DRAMATIC night yesterday in the UEFA Champions League as #ASMONACO earned a 3-1 win on the night to claim a come from behind victory over #ManchesterCity on away goals. Elsewhere a 0-0 draw enough for #AtléticoDeMadrid to advance past
#Bayer04Leverkusen .
Uefa Champions League Quarter Finals
3 Spain
#Barcelona , #RealMadrid and #AtleticoMadrid
2 Germany
#BayernMunich , #BorussiaDortmund
1 England
#Leicester
1 Italy
#Juventus
1 France
#AsMonaco
The draw will take place on friday.
Kasper Schmeichel's penalty save sent Leicester City into the Champions League quarter-finals courtesy of a 2-0 win over Sevilla.
Leicester City's remarkable renaissance under Craig Shakespeare continued as Kasper Schmeichel's late penalty save preserved a 2-0 win over 10-man Sevilla and a place in the Champions League quarter-finals.
Wes Morgan's scrappy effort just prior to the half-hour put the Premier League champions ahead via the away-goals rule, before Marc Albrighton's low drive had them 3-2 up on aggregate.
KEY STATS:
- Leicester's victory means England have now had more different teams reach the Champions League quarter-final than any other nation (eight).
- The Foxes are the first English side to overcome a first leg defeat against Spanish opposition in the Champions League knock-out stages since Chelsea in 2005 (v Barcelona).
- Riyad Mahrez has been directly involved in six of Leicester's 10 Champions League goals this season (four goals and two assists).
- Kasper Schmeichel has saved both of his penalties in the Champions League this season, with both coming in each leg against Sevilla.
- Sevilla are the first team to miss a penalty in each leg of a Champions League knock-out round since Bayern Munich in 2013/14 (v Arsenal).
- The game’s opening goal was the 48th shot Sevilla had faced away from home in the Champions League this season, but the first goal they conceded.
- Wes Morgan became the first Jamaican player to score in a Champions League game.
Barcelona forward Neymar has been told to consider adding a letter ‘R’ to the start of his name in an effort to earn the honour of being considered the best player on the planet.
The bizarre, but tongue-in-cheek, suggestion has been offered by fellow Brazilian and former World Player of the Year, Kaka.
Maybe, then, there is something in names beginning with ‘R’ when it comes to Brazilian greats.
Down the years the likes of Romario, Ronaldo, Rivelino, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho have all graced the very top of the game.
If Neymar is to do likewise, he has been made aware of what he needs to do.
Neymar breaks Messi's CL assist record
Kaka told Record TV: “With everything that he’s done at Barcelona, Neymar could well be next in line to be the best player in the world.
“But I think if he changed his name to ‘Reymar’, he’d have an even better chance. All the successful Brazilians begin with the letter ‘R’.”
The Blues goalkeeper was surprised by his former manager's aggressive approach to the match against his old club on Monday night.
Thibaut Courtois believes that Jose Mourinho employed both mind-games and dirty tactics against Chelsea on Monday at Stamford Bridge as Manchester United were knocked out of the FA Cup 1-0.
Ander Herrera was dismissed in the first half of the encounter, and the Belgium goalkeeper says that the Red Devils paid the price for the manager's approach in a game filled with flashpoints.
The 24-year-old, who was recalled from a prolonged loan at Atletico Madrid by the Portuguese when he was in charge of the Blues, believes that United played "in the style of Mourinho" during the clash.
"They made a lot of fouls and they were very hard," Courtois said. "This was in the style of Mourinho but I think that Ander Herrera paid the price for his team-mates because I think Phil Jones made a fifth foul on Eden Hazard and then Herrera made another foul on him seconds later.
"Then the referee must give a yellow card and, unfortunately for Herrera, he already had one.
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