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Barcelona scored 7 and Liverpool revived its play with 4 goals to flip choky Champions League games connected Wednesday (March 18, 2026)into large wins sending them to the quarterfinals.
Atletico Madrid survived a pulsating Tottenham fightback to marque it Spain 3, England 0 successful round-of-16 clashes this week.
Bayern Munich had it easiest of all, pushing speech Atalanta 4-1 connected Wednesday and 10-2 connected aggregate, to get a blockbuster quarterfinal against Real Madrid.
Another Champions League goals unreserved was sparked by Barcelona tearing isolated Newcastle successful the 2nd fractional of a thrilling 7-2 triumph aft the teams went toe-to-toe earlier the break.
Tied 1-1 aft the archetypal limb successful Newcastle, Barcelona surged to a triumph aft Lamine Yamal's momentum-shifting punishment footwear successful first-half stoppage clip made the people 3-2.
Robert Lewandowski past scored twice, Fermín López finished a slick determination and Raphinha got his 2nd extremity arsenic Newcastle's defence collapsed.
Salah cardinal to Liverpool win
Liverpool yet eased to a 4-0 triumph implicit Galatasaray astatine Anfield, overturning a one-goal nonaccomplishment successful Istanbul, contempt Mohamed Salah missing a punishment successful first-half stoppage clip erstwhile the people was 1-0.
Still, Salah was cardinal to Liverpool's beardown 2nd fractional with 2 assists, for Hugo Ekitike and Ryan Gravenberch, past a trademark extremity successful a show that could restart an erratic play for the English champions.
“From commencement to finish, we played the crippled I was hoping for, the players were hoping for and the fans were hoping for," said Liverpool manager Arne Slot, who has been nether increasing pressure.
Tottenham showed existent quality aft an embarrassing 5-2 nonaccomplishment successful Madrid past week but was resisted by Atletico doubly leveling the people successful Wednesday's 2nd leg. Xavi Simons' precocious punishment astatine slightest gave Tottenham a 3-2 triumph connected the night.
Only 2 English teams remain
Tottenham and Newcastle joined Manchester City, ousted by Real Madrid connected Tuesday 5-1 connected aggregate score, arsenic Premier League teams eliminated by La Liga's best.
England had a grounds six teams successful the contention and each reached the circular of 16, but lone Arsenal and Liverpool advanced. Chelsea was eliminated Tuesday by defending champion Paris Saint-Germain.
In Munich, fit-again Bayern talisman Harry Kane scored twice, the 2nd an awesome rising changeable aft deft footwork, against Atalanta to extremity Italy's situation successful this Champions League edition.
Barcelona is scoring for amusive astatine Camp Nou this year. It’s present 8 games astatine location successful the Champions League, La Liga oregon Copa del Rey and Barcelona has won each eight, getting astatine slightest 3 goals each time.
Seven against Newcastle was the champion yet for manager Hansi Flick team, started by Raphinha’s sixth-minute changeable — finishing a determination wherever 2 Newcastle defenders slipped to the turf — past 18-year-old Marc Bernal recovered abstraction unsocial successful the goalmouth successful the 18th.
Newcastle soon leveled each clip with uncommon goals from Anthony Elanga. The Sweden winger was goalless successful 35 erstwhile games this play successful the Premier League oregon Champions League yet struck doubly successful a 13-minute spell.
Barcelona got a accelerated commencement to the 2nd fractional erstwhile López ran wide connected to slick passes from Gerard Martín to Raphinha to people with a well-placed changeable and Newcastle's accidental was gone.
“I saw new, improved assurance successful that second-half performance,” Flick said.
Real Madrid volition play Bayern Munich, successful a clash of 15-time and six-time European champions. They inactive person ne'er met successful the last crossed 71 years of the European Cup and Champions League.
“Every nine would unrecorded for these games," Bayern manager Vincent Kompany said. "As a neutral, I’d ticker it.”
Liverpool look defending champion PSG with the archetypal limb astatine Parc des Princes. It’s a rematch of their thrilling round-of-16 games past season, that Slot reminded Wednesday: “We were the lone squad that brought them to other clip and penalties.”
The 2nd limb astatine Anfield should beryllium connected Tuesday, April 14. Liverpool hasn't played connected April 15 since the Hillsborough Stadium catastrophe connected that day successful 1989.
Barcelona and Atletico Madrid conscionable again doubly conscionable weeks aft they played a two-leg home cupful semifinal. Then, Atletico won 4-0 astatine location and mislaid 3-0 astatine Camp Nou to scope the Copa del Rey final.
Days earlier the Champions League quarterfinal archetypal limb astatine Atletico’s Metropolitano Stadium connected April 7 oregon 8, they are owed to play determination yet again successful La Liga.
Tuesday’s games confirmed Arsenal, the past unbeaten squad successful the competition, volition look Sporting Lisbon. The Portuguese champion, which rallied to destruct Bodø/Glimt with a 5-0 triumph Tuesday, past played astatine this signifier successful 1983.
In a bully week for home-team comebacks successful Portugal, Braga bushed Ferencvaros 4-0 connected Wednesday to overturn a 2-0 nonaccomplishment from the archetypal limb successful Hungary of their round-of-16 clash.
Braga volition look either Panathinaikos oregon Real Betis successful the quarterfinals. All different round-of-16 pairings conscionable Thursday.
