Goals from Dominik Szoboszlai, Hugo Ekitike, Ryan Gravenberch and Mohamed Salah at Anfield saw Liverpool overturn a first-leg deficit to secure a 4-1 aggregate victory over Galatasaray and book a Champions League quarterfinal versus Paris Saint-Germain.
Liverpool produced a performance of authority and class to emphatically overturn a 1-0 deficit from last week’s first meeting in Istanbul, with Dominik Szoboszlai, Hugo Ekitike, Ryan Gravenberch and Mohamed Salah getting the goals.
Szoboszlai opened the scoring midway through a first half that ended with Salah seeing a penalty saved, before Ekitike and Gravenberch struck in a two-minute spell soon after the restart.
With just over an hour gone, Salah did get on the scoresheet – this after a Wilfried Singo own goal had been disallowed for offside against Jeremie Frimpong – with a trademark curler for his 50th Champions League goal. Elsewhere, Atletico Madrid beat Tottenham Hotspur on aggregate in the round of 16 and made it to the quarter-finals of Europe’s premier competition for the 13th time (from a total of 20 participations). Furthermore, it is the eighth time under the tenure of Diego Pablo Simeone.
Atletico twice came back to stifle Tottenham and reach the quarter-finals, despite eventually losing in London. The home side had the better of the first half and led at the break through Randal Kolo Muani’s header, only for Julián Alvarez’s 14th Champions League goal in 17 appearances to cancel it out after the restart.
Spurs offered a quick response through a curling Xavi Simons strike but Dávid Hancko’s header all but ended their hopes. A Simons penalty in added time gave the hosts victory on the night, but Atletico progressed 7-5 on aggregate.
They will take on FC Barcelona in the last-eight, with the first leg at Camp Nou and the second at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano. Barcelona rout Newcastle United 7-2 at Camp Nou for an 8-3 aggregate victory.
Bayern ease past Atalanta to set up Real Madrid clash in last-8
Bayern Munich completed a dominant 10-2 aggregate victory over Atalanta with a 4-1 win at the Allianz Arena to advance to the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals.
The tie had effectively been decided after Bayern’s emphatic first-leg performance, yet the hosts still controlled proceedings from the outset, enjoying prolonged spells of possession and repeatedly testing Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Sportiello.
The breakthrough arrived in the 25th minute when Harry Kane converted a retaken penalty after his initial effort had been saved, with Sportiello adjudged to have moved too early off his line. The result confirmed Bayern’s passage into the quarterfinals, where they will face Real Madrid.