Champions League round-up: Kylian Mbappé hat-trick sends Real Madrid through, Paris Saint-Germain win in style, PSV and Dortmund Progress
Kylian Mbappé stole the headlines on the final night of knockout phase play-off action, scoring a sensational hat-trick to take Real Madrid through to the UEFA Champions League round of 16 at Manchester City’s expense. Paris, meanwhile, sailed through with plenty to spare, Borussia Dortmund completed the job against Sporting CP and PSV left it late against Juventus. Here is a round up of all the action.
Real Madrid 3-1 Man City (agg: 6-3)
Kylian Mbappé’s third Champions League hat-trick sealed the holders’ last-16 place in style.
Mbappé met Raúl Asencio’s long pass with a first-time lob for the fourth-minute opener, showed dazzling trickery to hit his second just after the half hour and completed his treble with a low curler in the 61st minute.
Nico González slotted in an added-time reply after Omar Marmoush struck the woodwork for City, for whom Erling Haaland – scorer of two goals in the first leg – remained an unused substitute.
City have now lost 13 games in their last 26 across all competitions, and face Premier League leaders Liverpool next on Sunday, with a battle to finish in the top four on their hands.
Madrid, by contrast, are still in the running for three major competitions and with Mbappe in such sensational form, believe they can win all of them.
Next up in the last 16 is a clash with either city rivals Atletico or German champions Bayer Leverkusen.
Player of the Match: Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid)
PSV 3-1 Juventus, aet (agg: 4-3)
Ryan Flamingo’s extra-time goal was ultimately enough for PSV to win a Champions League knockout tie for the first time since 2007.
The match burst into life after the interval, when Noa Lang’s diagonal ball found Ivan Perišić, who applied the finishing touch to a neat PSV counterattack to level the tie overall.
Timothy Weah’s thunderous strike restored Juventus’s aggregate lead ten minutes later, before Ismael Saibari pounced to convert from close range and send the game to extra time.
Flamingo then reacted first to Michele Di Gregorio’s clearance to slot in and decide the match in dramatic fashion.
Player of the Match: Noa Lang (PSV)
Paris 7-0 Brest (agg: 10-0)
Paris eased through with an emphatic victory over Ligue 1 counterparts Brest – a win which wrapped up the second-biggest aggregate triumph in UEFA Champions League history. Paris also became the first team to have seven different scorers in a single match.
Bradley Barcola was the first of those, with Khvicha Kvaratskhelia then adding his maiden European goal for the hosts before the break. Vitinha’s fine third was the first of four home goals in 18 minutes as Désiré Doué, Nuno Mendes and Gonçalo Ramos also netted before substitute Senny Mayulu rounded off the scoring late on.
Paris Saint-Germain can look forward to a showdown with either Liverpool or Barcelona in the last 16 of this season’s Continental showdown.
Player of the Match: Vitinha (Paris)
B. Dortmund 0-0 Sporting CP (agg: 3-0)
Dortmund reached the last 16 with a measured performance at home, keeping chances scarce for Sporting as the Portuguese visitors fought to overturn a 3-0 deficit. The hosts came closest in the first half, Marcel Sabitzer’s powerful effort denied by Rui Silva at full stretch, and continued to dominate after the break.
However, further goalkeeping heroics kept the game scoreless, Rui Silva diving low to save Serhou Guirassy’s 59th-minute penalty before the woodwork thwarted Giovanni Reyna ten minutes later.
Player of the Match: Rui Silva (Sporting CP)
