UEFA Champions League (UCL) Quarter Finals: Real Madrid vs Liverpool and Manchester City vs Dortmund were the two blockbuster matches in this week’s UCL. Madrid and City secured wins in their respective matches. Madrid by 3-1 and City by 2-1. Let’s take a look at the Madrid vs Liverpool game, first.
Real Madrid vs Liverpool: The match looked one-sided in the first half when Vinicius Jr. and Asensio scored a goal each to take Madrid 2-0 up before the end of first half. Vinicius’ goal came after a beautiful pass by Toni Kross while Asensio’s goal came due to the negligence by the Liverpool defense. Mohammed Salah scored a goal early in the second half to bring some life to the Liverpool hopes, but then Vinicius scored again to demolish any hope that Liverpool have, in the tie.
The only silver lining for Liverpool was one away goal that was scored by Salah which might turn out to be useful later in the tie. Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp was not happy with Liverpool’s performance. “We just didn’t play good enough football to cause Real Madrid any problems. We made it too easy for them,” said Klopp.
The second leg between Real Madrid and Liverpool is on Thursday, 15 April, 2021.
Manchester City vs Dortmund: City dominated proceedings in the first half when Kevin De Bruyne gave a 1-0 lead to the home team from England. There were a series of yellow cards for Dortmund in the first half.
Everything looked set for a 1-0 win for Manchester City, but Reus scored an equalizer after an assist by Haland. Dortmund secured an all-important away goal but Phil Foden scored a winner in the 90th minute to spoil the party for the visiting team. The match ended in a 2-1 victory for City. Although the visiting team couldn’t win Dortmund’s manager was happy with an away goal.
The next leg is again on Thursday 15 April, 2021.
Matches on Wednesday:
Bayern Munich vs PSG
Porto vs Chelsea