Down to CL’s last eight

No English or Scottish side make it through to the quarter-finals.

KARACHI: Barcelona, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Monaco, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Porto and Real Madrid progressed, while the final three English teams — Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City — crashed out, which means that there will be no English representation in the quarter-finals for the second time in three years.

The draws for the quarter-finals would be announced on Friday. We take a look at the matches and the aggregate scores that decided which teams will be in the draw.

Barcelona v Manchester City (Barca win 3-1)

The Catalans went into the second leg with a 2-1 lead courtesy of a Luis Suarez brace at the Etihad Stadium in February and needed to just hold on to qualify for the last eight. But had it not been for City keeper Joe Hart, Barca would have scored three or four goals.

Borussia Dortmund v Juventus (Juve win 5-1)

Reigning Italian champions dominated the 2013 Champions League finalists, winning the away match 3-0 after a 2-1 win in Turin, to finally improve their performance in Europe.

Atletico v Leverkusen (1-1, Atletico win 3-2 penalties)

The reigning Spanish champions came into the contest trailing 1-0 to Bayer Leverkusen. A 27th minute deflected strike from Mario Suarez ensured that the tie went the full distance and required penalties as both teams failed to score the decisive goal needed to secure a passage into the quarter-finals.

Monaco v Arsenal (3-3, Monaco through on away goals)

The Gunners were in for the Herculean task of overturning a 3-1 deficit against Monaco but came tantalisingly close as goals from Olivier Giroud and Aaron Ramsey gave Arsene Wengers’ side a glimmer of hope but it was too late.

Bayern Munich v Shakhtar Donetsk (Bayern win 7-0)

Reigning German Bundesliga champions, Bayern Munich, had a memorable outing against Shakhtar, humiliating them 7-0.

Chelsea v PSG (3-3, PSG through on away goals)

In a see-saw encounter, PSG came out on top as a last-gasp goal by skipper Thiago Silva ensured that the French champions go through on the away goals rule, despite Zlatan Ibrahimovic receiving a harsh red card in the first half.

FC Porto v Basel (Porto win 5-1)

With the first leg ending in a 1-1 stalemate,Porto slotted four past Basel.

Real Madrid v Schalke (Real win 5-4)

Los Blancos’ 2-0 victory in the first leg came to the rescue of the defending champions as Roberto di Matteo’s Schalke ran wild at the Santiago Bernabéu, scoring four but also conceding three to end the game 4-3, but bowing out on a 5-4 aggregate score.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 20^th, 2015.

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