Most goals scored in European Cup / Champions League history:
◎ Cristiano Ronaldo (140)
◎ Lionel Messi (125)
◉ Robert Lewandowski (85)
◎ Karim Benzema (76)
◎ Raúl (71)
◎ Ruud van Nistelrooy (56)
◉ Thomas Müller (52)
+5 for the two Bayern boys tonight.
Simone Inzaghi: “I’m more bitter about the outcome in the San Siro than what happened tonight. We played against perhaps the strongest team in Europe at this time and we were their equals. We paid a high price for the red card."
Jurgen Klopp: “The art of football is to lose the right games. I still hate it but if there’s any game we could afford to lose then it was tonight.”
Trent Alexander-Arnold’s game by numbers vs. Inter:
100% take-on success
100% aerial duels won
15 passes into final ⅓
15 passes into opp. box
11 crosses
9 x possession won
6 duels won
5 chances created
2 tackles made
2 take-ons
2 shots
0 fouls
Incredible output.
Liverpool: Salah says Inter defeat can give them a ‘push’ in quadruple quest
Mohamed Salah believes Liverpool will benefit from their first Anfield defeat in more than a year as they crept into the Champions League quarter-finals.
Liverpool were beaten 1-0 by Inter Milan - who, thanks to Lautaro Martinez’s super strike, became the first successful visiting team since Fulham 366 days ago - but managed to squeeze through to the last eight for the fourth time in five years after winning the first leg 2-0.
Lewandowski hat-trick within 23 min - earliest treble ever scored in UCL history
Robert Lewandowski bagged the earliest hat-trick in Champions League history to help Bayern Munich blow RB Salzburg out of the water on Tuesday night.
Bayern are cruising past Salzburg in the second leg of their last-16 clash following a 1-1 draw between the two sides in last month’s opener.
Real Madrid put in one of their worst performances of the season in the first leg at Parc des Princes and had to be thankful to Thibaut Courtois for making sure that the tie ended in just a 1-0 defeat. Since then, though, Carlo Ancelotti’s men have found some semblance of form, racking up three wins in a row in La Liga, most recently defeating Real Sociedad 4-1 over the weekend.
Los Blancos will know that they will have to take the game to their opponents if they wish to stand a chance to overturn the deficit and go through to the next round. Failure to do so may very well end up costing Ancelotti his job, despite Real Madrid leading the La Liga title race.
Meanwhile, PSG come into the game after tripping up twice in their last three matches. Since the well-deserved win against Real Madrid, Les Parisiens have lost to Nantes and more recently to OGC Nice on either side of a victory over Saint-Etienne. Mauricio Pochettino will be under pressure to ensure that his team does not slip up at the Bernabeu and goes through to the next round.
Federico Valverde is set to be fit for Madrid having overcome the flu, which kept him out of the win over Sociedad.
Toni Kroos (hamstring) is also likely to be available for selection, which would also prove a key boost to the hosts who are without the suspended Casemiro.
Ferland Mendy, likewise, is banned but regular back-up Marcelo should be available.
Mbappe is now expected to fit to line up for PSG despite suffering an injury in training on Monday when Idrissa Gueye stood on his foot.
Real Madrid have been eliminated from nine of their last ten knockout ties in the UEA Champions League when losing the first leg.
PSG have been eliminated from three of their eight UEFA Champions League knockout ties when winning the first leg.
Real Madrid have only lost one of the previous five games when hosting PSG in European competitions, winning the other four.
Real Madrid star Karim Benzema has scored 12 goals in his previous 11 Champions League home matches. Overall he has netted 64 goals for the La Liga side in the competition and is only behind Cristiano Ronaldo (105) and Raul (66) in the scoring charts for Los Blancos.
Pep Guardiola and Manchester City have all but secured their passage to the last eight of the UEFA Champions League courtesy of a 5-0 thumping of Sporting CP in the first leg of their Round of 16 tie in Lisbon last month.
One of the most formidable sides in world football, it is nigh on impossible to see the Sky Blues throw away a five-goal lead, especially while playing at home. Manchester City have a few players out for the night and can use the tie to give some of their fringe stars a proper runout.
Sporting CP have only pride to play for and have a rather abysmal record in England. In fact, they have only prevented Arsenal from scoring in their 14 trips to the country in the past.
The visitors are also running out of steam and have just two wins in their last six matches across all competitions. This is their worst run of results under Ruben Amorim, and a trip to the Etihad is the last thing he would have wanted at this stage.
Pep Guardiola says City have just 14 players available for this second leg, with Kyle Walker still suspended in Europe - something his manager remains furious about - and Joao Cancelo out with illness.
The likes of Ruben Dias, Nathan Ake, Cole Palmer and Zack Steffen are also sidelined.
For Sporting, the in-demand Joao Palhinha is a doubt along with Pedro Goncalves, while Matheus Nunes is suspended.
Manchester City have hosted Portuguese opposition in the Champions League four times in the last three years, winning all of the games so far. Sporting CP are winless in their previous seven away games against English opposition in European competitions. They have also kept just one clean sheet against English opposition in England in their last 14 trips to the country.
Sporting CP have a 100 per cent losing record in the UEFA Champions League knockout stages, losing all three of their games at this stage so far.
No team has overturned a first-leg deficit of five goals in the history of the UEFA Champions League.
With a win on the night will see Manchester City record six straight home wins in the UEFA Champions League knockout stages for the first time in their history.
Manchester City have not been knocked out of the UEFA Champions League before the quarter-finals stage since 2016/17.
