Cristiano Ronaldo dumps Atletico Madrid out; Manchester City thrash Schalke
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| Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick to send Juventus through |
Cristiano Ronaldo stole the show as Juventus stunned Atletico Madrid with a 3-0 win to proceed into the Champions League Quarter final with a 3-2 aggregate victory.
Ronaldo scored a hat-trick on the night and handed the deserved victory to Massimiliano Allegri's side.
This is the first time since 2005/06 against Werder Bremen that Juventus will progress in a Champions League knockout stage after losing the first leg.
Atletico Madrid became the fourth Champions League side to fail to progress to the next round after 2-0 first leg win.
This is Atletico Madrid's first time to fail to mount a shot on target since against Marseille in December 2008.
Juventus have reportedly only lost one of their last 10 home knockout stages.
Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored eight major Champions League hat-trick, the joint-highest with Lionel Messi who also have eight.
Ronaldo has now scored 63 goals and assisted 14 goals in 77 Champions League knockout stages.
Ronaldo has now scored 124 Champions League goals, this is more than what Atletico Madrid have (118 goals).
Chiellini is the fifth player to reach 500 appearances for Juventus.
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| Sergio Aguero scored a brace for Manchester City yesterday |
Manchester City mercilessly thrashed Schalke by 7-0 to secure a 10-2 aggregate victory to move into the Quarter final of the Champions League. Sergio Aguero scored twice while Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden, Leroy Sane, Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus all got on the score sheet. It however remains to be seen who City will be drawn against in the next round.
Pep Guardiola has now qualified for nine Champions League quarter finals of his last 10 season in the competition.
Only once has a team won by a margin higher than 10-2 in the knockout stages of the Champions League and that was Bayern Munich 12-1 victory over Sporting CP in 208/09.
Leroy Sane has now scored 50 goals in all competitions so far for clubs, 37 for City and 13 for Schalke.
Sterling has scored six goals and assisted other three in his last four starts at the Etihad Stadium in all competitions.
Results in full...
Champions League
Juventus 3-0 Atletico Madrid
Manchester City
7-0 Schalke 04
Ligue 1
Dijon 0-4 Paris Saint-Germain
Matches continue today with the following fixtures...
Champions League
Barcelona Vs Lyon 9:00pm
Bayern München Vs Liverpool 9:00pm
All time is in GMT+1...


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