Champions League: Liverpool beat Bayern to reach last eight, Barca join them
- FT: Bayern 1-3 Liverpool (Agg: 0-1)
- Superb Mane goal gives Liverpool lead (26)
- Matip own goal levels on night (38)
- Van Dijk heads Liverpool back in front (69)
- Mane heads in third from Salah cross (84)
- Kimmich, Muller suspended; Alaba, Ribery start
- Milner, Henderson in; Lallana, Fabinho benched
- CL last-16 second leg
- FT: Barcelona 5-1 Lyon (Agg: 4-1)
- Messi with panenka pen (17)
- Coutinho taps in number two (31)
- Tousart pulls one back (58)
- Messi gets his second (78)
- Pique with a fourth (80)
- Sub Dembele hits fifth (87)
- Fekir starts
- Roberto, Lenglet, Rakitic in Barca XI
- CL last-16 second leg
Summary
- Mane (2) and Van Dijk put Reds through to quarters
- Messi, Coutinho, Pique & Dembele with goals for Barca
TEAM NEWS
Bayern: Neuer, Rafinha, Sule, Hummels, Alaba, Thiago, Martinez, Ribery, Rodriguez, Gnabry, Lewandowski.
Bench: Ulreich, Boateng, Goretzka, Davies, Jeong, Coman, Sanches.
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Milner, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Mane, Firmino, Salah.
Bench: Mignolet, Lovren, Fabinho, Lallana, Shaqiri, Origi, Sturridge.
BARCELONA TEAM NEWS
Team to play Lyon: Ter Stegen, Roberto, Pique, Lenglet, Alba, Arthur, Busquets, Rakitic, Coutinho, Messi, Suarez
Subs: Alena, Cillessen, Dembele, Semedo, Malcom, Umtiti, Vidal
LYON TEAM NEWS
Team to play Barcelona: Lopes, Dubois, Denayer, Marcelo, Marcal, Mendy, Tousart, Fekir, Ndombele, Depay, Dembele
Subs: Aouar, Cheikh, Cornet, Gorgelin, Rafael, Tete, Traore
THE SCENARIOS
Barcelona win – The La Liga champions advance to the quarter-finals.
Goalless draw – That would keep the tie level on aggregate and away goals, so we’d be heading for extra-time, and possibly penalties.
Score draw – If Lyon score and the match ends in a draw then the visitors will head into the last-eight on away goals.
Lyon win – They head through to the quarter-finals and Barcelona go back to battling it out for the La Liga title.
Liverpool win – Well that’s nice and easy, a Liverpool win sees them through. Simples.
Goalless draw – That would keep the tie level on aggregate and away goals, so we’d be heading for a late night and extra-time, and possibly penalties.
Score draw – Liverpool scoring but the match ending in a draw means they’re heading to the last eight on away goals.
Bayern win – The Germans go marching on, and for Liverpool it’s the Premier League or bust.