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• Liverpool show resilience and sense of purpose while progressing in Porto

  17-04-2019 23:58 via theguardian.com
  Porto were on top early on in the rain before Sadio Mané opened the flood gates sending Liverpool into the Champions League semi-finalsDanny Makkelie stood there in the middle of the storm, rain pouring down around him, and put his finger in his ear. It was not easy hearing the words coming down the wire, and still less the moment they saw him. The game was 28 minutes in, but it already felt like ‘Next Goal Wins’ and while it seemed certain that Porto would score, it was Liver
  
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• Liverpool show resilience and sense of purpose in putting out Porto

  17-04-2019 23:58 via theguardian.com
  Porto on top before Sadio Mané opens the floodgates to send Liverpool sailing into the Champions League semi-finalsDanny Makkelie stood there in the middle of the storm, rain pouring down around the referee, and put his finger in his ear. It was not easy hearing the words coming down the wire, and still less the moment they saw him.The game was 28 minutes in but it already felt like Next Goal Wins and while it seemed certain Porto would score, it was Liverpool who did. Only they did not.
  
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• Man City 4-3 Tottenham (4-4 agg, Spurs win on away goals): Champions League – as it happened

  17-04-2019 23:37 via theguardian.com
  There were five goals in the first 21 minutes - and the ending was even more dramatic as Spurs reached the Champions League semi-finals on a night of stratospheric drama 10.37pm BST That’s it for tonight’s blog. I’m off to... yep, watch the highlights of this match. Thanks for your company and emails, most of which I’ve not had chance to read yet. I’ll leave you with Danny Taylor’s report on the most dramatic game I’ve seen in many a decade. Goodnight! R
  
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• Man City 4-3 Spurs (4-4 agg, Spurs win on away goals): Champions League – as it happened

  17-04-2019 23:37 via theguardian.com
  There were five goals in the first 21 minutes - and the ending was even more dramatic as Spurs reached the Champions League semi-finals on a night of stratospheric drama 12.19am BSTRelated: Manchester City 4-3 Tottenham: Champions League player ratings | Richard JollyRelated: Pep Guardiola hits out at VAR after Llorente’s disputed goal for Spurs10.37pm BST That’s it for tonight’s blog. I’m off to... yep, watch the highlights of this match. Thanks for your company and emai
  
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• ‘Baby Ajax’ make big boys cry with Daley Blind’s and Dusan Tadic’s help

  17-04-2019 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Champions League wins at Real Madrid and Juventus have made side led by a 19-year-old the talk of world footballMatthijs de Ligt was the first Ajax player back out on the pitch in Turin, shortly after 11pm, and then his teammates followed. A 19-year-old captain leading the way in every sense, scoring the winning goal with a towering header and now orchestrating a second round of celebrations in front of the Ajax supporters located in the far corner of the Allianz Stadium.A little earlier, at the
  
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• Porto 1-4 Liverpool (agg 1-6): Champions League quarter-final – as it happened

  17-04-2019 23:27 via theguardian.com
  Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino enjoyed themselves at the Estádio do Dragão for the second year in a row, as Liverpool booked a semi-final with Barcelona. 11.03pm BSTRelated: Liverpool show resilience and sense of purpose while progressing in Porto10.27pm BST And that’s your lot. Liverpool were forced to battle awhile against Porto, but held firm and eventually won comfortably. They’ll face Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Champions League in a fortnigh
  
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• Tottenham win Champions League epic as Llorente stuns Manchester City

  17-04-2019 23:05 via theguardian.com
  Seriously, where do you even start? It was a wild and eccentric night, full of drama and incident, and when the players of Tottenham finally manage to catch their breath they can start looking forward to a Champions League semi-final.They had blown a gaping hole in Manchester City’s hopes of an unprecedented quadruple and, in the process, reached the last four of this competition for the first time. Their celebrations at the end were long and joyous. Related: Man City 4-3 Tottenham (4-4 ag
  
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• Spurs prevail in epic Champions League battle as Llorente stuns Manchester City

  17-04-2019 23:05 via theguardian.com
  Seriously, where do you even start? It was a wild and eccentric night, full of drama and incident, and when the players of Tottenham Hotspur finally manage to catch their breath they can start looking forward to a Champions League semi-final. They had blown a gaping hole in Manchester City’s hopes of an unprecedented quadruple and, in the process, reached the last four of this competition for the first time. Their celebrations at the end were long and joyous.That, however, tells only part
  
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• Sadio Mané sets up Liverpool for comfortable passage past Porto

  17-04-2019 23:03 via theguardian.com
  It was the fight Jürgen Klopp had envisaged, not always the procession another heavy aggregate defeat of Porto might suggest, and Liverpool passed every test at a raucous Estádio do Dragão. Strong, resilient, clinical and cutting; every attribute that has honed Klopp’s team into a fearsome European unit was in evidence as they sailed into the Champions League semi-finals for a second year running. Messi awaits.Liverpool do not lose to Porto. Under Klopp, they do not lose
  
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• Porto v Liverpool: Champions League quarter-final – live!

  17-04-2019 21:17 via theguardian.com
  Second-leg updates from the Estádio do DragãoLook in on updates of Man City v Spurs hereSend your thoughts to Scott via email here 8.17pm BST 14 min: Corona has Matip on toast out on the left. He reaches the byline and clips a cross into the centre. Van Dijk should head clear, but misses the ball, allowing a startled Marega to improvise a header in short order. It flashes wide right. 8.16pm BST 13 min: A little bit of space for Salah out on the right. He looks to nudge the ball ins
  
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• Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur: Champions League quarter-final – live!

  17-04-2019 21:16 via theguardian.com
  Second-leg updates from the Etihad StadiumFollow Porto v Liverpool with Scott MurraySend your thoughts to Rob via email here 8.16pm BST 16 min So, those away goals from Son have taken extra-time out of the equation. City now need to win by two goals or they will be out. A jaunty 9-7 victory should do it. 8.15pm BST 14 min This is absurd. City are already playing like there are two minutes remaining and they need a goal to save all humanity from extinction. The pace is astonishing. 8.14pm BST 12
  
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• 'Ajax, the sensation of Europe': Dutch and Italian press react to Turin triumph

  17-04-2019 12:29 via theguardian.com
  Dutch press exalted the long-awaited return of Ajax to the Champions League semi-finals but in Italy Juve were savagedAjax’s 2-1 second-leg Champions League quarter-final win at Juventus generated an understandably rapturous reaction back home in the Netherlands.“Incredible, incredible,” said De Telegraaf. “The achievement did not come easily but it was deserved one hundred percent.” Related: ‘We are never satisfied’: De Ligt hails Ajax’s giantkill
  
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• Football quiz: when English clubs meet in Europe

  17-04-2019 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Spurs are facing an exotic trip to Manchester in the Champions League. How well do you remember other all-English ties?Who were the first two English clubs to meet in a major European final?Chelsea and Manchester United Tottenham and Wolves Liverpool and Aston Villa Blackburn and Arsenal Nottingham Forest won the European Cup in the 1978-79 season. Which English team did they beat in the first round?ArsenalDerby County LiverpoolLeeds United Manchester City picked up their first (and so far only)
  
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• Lionel Messi’s one-man show draws curtain on Manchester United dreams | Sid Lowe

  17-04-2019 10:14 via theguardian.com
  Barcelona’s talisman broke a personal hex and exorcised last year’s demons with yet another mesmerising big-game displayErnesto Valverde said Lionel Messi had left Old Trafford “dazed”. Six days later, it was Manchester United’s turn. Chris Smalling’s challenge had left him with a bloody nose but on a night where he sometimes seemed to be playing a different sport, he was the one who delivered the knockout blow. He did so early in the second leg, two goals ins
  
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• Solskjær admits Manchester United face 'rebuilding job' after Barcelona defeat – video

  17-04-2019 02:25 via theguardian.com
  Ole Gunnar Solskjær has admitted 'the next few years are going to be massive' for Manchester United as they seek to re-establish themselves among the European elite.
  United were comprehensively outclassed by Barcelona in the Champions League losing 4-0 on aggregate in the quarter-finals, their heaviest aggregate defeat from a two-leg European tie in the club’s history.Speaking after the match, Solskjær said: "We know there’s work to be done. I&rsq
  
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• Solskjær must chuck out Manchester United chintz or Ole years are doomed | Barney Ronay

  17-04-2019 01:15 via theguardian.com
  Four members of the back five run ragged in the defeat at Barcelona were brought to the club by Sir Alex FergusonOn the stroke of half-time Lionel Messi did something awful, but also quite funny, to Phil Jones. Messi had spent the previous 45 minutes picking up the ball in half-spaces and running in a series of vengeful repetitions at Jones and Chris Smalling.This time Messi took the ball just past the centre circle. He saw the space ahead of him. He also saw Jones ahead of him. As the United ma
  
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• Solskjær must chuck out Manchester United chintz or Ole years are doomed

  17-04-2019 01:15 via theguardian.com
  Four members of the back five run ragged in the defeat at Barcelona were brought to the club by Sir Alex FergusonOn the stroke of half-time Lionel Messi did something awful, but also quite funny, to Phil Jones. Messi had spent the previous 45 minutes picking up the ball in half-spaces and running in a series of vengeful repetitions at Jones and Chris Smalling. Related: Manchester United facing rebuilding job after Barcelona defeat, admits Solskjær Lionel Messi
  How do you defend this man?!
  
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• ‘We are never satisfied’: De Ligt hails Ajax’s giantkillers

  17-04-2019 01:02 via theguardian.com
  • Matchwinner says Ajax can reach Champions League final
  • ‘We are all still quite young and you see us grow every game’Matthijs de Ligt believes Ajax’s young team have shown they are a match for anyone after he scored the goal against Juventus that took them to the Champions League semi-final for the first time since 1997. “Can we can go on to win the competition? Well, we are in the semi-finals now. And we have eliminated two of the favourites in the last two
  
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• Manchester United facing rebuilding job after Barcelona defeat, admits Solskjær

  17-04-2019 00:09 via theguardian.com
  • Manager acknowledges ‘there is work to be done’
  • ‘I’ve said all along this isn’t going to change overnight’Ole Gunnar Solskjær has admitted Manchester United are facing a rebuilding job after watching them suffer their heaviest aggregate defeat from a two-leg European tie in the club’s history. Related: Messi magic and De Gea blunder ease Barcelona past Manchester UnitedContinue reading...
  
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