UEFA Champions League

February 21, 2017

Bayer Leverkusen                       2-4                 Atletico Madrid

Karim Bellarabi 48’                                                                     Saul Niguez 17’

Stefan Savic 68’(o.g)                                                                    Antoine Griezmann 25’

                                                                                                         Kevin Gameiro 59’ (pen)

                                                                                                         Fernando Torres 86’

Atletico Madrid finished off the first leg of the UCL Round of 16 by scoring four away goals and taking a two-goal advantage back to Estadio Vincente Calderon for the second leg. Their performance at home should give them the confidence to see them through to the quarter-finals.

Manchester City                          5-3                    Monaco

Raheem Sterling 26’                                                                         Radamel Falcao 32’ 61’

Sergio Aguero 58’ 71’                                                                         Kylian Mbappe 40’

John Stones 77’  

Leroy Sane 82’             

After a terrific performance from Sergio Aguero, John Stones got the winning goal for Manchester City before Leroy Sane got the important insurance goal to see Manchester City go on to the second leg with a 2-goal advantage.

In a sensational 8-goal thriller at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City had to level the score on two occasions to eventually pull away with a victory over Monaco.

Monaco came from a goal down to take the lead at the end of the first half.  The first clean chance in the second half was for Monaco. Radamel Falcao wasted a chance to double Monaco’s lead when his weak penalty kick was saved by Wilfredo Caballero.  Falcao amended his mistake when he scored to restore Monaco’s lead with a beautiful chip goal; after Sergio Aguero scored an equalizer to get Manchester City lever at 2-2.                   

February 22, 2017

Porto                                       0-2                  Juventus

                                                                                                    Marko Pjaca 74’

                                                                                                    Dani Alves 74’

Juventus defeated a 10-man Porto side to start their Round of 16 with a ‘2-0’ away victory.

With the second leg at the Juventus Stadium, it is difficult to see a comeback for Porto.

Sevilla                                    2-1                     Leicester City

Pablo Sarabia 25’                                                                     Jamie Vardy 73’

Joaquin Correa 62’

Sevilla despite missing a penalty took a one-goal lead into the second half where they doubled it, but Jamie Vardy scored an away goal for Leicester City to have the hope of getting into the quarterfinals with a 1-0 victory or the highly improbable option of winning with more than a goal.