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LONDON (Reuters) – Liverpool, defending champion, has qualified for the quarterfinals of the Champions League with a 3-1 win at Bayern Munich. In the second stage of the final price.
Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, qualified at the expense of Schalke 04 (10-2), Dortmund (4-0) and the number of English clubs in the quarterfinals In four for the first time since 2008-2009, Manchester United qualifies also.
The quarterfinals were played on Friday with Liverpool, Barcelona and three clubs, Ajax, Porto and Juventus.
We knew we would have difficulties here because we are facing a strong team of great players and playing at home, but we were very confident in our ability to score and return to the qualifying card, "said van Dyck , who missed the first leg because of the suspension.
– First victory out of rules after 4 defeats –
Liverpool deserved to win because it was the best team, especially in the second half and had won its first game after four straight defeats in the round of 16, the first against Rome in the return leg last season and three times in phase of groups this season.
It was a "big night" for German coach Jürgen Klopp, who had already faced Bayern when he coached Mainz and Dortmund. "Few teams can boast of being eliminated … to send a similar message to their opponents, It was really good." In the second half, we dominated the game much better, we we kicked them, we played football, we were strong, we defended very well, Bayern had an excellent team and we impressed them. "
Bayern have lost their first home win since 2011, after a defeat against Inter Milan 2-3 and also dropped for the last time in the last 16.
The Bavarian team has not managed to maintain the presence of a German team in the quarter-finals since the 2005-2006 season.
– "We deserve to lose" –
"We were in the middle of the stadium, they were very close together and they were very tough with us, we had a very strong team, we had to congratulate Liverpool and Clob, they were the best of both games," said the team. Croatian coach Nico Kovac. In Europe, they showed our limits. "
Liverpool's only drawback was Captain Gordon Henderson's left foot injury after 13 minutes, and his club coach was hoping "do not be a serious injury".
Senegalese defender Sadio Manet opened the scoring when he received a long shot from Van Dyck and settled at the edge of the box. Goalkeeper Manuel Noir brilliantly beat the ball before dropping the empty goal.
Bayern managed to equalize when Niklas Schulh played behind defender Serge Gnabri, who jumped right and pushed into the box before giving a powerful shot on the right, followed by Cameroon defender Joel Matib.
Liverpool then took control of the second period and managed to translate his superiority into a second Van Dyck goal after a 69 corner, and then Manet hit the penalty with a header from Egyptian Mohamed Salah.
Liverpool and Bayern summary:
Barcelona in the quarterfinals for the 12th time thanks to Messi
At the Camp Nou, Barcelona qualified for the quarterfinals of the 12th season thanks to a 5-1 victory over Lyon, thanks to Lionel Messi, who managed a double with two assists.
With a goalless draw in the first leg, Barcelona did not let the French think about the possibility of a surprise and reach the quarter-finals for the first time since the 2009-2010 season ( reached the semifinals and came out of Bayern Munich), interrupting the first period with two goals Messi (18) was taken over by Uruguayan Luis Suarez, who was behind the second, Felipe Coutinho.
In the second, the Catalan club has confirmed its qualification for the quarterfinals of the 12th season of the season. Twalia (boosted his record), in response to the goal of the French guest, scored by Lucas Tusar after a frenzy inside club club Catalunya (58), Messi's three goals also after a magnificent effort ( 78), Gerard Pique (81) and French substitute Osman Dembele (86) with two assists from the Argentine star.
"I do not think we were in the right place tonight against an excellent team," Tusar told RMC Sport. "In the second half, we had the opportunity to go back but it was frustrating because they hit us in the counterattack at the end of the day, better than us."
"There was no plan against Messi, it is very difficult to defend a player of this quality, he has an innate talent," said Messi.
"We knew that they were going to attack us in the second half after a great performance from the first 45 minutes," said Suarez, referring to the second half of the season. "He said.
Barca, winner of the World Cup against Barcelona in the final of the 30-match tournament, was defeated by Bayern Munich (29 March 1998 and April 2002) In their own stadium in the semi-finals of the 2012- 2013 with a clean three.
Blaugrana hopes to get rid of the quarterfinals in which he has been for three seasons, since his fifth title in Serie A in 2015 at the expense of Juventus. Atletico Madrid, Juventus and Roma have ended their careers.
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