TUE, 12 Apr 2016Champions League - Quarter-Finals - 2nd Leg

TUE, 12 Apr 2016Champions League - Quarter-Finals - 2nd Leg

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Manchester City 1-0 Paris St-Germain (3-2 agg)

By Chris Bevan

BBC Sport at Etihad Stadium

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De Bruyne has scored with both of his shots on target for Man City in this tie against PSG

Manchester City are into the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time after Kevin de Bruyne's late strike sealed a thrilling win over Paris St-Germain.

After a 2-2 first-leg draw in Paris last week, the tie remained in the balance in Manchester thanks to Sergio Aguero's missed penalty for City in the first half.
The home side had Joe Hart to thank for three fine saves at 0-0, notably a ferocious Zlatan Ibrahimovic free-kick that the England goalkeeper clawed to safety.
But, roared on by a capacity crowd of 53,039 that supplied an unforgettable atmosphere, City held their nerve at the back before De Bruyne's decisive strike 15 minutes from time with their only shot on target.
The final whistle brought scenes of pure emotion from the fans at Etihad Stadium, who were already in uncharted territory.
England's last remaining representatives in Europe's elite club competition had never reached the quarter-finals before this season - now they can dream of the final in Milan.
First they can look forward to Friday's semi-final draw, after winning what was viewed as the battle of Europe's richest clubs with a PSG side who have now fallen at the last-eight stage for four successive seasons.

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How City got the shut out they needed

City's defence has been much maligned this season and their performance in Paris in particular meant a clean sheet looked a long shot in this second leg.
The main reason they achieved one was Hart but, on this occasion, their back four also deserve immense credit.
Their full-backs coped with PSG's wide players, whether it was wing-backs Maxwell and Gregory van der Wiel in a 5-3-2 formation in the first half, or orthodox wingers Lucas and Angel di Maria in a 4-4-2 after the break.
At centre-half, Nicolas Otamendi and Eliaquim Mangala had kept just three clean sheets in 17 previous games together this season, and one of those was the 17 minutes they played together against Dynamo Kiev in the last 16.
But between them they barely gave Ibrahimovic a sniff of goal in open play and nullified PSG's main threat until he finally found the net just before the final whistle.
Sadly for the enigmatic Sweden striker, the offside flag had long since been raised.

Aguero v Ibrahimovic

Sergio Aguero's touchmap (left) compared to Zlatan Ibrahimovic's shows he had more of a threat in the opposition area

Ibrahimovic was not the only striker to draw a blank.
His battle with Aguero was much-hyped before the match, notably by City's own poster campaign to drum up ticket sales, but again this dual of the super-strikers disappointed.
Like Ibrahimovic in the first leg, Aguero missed a penalty - and by some margin. After being tripped by Kevin Trapp, the Argentina international fired well wide of the target to the disbelief of the home fans.
While Aguero's influence was then confined to his industry, Ibrahimovic fired in two free-kicks as he attempted to add to his tally of 39 goals from 42 games this season - but Hart saved both of them.
Instead it was De Bruyne who would supply the precise finish, with the £55m Belgium forward again showing his worth to City with another fine display since his return from injury.

Man of the match - Joe Hart

Hart made a series of superb stops, first to keep the aggregate score at 2-2 and then to protect City's lead when he rushed off his line to deny Edinson Cavani

The stats you need to know

• Manchester City have become the 10th English club to make a Champions League/European Cup semi-final (after Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Derby, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester United, Nottingham Forest and Tottenham).
• City are only the fourth English side to reach the Champions League semi-finals since 2010-11 (Manchester United 2010-11, Chelsea 2011-12, Chelsea 2013-14).
• Sergio Aguero has missed two of his past three penalties in the Champions League for City after scoring each of the previous five for them in the competition.
• Kevin de Bruyne has now had a hand in 27 goals in all competitions for City this season (15 goals, 12 assists) - a joint-high for the club alongside Aguero.
• PSG have been knocked out in the quarter-finals in each of their past four Champions League campaigns.
• PSG have won only one of their eight European away games against English opposition (W1 D3 L4).

What next?

The draw for the Champions League semi-finals is on Friday, with the ties to be played on 26-27 April and 3-4 May. The final is in Milan on 28 May.
PSG, who are 28 points clear at the top of Ligue 1 and have already sealed the defence of their French title, host Caen on Saturday. City, still looking to secure a top-four Premier League place and Champions League football next season, travel to play Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on the same day.

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Home TeamMan CityAway TeamParis St G

Possession

Home36%

Away64%

Shots

Home9

Away6

Shots on Target

Home1

Away4

Corners

Home6

Away5

Fouls

Home18

Away13

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Ligue des Champions 2016 : Real Madrid VS Wolfsburg (3-0), un triplé de Ronaldo pour une incroyable remontada ! (vidéo)

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Ecrit par Meerajh D.

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Après avoir pris une douche froide à Wolfsburg (2-0), les Merengues du Real Madrid sont parvenus à décrocher leur qualification pour les demi-finales, grâce notamment à un triplé de Cristiano Ronaldo.

ILS L’ONT FAIT ! Contraints de s’imposer par un minimum de trois buts d’écart après la défaite surprise concédée à Wolfsburg (0-2), les joueurs du Real Madrid ont réalisé la fameuse remontada dont tout le monde n’a cessé de parler toute la semaine. Pourtant, elle était loin d’être acquise car depuis quelques années, 14 précisément, le Real Madrid n’était plus parvenue à renverser la vapeur après avoir concédé la défaite à l’aller. Fin de série donc ce soir, puisqu’en s’imposant sur un score net et sans appel (3-0), les joueurs de Zinedine Zidane sont allé chercher pour la sixième fois consécutive, une qualification pour les demi-finales aller de la Ligue des Champions. Un homme a notamment brillé dans cette rencontre, Cristiano Ronaldo qui a vécu la nuit parfaite dont il rêvait. Auteur d’un incroyable triplé, le Portugais entre encore un peu plus dans l'histoire de la compétition.

Dans cette rencontre, les choses vont d’ailleurs rapidement tourné en faveur du Real Madrid, puisqu’après une première alerte de Sergio Ramos qui trouve la barre dès les premières minutes (6ème), Cristiano Ronaldo ouvre la marque sur un centre de Carvajal légèrement détourné par la défense de Wolfsburg (16’). Dans la minute qui suit, le Portugais double la marque d’une superbe tête croisée (17'). En à peine vingt minutes de jeu, le Real Madrid a comblé son retard. La qualification n’est pourtant pas assurée à cet instant, car il manque toujours un petit but aux Merengues, et surtout un but des Allemands relancerait totalement la rencontre. Malheureusement, ces derniers voient le sort s'abattre sur eux, puisque leur maître à jouer - Julian Draxler - est contraint de sortir sur blessure (32’). Un véritable coup dur qui va ressouder les joueurs de Wolfsburg qui vont dès lors solliciter par deux fois Keylor Navas (34’, 38’). En vain. 2-0 à la pause, mais rien n’est encore joué.

Au retour des vestiaires, les occasions vont se multiplier en faveur du Real Madrid. A l’heure de jeu, Sergio Ramos pense inscrire le 3ème but madrilène mais sa tête échoue sur le poteau d’un Benaglio qui rattrape comme il peut (66’). Mais quelques instants plus tard, le portier suisse de Wolfsburg ne bénéficiera pas d’autant de réussite. Sur un coup franc direct de Cristiano Ronaldo, le mur placé par le gardien s’ouvre et permet au Portugais d’inscrire un incroyable triplé (77’). Seizième but pour CR7 en Ligue des Champions cette saison, qui en compte désormais 93 dans la compétition en 125 matchs. Des statistiques hors-normes , qui font de Ronaldo - déjà meilleur buteur de l’histoire de la Ligue des Champions - le seul joueur à avoir inscrit plus de 15 buts dans la compétition deux saisons de suite. A contrario, sale soirée pour Benaglio qui malgré tout parvient à repousser en fin de match les tentatives de Benzema (81’), Jesé (86’) et Gareth Bale (90’). Score final 3-0 ! Pas vraiment inquiétés dans cette rencontre, le Real Madrid a redoré son blason et est allé chercher sa qualification pour les demi-finales de la Ligue des Champions 2016 ; tout le contraire du Paris Saint-Germain éliminé par Manchester City !

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Liverpool vs Dortmund background

Published: Friday 8 April 2016, 16.51CET

The second leg of the 'Jürgen Klopp derby' starts all even, though an away goal in Dortmund may have left the manager's current club Liverpool with a slender advantage.

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Jürgen Klopp celebrates Liverpool's opener at Dortmund ©Getty Images

 

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Reported player injuries

• Knee - Benteke (Liverpool)
• Knee - Gomez (Liverpool)
• Knee - Henderson (Liverpool)
• Knee - Ings (Liverpool)
• Hamstring - Rossiter (Liverpool)
• Unspecified - Subotić (Dortmund)
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Tournament statistics

Liverpool

Dortmund

	11 Goals scored 19
	55 Possession (%) 63
	178 Total attempts 181
	69 on target 72
	62 off target 72
	47 blocked 37
	4 against woodwork 10
	74 Corners 73
	23 Offsides 26
	19 Yellow cards 16
	0 Red Cards 0
	155 Fouls committed 98
	126 Fouls suffered 138

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Matches

14 April 2016

Liverpool		21:05		Dortmund
Sparta Praha		21:05		Villarreal
Sevilla		21:05		Athletic
Shakhtar Donetsk		21:05		Braga

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The 'Jürgen Klopp derby' concludes at Anfield, with the manager's current club Liverpool FC eager to finish off his old side Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals.

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Previous meetings
• Divock Origi gave the Reds the lead in the first leg in Dortmund, but Mats Hummels evened things up after the break.
• The teams have now met four times in UEFA competition, with the record W1 D2 L1. Most notably, Willi Multhaup's Dortmund beat Bill Shankly's Liverpool 2-1 after extra time in the 1966 European Cup Winners' Cup final in Glasgow.
• In the 2001/02 UEFA Champions League first group stage, Gérard Houllier's Liverpool drew 0-0 with Matthias Sammer's Dortmund in Germany then won the return match 2-0 – with Phil Thompson in charge of the Reds while Houllier recuperated following heart surgery.

Highlights: Dortmund 1-1 Liverpool

• Liverpool are unbeaten in 15 UEFA home games against German sides (W12 D3). Their record in 35 fixtures against German opposition reads W16 D13 L6. They landed their first European trophy by beating VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 1973 UEFA Cup final and overcame the same team in the 1977 European Champion Clubs' Cup decider.
• Dortmund's overall record in 22 competitive outings against English opponents is W11 D5 L6 (W6 D4 L1 in Dortmund – W4 D1 L5 in England). They eliminated Tottenham Hotspur FC with back-to-back victories in this season's round of 16.
Form guide
• Liverpool are unbeaten in seven European home matches – four wins (only one of them by a margin of more than one goal) and three 1-1 draws, which suggests a tense night in prospect against Dortmund.
• Liverpool are the only club to make it from the start of the group stage to matchday 11 unbeaten, with four victories and seven draws – more than any other side in the 2015/16 tournament. No team has gone 12 games unbeaten in a single UEFA Europa League campaign, group stage to final, though Club Atlético de Madrid went 15 matches without defeat across two editions of the UEFA Europa League, from November 2011 to October 2012.
• Dortmund have won five of their seven European away fixtures this term (W5 D1 L1). They have not been held to a 0-0 draw in their last 37 UEFA games.
• Dortmund have won seven of their ten matches since the start of the group stage; only Villarreal CF have won as many.
• Liverpool lost to Beşiktaş JK on penalties in last year's round of 32 and to FC Zenit at the same stage of their previous UEFA Europa League adventure, in 2012/13. The 1973, 1976 and 2001 UEFA Cup winners last got to the quarter-finals in 2009/10, ousting SL Benfica en route to a semi-final loss to Atlético Madrid.
• Prior to this campaign, Dortmund had not featured in the UEFA Europa League since an unsuccessful group stage foray in 2010/11. They were twice losing UEFA Cup finalists, succumbing to Juventus in 1993 and Feyenoord in 2002.
Links and trivia
• The journey from Dortmund to Liverpool is around 750km.
• Athletic Club's Aritz Aduriz is the top scorer in this UEFA Europa League campaign with nine goals; Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Villarreal's Cédric Bakambu are his nearest rivals with seven.
• Dortmund's Nuri Şahin spent five months on loan with Liverpool in 2012/13. He netted once in seven Premier League outings for the Reds, also figuring in four UEFA Europa League group stage games.
• Shinji Kagawa made three appearances against Liverpool while at Manchester United FC (2012–14), winning all of them.
• Liverpool's Emre Can and Dortmund's Gonzalo Castro were team-mates at Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 2013/14.
• Liverpool's Roberto Firmino has German league experience, having joined from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim last summer. He scored twice in his ten matches against Dortmund in Germany (W3 D2 L5).
• Only four of the players involved in the quarter-finals have played all 990 minutes of their sides' campaigns: Villarreal's Víctor Ruiz, Athletic's Iago Herrerín, AC Sparta Praha's Costa and Liverpool keeper Simon Mignolet.
• Mats Hummels' next European outing will be his 50th in UEFA club competition.
• Of the quarter-finalists, Liverpool (1973, 1976 and 2001), Sevilla FC (2006, 2007, 2014, 2015) and FC Shakhtar Donestk (2009) have won this competition before, while Athletic (1977 and 2012), SC Braga (2011) and Dortmund (1993 and 2002) have all lost UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League finals.
• Dortmund are one of two teams to have advanced all the way from third qualifying round to quarter-finals this term, along with Athletic.
• Dortmund have hit the woodwork ten times since matchday one. Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been responsible for five of those near-misses.
• Should Dortmund capture the UEFA Europa League, they would become the fifth club to have picked up all three major UEFA trophies (European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup) after AFC Ajax, FC Bayern München, Juventus and Chelsea FC.
The coaches
• Jürgen Klopp, 48, replaced Brendan Rodgers as Liverpool manager last October. His Dortmund side won the Bundesliga in 2010/11, scooped a double the next campaign and lost to Bayern München in the 2013 UEFA Champions League final.
• Thomas Tuchel is in his first season as Dortmund coach after succeeding Klopp last summer. Tuchel, 42, made his name during a five-year stint in charge of 1. FSV Mainz 05 (another of Klopp's old clubs) but took 12 months out before assuming his current role.
Penalty shoot-outs
• Dortmund's record in four UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W2 L2 (W1 L1 at home – W1 L1 away):
W 6-5 A v AJ Auxerre (1992/93 UEFA Cup semi-finals)
W 3-1 H v Rangers FC (1999/2000 UEFA Cup third round)
L 4-2 H Club Brugge KV (2003/04 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round)
L 4-3 A Udinese Calcio (2008/09 UEFA Cup first round)
• Liverpool's record in four UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W3 L1:
W 4-2 N v AS Roma (1983/84 European Champion Clubs' Cup final)
W 3-2 N v AC Milan (2004/05 UEFA Champions League final)
W 4-1 H v Chelsea FC (2006/07 UEFA Champions League semi-finals)
L 5-4 A v Beşiktaş JK (2014/15 UEFA Europa League round of 32)

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Sevilla vs Athletic background

Published: Friday 8 April 2016, 15.21CET

Another semi-final is in sight for Sevilla as they welcome Athletic Club in their quarter-final decider 2-1 up and on a run of 11 straight home wins in this competition.

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Timothée Kolodziejczak scores Sevilla's equaliser at Athletic ©Getty Images

 

Suspensions and injuries

Suspended

• Banega (Sevilla)

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Last updated: 11/04/2016 14:49 CET

Tournament statistics

Sevilla

Athletic

	8 Goals scored 21
	56 Possession (%) 51
	67 Total attempts 140
	24 on target 71
	25 off target 46
	18 blocked 23
	4 against woodwork 3
	32 Corners 64
	13 Offsides 30
	10 Yellow cards 18
	1 Red Cards 0
	54 Fouls committed 133
	50 Fouls suffered 112

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Matches

14 April 2016

Liverpool		21:05		Dortmund
Sparta Praha		21:05		Villarreal
Sevilla		21:05		Athletic
Shakhtar Donetsk		21:05		Braga

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Sevilla FC will look to take another step towards a third successive UEFA Europa League triumph when they welcome Athletic Club for their quarter-final decider.

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Previous meetings
• In the sides' first UEFA competition meeting, Aritz Aduriz headed Athletic in front in Bilbao, but goals from Timothée Kolodziejczak and Vicente Iborra earned Sevilla their first away victory in Europe this season.
• Sevilla are now 65-63 ahead of Athletic (with 31 draws) in the teams' 159 competitive encounters (158 of them in Spanish football). Sevilla have had marginally the better of their 143 Liga tussles (W59 D29 L55), while Athletic have edged their 15 cup ties (W8 D2 L5).
• Kevin Gameiro scored both goals when Sevilla beat Athletic 2-0 at home in the Liga on 9 January – their sole previous meeting this term. The rematch at San Mamés is scheduled for 15 May, the sides' last game of the Liga campaign.
• Sevilla's 17 UEFA fixtures against Spanish rivals have ended W7 D3 L7 (W3 D2 L1 at home – W3 D0 L4 away). Those results include four UEFA finals played at neutral venues (W1 D1 L2).
• Athletic's record in six UEFA matches against other Spanish clubs is W2 D1 L3 (W2 D0 L1 at home – W0 D1 L1 elsewhere in Spain). Those results include a 3-0 loss to Club Atlético de Madrid in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League final in Bucharest.
Form guide
• Sevilla have won their last three European home games without conceding; they are also on a record run of 11 straight home victories in the UEFA Europa League (the last three by 3-0 margins).
• Athletic's away record in Europe this season reads W3 D1 L3; they have scored at least once in their last 13 UEFA matches.

Highlights: Athletic 1-2 Sevilla

• Sevilla won the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League for a record fourth time last term. No team have won three consecutive editions of a UEFA competition since FC Bayern München's third straight European Champion Clubs' Cup triumph in 1975/76. Sevilla are the first club to contest the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals for three seasons running.
• Athletic are two-time UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League final losers: Juventus beat them on away goals after a 2-2 aggregate draw in 1977, and the Basques also went down 3-0 to Atlético Madrid in the 2012 decider. This is their first quarter-final appearance since that campaign.
Links and trivia
• The journey from Bilbao to Seville is around 700km.
• Athletic's Raúl García played alongside Sevilla's José Antonio Reyes (2007–11) and Éver Banega (2008–09) during his time at Atlético Madrid (2007–15).
• Sevilla forward Fernando Llorente came through the ranks at Athletic, scoring 85 goals in 262 Liga outings between 2005 and 2013.
• Athletic's Aduriz is the leading marksman in this season's UEFA Europa League with nine goals; Borussia Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Villarreal CF's Cédric Bakambu are his nearest rivals with seven each.
• Aduriz could become the oldest top scorer in a single season of the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League; he will be 35 years and 97 days old on the day of the final. Alan Shearer – the leading striker in the 2004/05 edition with Newcastle United FC – holds the record: he was 33 years and 278 days old in comparison.
• This is Athletic's 150th UEFA club competition game; the previous 149 ended W65 D32 L52. Sevilla are one match ahead of them on 151 (W81 D30 L40).
• Athletic midfielder Óscar de Marcos turns 27 on the day of the rematch
• Sevilla forward Kevin Gameiro's next European outing will be his 50th in UEFA club competition.
• Athletic's Iago Herrerín is one of only four players involved in the quarter-finals who have played all 990 minutes of their sides' campaigns along with Villarreal's Víctor Ruiz, AC Sparta Praha's Costa and Liverpool FC keeper Simon Mignolet.
• Sevilla's Daniel Carriço has made more UEFA Europa League appearances (group stage to final) than any other player, 51 in total.
• Of the eight teams that transferred to this competition at the end of the UEFA Champions League group stage, just FC Shakhtar Donetsk and Sevilla remain in contention.
• Of the quarter-finalists, Liverpool (1973, 1976 and 2001), Sevilla (2006, 2007, 2014, 2015) and Shakhtar (2009) have won this competition before, while Athletic (1977 and 2012), SC Braga (2011) and Dortmund (1993 and 2002) have all lost UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League finals.
• Athletic are one of two clubs to have made it all the way from the third qualifying round to the round of 16 this term, along with Dortmund.
The coaches
• Unai Emery, 44, oversaw Sevilla's successes in the last two editions of the UEFA Europa League, having assumed control in January 2013. The one-time midfielder made his name during a four-year stay at the Valencia helm and briefly coached Spartak Moskva in 2012.
• Ernesto Valverde took charge of Athletic for a second time in June 2013. As a player, he enjoyed the most stable period of his career in Bilbao and promptly returned to the club after retiring, including as head coach from 2003 to 2005. Subsequently, the 52-year-old landed Greek titles with Olympiacos FC and coached Villarreal and Valencia.
Penalty shoot-outs
• Sevilla have won four of their five UEFA penalty shoot-outs (L1 at home – W2 away – W2 at neutral venues):
W 4-3 A v PAOK FC (1990/91 UEFA Cup first round)
W 3-1 N v RCD Espanyol (2006/07 UEFA Cup final)
L 3-2 H v Fenerbahçe SK (2007/08 UEFA Champions League round of 16)
W 4-3 A v Real Betis Balompié (2013/14 UEFA Cup round of 16)
W 4-2 N v SL Benfica (2013/14 UEFA Cup final)
• Athletic lost their only previous UEFA penalty shoot-out:
L 5-3 H v CFR 1907 Cluj (2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup second round)

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