Champions League

Chelsea come against Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals as they look to go the distance for a second time.

"In terms of a winning streak, reaching the final, maybe this is what happened to them. But even if the Blues make it past Madrid, neither Carragher or Henry have predicted them to go the distance for a second season in a row. Liverpool, Manchester City and Liverpool will win on penalties." "They trusted an almost similar squad over a long period of time which was impressive and outstanding. Tuchel is well aware of the threat Carlo Ancelotti's side will pose. But having lost 4-1 to Brentford on Saturday, it remains to be seen how they will react against the 13 time winners.

Gabriel Jesus is suspended for Manchester City's Champions League quarter-final second leg against Atletico Madrid, after picking up his third booking in ...

So much so that links with a summer move away from the club have grown stronger. His protests earned him a yellow card for dissent - his third of the competition. Since that game back in September, Jesus has failed to register a Premier League goal and found himself in and out of the team on a regular basis.

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It speaks of Del Bosque’s adaptability and shrewd man-management that the side he took to Hampden Park in 2002 looked somewhat different, with the first Galacticos era in full swing. Guardiola’s failure to win a Champions League at Bayern is a stick his critics regularly use to beat him. Los Blancos dealt compatriots Valencia the first of their consecutive final defeats in Paris thanks to goals from Fernando Morientes, Steve McManaman and Raul. Porto emerged from an upset-laden and chaotic 2003/04 Champions League as the victors after seeing off Monaco 3-0 in the final. Guardiola finally scaled that hurdle again with Manchester City last season, thanks to an authoritative 4-1 aggregate win over Paris Saint-Germain, but then the freshly crowned Premier League champions ran into Tuchel’s Chelsea. The Rossoneri and Ancelotti had their revenge against the same opponents in Athens two years later, with Filippo Inzaghi scoring both goals in a 2-1 win.

Atletico Madrid failed to record a single official shot against Manchester City.

Atletico, meanwhile, fell into bad habits, subjecting Grealish to the most rough house of treatment in the closing stages. He did it with a quick dart and a slide rule pass, unleashing Kevin De Bruyne in behind to fizz a shot across Jan Oblak, firing the hosts into the lead in the tie. If they do, they will be lucky to escape with the same score as Tuesday night. If there was a brief moment where it seemed City's neuroses in this competition might get the better of them, it faded into insignificance set against those lengthy spells where it was apparent, Atleti could not just sit back and wait for something to happen. One could sense how tired Atletico were in their flurry of counter attacks early in the first half. The levee was only going to hold for so long. Better to have Bernardo Silva coming to the ball as a true false nine. "It was a very tactical game and each of us tried to impose our own game in this one." There is a tendency to look for higher meaning in such boring fare. He may well need favors from a City side that looked firmly in the groove tonight even if it never hit top gear. In the end it did not. La Liga's reigning champions were lucky to escape the Etihad Stadium trailing only to Kevin De Bruyne's 70th minute goal after a game in which they had offered next to nothing beyond the small area in front of their box.

Liverpool took control of their Champions League quarter-final against Benfica with a 3-1 victory in Portugal on Tuesday night, setting a new club record in ...

The Reds' latest feats come after they became the first English team to win all six of their Champions League group-stage fixtures. By winning at Benfica, Liverpool also matched their best away run of five successive victories in Champions League and European Cup competition, which they set under former manager Joe Fagan in 1984. The Reds defeated Benfica 3-1 at the Estadio da Luz on Tuesday night to take a firm grip on their Champions League quarter-final ahead of next Wednesday's second leg.

Champions League predictions: Peter Schmeichel says NEITHER of Man City and Liverpool will even make the final, as Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards back their ...

His quality is there week in and week out. It led to Carragher hailing him as the 'the pass master'. Man City and Liverpool can't. We know, we've played there, we've been there. Even his interviews he comes across as very humble. Real Madrid and Bayern are so far ahead in their leagues they can rest players and prepare for this. - Both backed their former clubs - Liverpool and Man City - to win the final in Paris