Champions League: Liverpool beat Bayern to reach last eight, Barca join them

 

View of trophy before the UEFA Champions League final football match between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine on May 26, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENELLUIS

  • 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

 

  • 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

  1. Mane (2) and Van Dijk put Reds through to quarters
  2. 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.

  • We have four scenarios:

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.

 

 

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.