OFFICIAL: Real Madrid have qualified for the Champions League semi-finals after a 3-1 aggregate win against Liverpool.
They’ll face Chelsea.
OFFICIAL: Real Madrid have qualified for the Champions League semi-finals after a 3-1 aggregate win against Liverpool.
They’ll face Chelsea.
Real Madrid have now qualified for the UCL semi-finals 14 times, more than any other team in the history of the competition.
Familiar territory.
Genk
Liverpool
Napoli
PSG
Lazio
Zenit
Club Brugge
𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮
Manchester City are the first team Erling Haaland has failed to score against in the Champions League.
Only two teams have won a two-legged European tie against Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool:
Diego Simeone’s Atlético
Zinedine Zidane’s Real
Hala Madrid.
2017: Lost to Monaco in R16
2018: Lost to Liverpool in quarters
2019: Lost to Tottenham in quarters
2020: Lost to Lyon in quarters
2021: Through to semifinals
PEP GETS CITY INTO THE UCL SEMIS FOR THE FIRST TIME
No Champions League.
No Premier League.
No FA Cup.
No League Cup.
No trophies for Liverpool this season
8 - Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has reached his eighth UEFA Champions League semi-final, now the joint-most in the history of the competition, alongside José Mourinho.
Premier League - 1st
UCL - Semifinals
FA Cup - Semifinals
EFL Cup - Final
Could Man City do the quadruple this season?
Trent Alexander-Arnold vs Real Madrid tonight:
90’ played
104 touches (most)
6 key passes (most)
5/17 acc. crosses (most)
49/68 acc. passes
3 interceptions
2 tackles
8.0 SofaScore rating
Federico Valverde v Liverpool:
90’ played
94 touches
1 big ch. created
2 key passes
45/58 acc. passes
3/4 succ. dribbles
7/11 duels won
8 interceptions
3 tackles
8.0 SofaScore rating
A fantastic display at right-back!
2 – For only the second time in UEFA Champions League history, two players (Jude Bellingham & Phil Foden) aged younger than 21 have scored in the same knockout game, after French pair Kylian Mbappé & Ousmane Dembélé did so during Monaco v Borussia Dortmund in April 2017.
Casemiro for Real Madrid vs. Liverpool:
100% aerial duels won
86 touches
13 ball recoveries (most)
12 duels won (most)
9 accurate long balls
5 tackles (most)
5 clearances
2 interceptions
2 fouls won (=most)
1 chance created
So good at what he does.
Jude Bellingham into
Youngest scorers* in Champions League history:
(*group stage to final only)
17 years 40 days: Ansu Fati (Internazionale Milano 1-2 Barcelona, 10/12/19)
17 years 195 days: Peter Ofori-Quaye (Rosenborg 5-1 Olympiacos, 01/10/97)
17 years 216 days: Mateo Kovačić (Dinamo Zagreb 1-7 Lyon, 07/12/11)
17 years 218 days: Cesc Fàbregas (Arsenal 5-1 Rosenborg, 07/12/04)
17 years 218 days: Bojan Krkić (Schalke 0-1 Barcelona, 01/04/08)
17 years 241 days: Martin Klein (Panathinaikos 2-1 Sparta Praha, 27/02/02)
17 years 263 days: Breel Embolo (Basel 4-0 Ludogorets, 04/11/14)
17 years 289 days: Jude Bellingham (Dortmund 1-2 Manchester City, 14/04/21)
17 years 300 days: Aaron Ramsey (Fenerbahçe 2-5 Arsenal, 21/10/08)
17 years 330 days: Pedri (Barcelona 5-1 Ferencváros, 20/10/20)
Knockouts only
17 years 218 days: Bojan Krkić (Schalke 0-1 Barcelona, 01/04/08)
17 years 289 days: Jude Bellingham (Dortmund 1-2 Manchester City, 14/04/21)
17 years 363 days: Jamal Musiala (Lazio 1-4 Bayern, 23/02/2021)
İlkay Gündoğan takes the plaudits for a fine display in possession despite being constantly pressed in Dortmund
Real Madrid book last-four spot after eliminating Liverpool
Manchester City reach semi-finals for first time since 2016
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