UCL: Real Madrid Beat Atletic On Penalties, Arsenal, Aston Villa And Dortmund Through To Quarter Finals
Holders Real Madrid are through to a fifth straight UEFA Champions League quarter-final despite a 1-0 second-leg defeat to Atlético de Madrid. Carlo Ancelotti’s side ultimately required a penalty shoot-out to oust their city rivals.
Elsewhere on Wednesday, two Premier League clubs – Arsenal and Aston Villa – also secured their progress, the Gunners easing through despite being held at home by PSV, with Villa once again impressing against Club Brugge. Last season’s runners-up, Borussia Dortmund, overcame Lille. Here is a round up of all the action on Wednesday.
Atleti 1-0 Real Madrid (agg: 2-2, 2-4 pens)
Antonio Rüdiger converted the winning penalty in the shoot-out as Real Madrid held their nerve to book a last-eight place.
With Julián Alvarez and Marcos Llorente failing from the spot either side of Jan Oblak keeping out Lucas Vázquez’s kick, Rüdiger squeezed his effort just inside the Slovenian international’s right-hand post to secure Madrid’s progress despite defeat on the night.
Diego Simeone’s men had got off to a wonderful start when Conor Gallagher struck from close range after just 28 seconds, with Real Madrid’s best chance inside regulation time coming via Vinícius Júnior’s 70th-minute penalty, but the Brazilian international scooped his spot kick over the bar. There was more penalty drama to come.
Aston Villa 3-0 Club Brugge (agg: 6-1)
Marco Asensio scored twice as Aston Villa cruised into the quarter-finals at the expense of ten-man Club Brugge, who had Kyriani Sabbe sent off after 17 minutes.
Introduced as a half-time substitute, Asensio struck five minutes later by volleying into the roof of the net.
Morgan Rogers teed up Ian Maatsen for his first Villa goal in the 57th minute, before Asensio put the icing on the cake with his second of the night four minutes later.
Lille 1-2 Borussia Dortmund (agg: 2-3)
Dortmund will meet Barcelona in the quarter-finals after Maximilian Beier’s exquisite finish completed a second-half comeback at Lille.
The hosts got off to a dream start through Jonathan David, who guided in Ismaily’s fifth-minute cutback, and withstood Dortmund’s first-half pressure through last-ditch defending and a catalogue of Lucas Chevalier saves.
However, the visitors showed a clinical edge after the break, Emre Can’s confident penalty bringing them level in the tie before Beier crashed his 65th-minute strike into the top corner.
Arsenal 2-2 PSV (agg: 9-3)
Oleksandr Zinchenko opened his Champions League account and Couhaib Driouech netted on his full competition debut in an entertaining second leg in north London.
After Zinchenko put Arsenal ahead from distance six minutes in, Perišić became the first visiting player of the campaign to score against the Gunners by finishing clinically 12 minutes later.
Myles Lewis-Skelly hit the post before Declan Rice headed in after 37 minutes, and Driouech lobbed goalkeeper David Raya as the Dutch side replied 20 minutes from time.
Quarter-final matches
FIRST LEGS
8 April
Arsenal vs Real Madrid
Bayern München vs Inter
9 April
Paris vs Aston Villa
Barcelona vs Borussia Dortmund
SECOND LEGS
15 April
Aston Villa vs Paris
Borussia Dortmund vs Barcelona
16 April
Real Madrid vs Arsenal
Inter vs Bayern München
