The UEFA Champions League was once again at its entertaining best with four more teams making it to the quarterfinals after positive results in their second-leg Round of 16 matches. Manchester City's Erling Haaland smashed five goals in 7-0 drubbing of RB Leipzig while Inter Milan made it to the next round thanks to a better aggregate after a goalless draw against Porto.
No miracles from Liverpool as they suffered yet another defeat against Real Madrid after a solitary goal from Karim Benzema. Victor Osimhen scored a brace helping Napoli beat Eintracht Frankfurt as they made it to the last-eight stage for the first time.
Manchester City vs. RB Leipzig (aggregate 8-1)
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Manchester City equalled their biggest ever win in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday. In March 2019, they scored a 7-0 victory against FC Schalke 04.
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Haaland has 30-plus career Champions League goals, becoming the 25th player to reach the 30-goal mark.
22Y, 263D
At 22 years and 263 days, Haaland is also the youngest player to score 30 UEFA Champions League goals, breaking Kylian Mbappe's record (22Y, 352d).
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Haaland has scored five hat tricks this season in all competitions. No other player from Europe's top 5 leagues has more than two hat tricks this season.
He's the third player to score five goals in a single UEFA Champions League game after Luiz Adriano in October 2014 (against BATE Borisov) and Lionel Messi in March 2012 (against Bayer Leverkusen).
Also, it took Haaland only 57 minutes to score five. Messi had his five goals in 84 minutes while Adriano did it in 82 minutes.
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Haaland joined Lionel Messi as the only players in Champions League history with a first-half hat trick in a knockout stage game. Messi had his against Arsenal in the 2009-10 quarterfinals.
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Haaland has scored 39 goals this season in all competitions to break the Manchester City record for most goals in a single season (38 set by Tommy Johnson in 1928-29).
L'Equipe rated Erling Haaland's performance a 10/10 against RB Leipzig.
They had only given out 15 perfect 10s in their history.
This is Haaland's second 10/10 this season �� pic.twitter.com/QiRA6bZN7j
- ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) March 15, 2023
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Haaland has scored 11 goals in just six matches against RB Leipzig (all competitions).
He has also scored 11 goals in Champions League knockout stages, which is more than players like Samuel Eto'o (10), Fernando Torres (10), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (10) and Sergio Aguero (9).
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Haaland has scored 10-plus goals in a Champions League season for the third time, equalling Robert Lewandowski. Only Cristiano Ronaldo (7) and Messi (5) have done it more times.
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Haaland has netted 22 goals in 12 home matches in the Champions League.
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Against Leipzig, Haaland scored a goal every six touches, which is the fewest touches per goal in a Champions League game in the last 10 seasons (minimum. 30 touches).
Pep Guardiola has coached the only two players to ever score five goals in a UCL KO stage match �� pic.twitter.com/DeAn1BH9Lx
- ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) March 14, 2023
Porto vs. Inter Milan (aggregate 0-1)
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Inter progressed from a Champions League knockout stage without conceding a goal in both the first leg and second leg for the first time since 2009/10, against CSKA Moscow in the quarterfinals.
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Inter and AC Milan qualified for the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the first time since 2005/06.
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Inter Milan advanced to the Champions League quarterfinals for the seventh time, first since 2011.
Real Madrid vs. Liverpool (aggregate 6-2)
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Real Madrid's eight-game unbeaten streak against Liverpool is the longest by a non-British club against Liverpool. Over the last 50 years, only Manchester United and Everton have had longer unbeaten streaks against Liverpool.
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Liverpool's 6-2 aggregate loss against Real Madrid is their largest margin of defeat in a two-legged Champions League knockout match.
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Under Jurgen Klopp, all six of Liverpool's eliminations from major European competitions have come against Spanish clubs -- one against Sevilla, one against Atletico Madrid and four against Real Madrid.
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Real Madrid advanced to the Champions League quarterfinals for the 19th time, second most in competition's history (after Bayern's 21 times).
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Vinicius Junior became the first LaLiga player to reach 15+ goals and 10+ assists this season in all competitions.
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At 37, James Milner became the oldest player from England (37 years, 70 days) to start in a UEFA Champions League match since David Beckham in April 2013 (37 years, 335 days).
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Karim Benzema has scored 19 Champions League goals vs. English clubs, his most against clubs from a single country (only Messi has more such goals -- 27).
Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola are the first managers with 13 UCL quarterfinal appearances ��
Masterminds �� pic.twitter.com/R6IXCQbeol
- ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) March 15, 2023
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Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola are the first managers with 13 UCL quarterfinal appearances.
Napoli vs. Eintracht Frankfurt (aggregate 5-0)
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Napoli made it to the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time in their history.
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Napoli also became the first Italian club to win seven of their first eight European Cup/Champions League games in a single season.
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Victor Osimhen became the first Napoli player to score in both matches of a European Cup/Champions League knockout stage.
NAPOLI ADVANCE TO THE UCL QUARTERFINALS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR HISTORY ��
Destiny? �� pic.twitter.com/HhimIGdIlk
- ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) March 15, 2023
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Osimhen's 23 goals scored this season in all competitions are the most by a Napoli player since Dries Mertens had 34 in 2016-17.
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Osimhen's six career Champions League goals are the second-most by a Nigerian player (after Obafemi Martins: 9) and the most by a Nigerian-born player in a single season.
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For the first time since the 2005-06 season, three Italian teams have reached the Champions League quarterfinals in a single season (Inter Milan, AC Milan and Napoli).
(Stats courtesy: ESPN Stats and Information Group)