Real Madrid defeated Liverpool, Napoli defeated Frankfurt while the streets of Naples were fought

In Madrid, the 14-time champions celebrated their 300th Champions League game by knocking out the side they defeated in the final last year.

Liverpool have never really come back from a three-goal deficit from Wednesday’s first leg against the holders at the Santiago Bernabéu. Jurgen Klopp’s side tried to achieve something unprecedented in the Champions League – to equalize a three-goal defeat as a visitor. The home loser only won five times in the second leg of Europe’s top club competition.

The only time Madrid failed to advance to the Champions League after winning the first leg away was in 2019 when they were eliminated by Ajax in the round of 16. They had won six of their last seven games against Liverpool in the tournament. draw another.

Napoli and Real Madrid take part in Friday’s quarter-final draw with AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Manchester City.

Benzema scored from close range after a pass from Vinicius jnr in the 79th minute. The French striker, who missed Madrid’s Spanish league win over Espanyol last weekend through injury, has scored 13 goals in his last eight Champions League knockout games.

Liverpool started with an attacking lineup and showed their intentions early on when Darwin Nunez forced Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to make a hard save from a breakaway seven minutes into the game.

It was an open game and Madrid also had their chances when Eduardo Camavinga almost scored in the 20th with a shot from outside the box that hit the crossbar after a deflection from Alisson Becker. The Liverpool goalkeeper also fended off a chance from Vinicius in the first half and another in the second in a one-on-one with midfielder Federico Valverde.

Klopp kept trying to push his team forward from the touchline, but as the minutes went by it became clear that it wasn’t going to be enough.

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Liverpool had made a huge comeback at home in the 2019 semifinals, rallying against another Spanish club, Barcelona. The Reds won 4-0 after losing 3-0 at the Camp Nou to keep a run alive that eventually ended in winning the trophy.

Meanwhile, in the Premier League, relegation-threatened Crystal Palace and Southampton lost to Brighton and Brentford respectively.

Southampton’s 2-0 defeat by Brentford sees them anchored at the bottom of the table on 22 points, five behind Palace in 12th place after 27 games. Nottingham Forest, Leicester City, West Ham, Bournemouth and Leeds all have a game in hand against the Saints, Palace, Wolves and Everton, with just five points separating nine clubs in the second half of the rankings.

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