20 - Aged 20 years & 313 days, Phil Foden is the youngest Englishman to score a 90th minute winning goal in a Champions League match, overtaking Wayne Rooney who was 21 years & 182 days when he scored the winner for Man Utd in a 3-2 in over Milan in April 2007. Decisive.
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Toni Kroos created more chances than any other player in the Champions League this evening (4).
Casemiro made more tackles than any other player in the Champions League this evening (8).
Midfield Masters.
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In the last three seasons, only Kylian Mbappe and Angel Di Maria have provided more Champions League assists than Riyad Mahrez 
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Touches in the opposition box in the UCL this evening:
30 - Real Madrid
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20 - Man City
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17 - Dortmund
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14 - Liverpool
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Zinédine Zidane has now taken charge of 50 Champions League games as Real Madrid coach…
List his top 3 since 2016 
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African top scorers in the Champions League knockout stages:
14 Didier Drogba 
12 Sadio Mané 
10 Samuel Eto’o 
10 Mohamed Salah 
07 Emmanuel Adebayor 
05 Michael Essien 
04 Seydou Keita 
04 Hakim Ziyech 
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All-time Champions League top scorers for Dortmund:
18 Marco Reus
17 Robert Lewandowski
15 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
12 Erling Haaland
10 Jan Koller
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Vinícius Júnior takes the award on the night he claimed his first ever double for Real Madrid in a sensational display 
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At the centre of everything good for Manchester City! Kevin De Bruyne takes the plaudits after a top display as a false nine 
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Match Preview: FC Porto Vs Chelsea
Chelsea will aim to return to winning ways after their humbling defeat to West Bromwich Albion when they travel to Seville for the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final with Porto on Wednesday.
The ‘hosts’ overcame Juventus in thrilling fashion to book their place in the last eight, while Chelsea dumped Atletico Madrid out of the tournament in the last 16.
Sergio Conceicao’s side were rewarded for their efforts with a spot in the quarter-finals for just the fourth time in the past 16 seasons, and they have never advanced past this stage of the tournament since Jose Mourinho took them all the way in the 2003-04 campaign - losing to Liverpool in the last eight during the 2018-19 season.
The Blues eased to a 3-0 aggregate success over Atletico to book their spot in the quarter-finals, and they have scored 11 goals and conceded just one in their four away victories in the tournament this season, but the 2013-14 season represents the last time that Chelsea managed to progress past the quarter-final stage.
Furthermore, Chelsea have come out on top in five of their eight Champions League meetings with Porto since 2004, and the most recent battle between the two clubs ended in a 2-0 home win for the Blues during the 2015-16 group stage.
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Team News
Chelsea will have Christian Pulisic and N’Golo Kante fit after hamstring issues for Wednesday’s first-leg last-eight clash with Porto.
Thomas Tuchel confirmed Tammy Abraham will also be in the squad, though Kante is unlikely to start after his latest muscle complaint.
Porto will take on Chelsea without their suspended two top goalscorers, Sergio Oliveira and Mehdi Taremi, for Wednesday’s match in Seville.
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Porto Vs Chelsea: Head to Head
Chelsea and Porto are drawn together for the fifth time, all in the Champions League. Three of the four previous occasions were in the group stage.
The other was in the 2006/07 round of 16 when Chelsea progressed 3-2 on aggregate.
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Previous Meetings
2004/05 Champions League group stage
Home W 3-1
Away L 1-2
2006/07 Champions League round of 16 first leg
Away D 1-1
Home W 2-1
2009/10 Champions League group stage
Home W 1-0
Away W 1-0
2015/16 Champions League group stage
Away L 1-2
Home W 2-0
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Discipline
Porto’s Sergio Oliveira and Mehdi Taremi are suspended for one match.
Should either Mateo Kovacic or Hakim Ziyech receive a yellow card they will miss the second leg.
In the Champions League, players are suspended for the next match after three cautions, as well as following any subsequent odd-numbered caution (fifth, seventh etc).
All yellow cards expire on completion of the quarter-finals. They are not carried forward to the semi-finals.
Champions League bookings list
Chelsea: Jorginho 3, Mount 3, Kovacic 2, Ziyech 2, Azpilicueta 1, Chilwell 1, Havertz 1, Kante 1, Pulisic 1.
Porto: Oliveira 3, Corona 1, Diaz 1, Manafa 1, Marega 1, Mbemba 1, Nanu 1, Otavio 1, Pepe 1, Uribe 1.
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Referee and VAR
Referee: Slavko Vinci (Slovenia)
VAR: Pawel Gil (Poland)
Referee Slavko Vinci’s only previous Chelsea match was a 3-0 Round of 16 victory at the Bridge against Dynamo Kiev on the way to winning the Europa League in 2018/19.
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FC Porto have lost five of their eight UEFA Champions League games against Chelsea (W2 D1), only losing more against Real Madrid in the competition (6).
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Chelsea have won 75 per cent of their UEFA Champions League matches against Portuguese opponents (W9 D1 L2), only winning more games against Spanish teams (13) than against those representing Portugal.
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Following victories in both legs against Atlético Madrid in the Round of 16, Thomas Tuchel could become just the second Chelsea manager to win his first three games in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League. The previous manager to do this was Roberto Di Matteo in 2011-12, the last time Chelsea won the competition.
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Match Preview: Bayern Vs PSG
Reigning champions Bayern Munich prepare to take on old foes and last season’s beaten finalists Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday night.
Nearly eight months have passed since Kingsley Coman propelled Bayern to European glory with a 1-0 win over PSG in the 2019-20 final, and the two giants head into this game following contrasting fortunes in their domestic ventures.
Les Parisiens had fallen at the last-16 stage three seasons in a row between 2016 and 2019 before their unsuccessful venture last year, but with a mere two wins to boast from their last five games across all competitions, Pochettino’s side need an immediate injection of confidence before their short trip to Bavaria.
Incredibly, Bayern’s 1-0 win over PSG in the 2019-20 final represents the only time that the French champions have failed to find the back of the net in their last 43 Champions League matches, and with both Neymar and Mbappe equally desperate to conquer Europe, not even Flick’s defence may be able to contain two of Europe’s brightest attackers this week.
However, PSG have already faced the reigning European champions twice before, and on both occasions they lost, with AC Milan sending them packing in the 1994-95 semi-finals before Real Madrid came up trumps in their last-16 battle during the 2017-18 season.
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