Arsenal saw past defending champions Real Madrid, producing another assured performance at the Bernabeu winning 2-1 on the night, 5-1 on aggregate. In a dramatic second half, Inter held off Bayern as it finished 2-2 at Stadium San Siro, meaning the Nerazzuri progress with a 4-3 aggregate, and will meet Barcelona in the semi-finals. We hear from Arsenal’s Player of the Match Declan Rice and manager Mikel Arteta, plus Bayern’s Harry Kane. And we look ahead to both semi-finals, Inter v Barcelona and Arsenal v Paris.
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Paris and Barca survive scares to reach semis
On a night of classic UEFA Champions League drama, Paris survive an Aston Villa fight back to win 5-4 on aggregate and progress to the last four, despite losing 3-2 on the night. Meanwhile, Borussia Dortmund give Barcelona a scare winning 3-1 in Germany. However, Barca progress 5-3 on aggregate. We hear from Villa goal scorer Ezri Konsa, as well as Dortmund’s Pascal Gross. Plus, Jude Bellingham looks ahead to the final night of quarter final action, where his Real Madrid team look to come from behind against Arsenal, and Inter defend a 2-1 lead against Bayern heading to San Siro.
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Barca go big and Paris bounce back
It was home advantage in Wednesday’s quarter-finals as both Barca and Paris secured impressive first leg wins against Dortmund and Aston Villa respectively.
In Spain, it was Barcelona’s front three that the did the damage with Raphinha, Lamine Yamal and Robert Lewandowski (twice) grabbing the goals as the Catalan club surged to a convincing 4-0 first leg win over Borussia Dortmund. We hear from a very satisfied Barca coach Hansi Flick.
In Paris, it was a much tighter affair, with the French champions having to come from behind to secure a late 3-1 first leg victory over Aston Villa. Morgan Rogers put the English side into a surprise lead but three brilliant goals from Désiré Doué, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Nuno Mendes put Paris Saint-Germain in control of the tie heading into the second leg in Birmingham next week. We hear from two of the scorers on the night, Paris’ Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Villa’s Morgan Rogers.
We also look ahead to next week’s quarter-final second legs and hear from Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta, Real Madrid’s Carlo Ancelotti and Bayern’s Vincent Kompany.
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Awesome Arsenal stun Madrid & Inter on top in Munich
On a memorable night in North London, two wondrous Declan Rice free-kicks, plus a fine finish from Mikel Merino saw Arsenal take a 3-0 advantage in their quarter-final first leg against Real Madrid. Meanwhile in Munich, Inter ended Bayern's 22 match unbeaten home run in the UEFA Champions League, thanks to Davide Frattesi's 88th minute winner. That means the Nerazzurri will look to defend a 2-1 lead in the tie at Stadium San Siro in next week’s 2nd leg. In the podcast, we hear from Arsenal's goal-scorers Rice & Merino, plus manager Mikel Arteta, as well as Madrid’s Jude Bellingham. Plus we look ahead to Wednesday's two quarter-finals first legs and hear from Villa manager Unai Emery.
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Off Pitch - Episode 2 - Featuring Amadou Onana | “This was a dream come true”
This is Off Pitch: The UEFA Champions League with a beat. Where UCL coverage meets the timeline’s conversations–fueled by music.
Join Culture Cams, Formz and Nieve aka Stunt Peg as they wrap up the UCL Round of 16 and look ahead to the quarter-finals, with the help of their own in-house band.
This week, the team is joined by their first guest, Aston Villa’s very own Amadou Onana.
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Hosts Rob Daly and Chris Parrott are joined by a team of journalists to discuss the biggest stories from the UEFA Champions League. Listen to our live show every matchnight for full match radio commentary of the biggest games. We are on air from 1800 CET. Listen on https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/ (http://UEFA.com) and on the official UEFA Champions League App