:
Is this the yr Man City lastly win the Champions League?
Will the targets of Erling Haaland make the distinction?
After City’s near-misses of latest years – the 2021 last and the semi-finals final yr – it appeared to many {that a} match and firing specialist centre-forward was all they have been missing.
In Erling Haaland they’ve clearly stuffed that hole.
After his beautiful five-goal haul towards RB Leipzig on Tuesday, the prolific Norway worldwide has now scored a staggering 39 targets in 36 appearances for the membership.
The 22-year-old is a ruthless goalscoring machine and City now appear to have all of the items they want. They will surely appear to have few excuses for an additional failure, however it isn’t so easy.
Michael Jones17 March 2023 10:03
Can Man City lastly win the Champions League?
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City are proper up there alongside Bayern and Real Madrid as potential favourites to win this match.
After ending high of a bunch consisting of Borussia Dortmund, Sevilla and FC Copenhagen, City confronted RB Leipzig within the spherical of 16.
A controversial 1-1 draw within the first leg meant City had labored to do within the return fixture on the Etihad they usually stepped up in type.
Erling Haaland bagged 5 targets on Tuesday and, together with targets from Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne, the Premier League champions progressed 8-1 on mixture.
Are they a workforce to be feared?
Michael Jones17 March 2023 10:00
Real Madrid to win consecutive titles?
The 14x Champions League winners have picked up the place they left off from final yr’s competitors.
Group F was extra aggressive than they’d have thought however Los Blancos breezed by means of with some spectacular shows together with a ruthless 3-0 victory at Celtic after Karim Benzema had gone off injured.
In the spherical of 16, Real slipped two targets right down to Liverpool at Anfield earlier than a blistering show of attacking high quality noticed them rating 5 occasions in 46 minutes.
Karim Benzema prodded one other one previous Alisson within the return leg and Carlo Ancelotti’s males marched on 6-2 winners on mixture.
Michael Jones17 March 2023 09:56
Bayern Munich among the many favourites?
It’s been a close to faultless marketing campaign for Bayern Munich up to now.
Six wins from six within the group stage, adopted by two victories over a star-studded Paris Saint-Germain within the spherical of 16. The Bavarians have solely had one breach to their defence and there are echoes of the 2019/20 season once they gained this competitors.
Michael Jones17 March 2023 09:52
Thibaut Courtois accepts Premier League energy however says Spanish golf equipment can reign
For the fifth time in six seasons England’s high flight may have no less than two representatives within the quarter-finals of the competitors the Spanish giants have gained a document 14 occasions.
Six Premier League groups have featured within the final 5 finals – two have been all top-flight events – and Liverpool and Chelsea have gained one apiece, which is similar quantity Real have gained over the identical interval after three in 4 years from 2014-17.
So whereas English golf equipment could have the monetary would possibly, the LaLiga giants have proven they’re nonetheless the aspect to be reckoned with at Europe’s elite degree and a 6-2 mixture victory over Liverpool put them into the final eight once more.
Michael Jones17 March 2023 09:48
Europa League draw
Following the Champions League draw, the draw for the Europa League’s last rounds will happen too.
Manchester United are the one English workforce left within the competitors after sweeping Real Betis apart 5-1 on mixture.
Arsenal suffered a heartbreaking exit final night time. They drew 3-3 on mixture with Sporting CP however misplaced 5-3 in a penalty shootout on the Emirates Stadium.
Sporting went by means of and joined heavy hitters Juventus, Roma and Sevilla within the quarter-finals. Bayer Leverkusen, Union Saint-Gilloise and Feyenoord full the line-up.
Michael Jones17 March 2023 09:46
Serie A resurgence
After just a few years of being seen because the weakest of the massive 5 European leagues, Serie A has come again with a bang this season. The Italian high flight has probably the most golf equipment within the Champions League last-eight with each Milan sides and Napoli making it by means of.
Inter Milan defeated Porto within the spherical of 16 whereas AC Milan edged previous Tottenham 1-0 on mixture.
Napoli, in the meantime, are lighting up each their home league and the European high flight. They have an 18-point lead over Inter in Serie A and have scored probably the most targets within the Champions League this yr with 25.
Michael Jones17 March 2023 09:43
When are the Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals?
The two-legged Champions League lquarter-final ties can be held on 11/12 April and 18/19 April.
The semi-finals will happen on 9 and 10 May (first legs) and 16 and 17 May (second legs).
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How to observe the Champions League draw
The Champions League quarter-final draw will happen at 11am GMT on Friday 17 March. It can be held on the Uefa headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
Viewers within the United Kingdom will have the ability to watch the draw stay on BT Sport, the tv dwelling of Champions League soccer within the nation.
Subscribers can stream the proceedings by way of the BT Sport app or web site, whereas Uefa will even present the draw stay on-line by way of YouTube and the organising physique’s web site.
Michael Jones17 March 2023 09:32